Unit 1: Course Introduction and Skills
- How to Read Scientific Articles Effectively
- Critically Evaluating Media for Misconceptions and Fallacies
- Climate Drivers Part 1 (Insolation and Energy Budget)
- Climate Drivers Part 2 (Atmospheric and Ocean Circulation)
Unit 3: Methods in Climatology and Paleoclimatology
Direct Measurements
Paleoclimate Methods
Climate Models
UNIT 4: The Geological Perspective of Climate Change
Key Climate Events in Geological History
The Anthropocene (?)
Unit 5: The Archaeological/Historical Perspective of Climate Change
Archaeological Perspectives on Climate Change and Its Societal Effects
Analyzing Scientific Papers 2 (Archeology)
The Industrial Revolution and Fossil Fuels
Unit 6: Modern Climate Change, Impacts, and Predictions
Your Carbon Footprint
Summary of Recent Climate Change Observations
Summary of Predictions of Future Climate Change
Critically Evaluating Climate Media and Articles (Misconceptions and Fallacies)
Observed and Predicted Impacts of Climate Change
Adaptation and Mitigation of Climate Change
New York Regional Climate Predictions, Adaptation and Mitigation
Green Energy Alternatives
Individual and Collective Options against Climate Change