ENVS 350 - Climate Change Science and Solutions
Prerequisites: Junior or senior standing, sophomores with instructor permission
Requirement Fulfillment: Fullfills a Socio-Ecological System elective for ENVS majors or an elective for ENVS majors and minors. Fulfills an Applied Elective for MBIO.
Satisfies Diversity, Equity and Inclusion General Education Domain
Note: Offered alternating years.
Delivery: Lecture
Climate change is the defining environmental issue of our time, permeating discussions about conservation, economics, public health, human rights, and international relations. To engage in these conversations, it is critical to have a solid understanding of Earth’s climate system, how humans are altering it, and the scientific basis of proposed solutions. This course will begin by examining the natural state of Earth’s climate system and the factors that have caused past climate variability. Students will investigate how humans have altered the climate system as well as some of the most significant impacts of anthropogenic warming to ecosystems and people. We will also assess inequities in the distribution of risk from these impacts among communities. The course will end with an analysis of proposed science-based approaches to mitigating and adapting to climate change. Throughout our work, students will explore the role of scientists as climate citizens and how to most effectively share our knowledge.
3 credits
Spring
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