3-3-0

The course examines the debate surrounding global climate change with climatic and paleo-climatic perspectives. The climate system's natural variability, and predicted impacts and environmental implications are examined. The course will include a short review of the present climate system, and a section on the Holocene climate. We will also exmaine how predictive climate models are developed and tested against recent and Holocene paleo-climatic data.

Prerequisite: ESG 267