Course Sessions

January 29, 2008

Lecture #1
Syllabus for Spring, 2008
Useful Web Sites
IPCC AR4 Summary for Policymakers
NASA GISS 2007 Temperature Analysis
Karl and Trenberth: Modern global climate change

January 31, 2008

Lecture #2

February 5, 2008

Lecture #3

February 7, 2008

Lecture #4

February 12, 2008

Lecture #5
Chapter 3 from "Climate Change 2001: The Scientific Basis" in the Third Assessment Report of IPCC (2001)

February 14, 2008

Lecture #6
Summary for Policymakers from "Mitigation of Climate Change" in the Fourth Assessment Report of IPCC (2007)

February 21, 2008

Lecture #7
James Hansen: "How Can We Avert Dangerous Climate Change?"
O'Neill and Oppenheimer: Dangerous climate impacts and the Kyoto Protocol

March 4, 2008

Lecture #8
IPCC AR4 Climate Change Scenarios and Impacts

March 6, 2008

Lecture #9
"Hurricanes ? More intense, more frequent, more expensive" - a publication of Munich Re

March 11, 2008

Lecture #10

March 13, 2008

Lecture #11

March 27, 2008

Lecture #13
The Age of Consequences: The Foreign Policy and National Security Implications of Global Climate Change

April 8, 2008

Lecture #16

April 15, 2008

Lecture #17

April 17, 2008

Lecture #18
Hoffert et al.: Advanced technology paths to global climate stability: Energy for a greenhouse planet
Meehl and Tebaldi: More intense, more frequent, and longer lasting heat waves in the 21st Century
Schar et al: The role of increasing temperature variability in European summer heatwaves
Wigley: The climate change commitment
Witze: Bad weather ahead
Goldenberg et al: The recent increase in Atlantic hurricane activity: Causes and implications
Beniston: The 2003 heat wave in Europe: A shape of things to come? An analysis based on Swiss climatological data and model simulations

April 22, 2008

Lecture #19
Alley et al.: Abrupt climate change
Broecker: Massive iceberg discharges as triggers for global climate change
Broecker: Does the trigger for abrupt climate change reside in the ocean or in the atmosphere?
Schiermeier: A sea change
Taylor: Rapid climate change
Walker: The tipping point of the iceberg

April 24, 2008

Lecture #20
Howat et al: Rapid changes in ice discharge from Greenland outlet glaciers
Meier and Wahr: Sea level is rising: Do we know why?
Science news: Race to plumb the frigid depths
Serreze et al: Perspectives on the Arctic's shrinking sea-ice cover
Shepherd et al: Recent sea-level contributions of the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets
Vaughan and Arthern: Why is it hard to predict the future of ice sheets?

April 29, 2008

Blaustein and Dobson: A message from the frogs
Copland et al: Rapid loss of the Ayles Ice Shelf, Ellesmere Island, Canada
Parmesan et al: Impacts of extreme weather and climate on terrestrial biota
Pounds and Puschendorf: Clouded futures
Root et al: Fingerprints of global warming on wild animals and plants
Walther et al: Ecological responses to recent climate change