Date	Lecture Topic	Reading Assignment

`Tu 04 Sep`	`Introduction to the course`
Th 06 Sep	Timescales of global change	Ch. 1, p. 1 - 17
`Tu 11 Sep`	`Systems concepts`	`Ch. 2, p. 18 - 23`
Th 13 Sep	`Feedback and equilibrium in Earth systems`	`Ch. 2, p. 23 - 33`
`Tu 18 Sep`	`Electromagnetic radiation and Earth's energy balance`	`Ch. 3, p. 34 - 43`
Th 20 Sep	`Composition and structure of the atmosphere`	Ch. 3, p. 44 - 54
Tu 25 Sep	`General circulation of the atmosphere`	`Ch. 4, p. 55 - 68`

`Th27 Sep`	`FIRST EXAM -- Chapters 1, 2, 3 and part of 4`

`Tu 02 Oct`	`Moisture in the atmosphere`	`Ch. 4, p. 68 - 72`
`Th 04 Oct`	Global hydrologic cycle	Ch. 4, p. 72 - 82
`Tu 09 Oct`	`Monday class schedule; no GeoSci 100`
Th 11 Oct	Ocean surface currents	`Ch. 5, p. 83 - 91`
`Tu 16 Oct`	`Circulation of the deep ocean`	`Ch. 5, p. 91 - 103`
`Th 18 Oct`	`Structure of the solid earth`	`Ch. 7, p. 117 - 132`
Tu 23 Oct	`Plate tectonics`	Ch. 7, p. 133 - 146

`Th25 Oct`	`SECOND EXAM -- Chapters 4, 5 and 7`

Tu 30 Oct	`The short-term carbon cycle`	`Ch. 8, p. 147 - 158`
`Th 01 Nov`	`The long-term carbon cycle`	Ch. 8, p. 158 - 172
`Tu 06 Nov`	`Milankovitch cycles and glaciations`	`Ch. 14, p. 270 - 279`
Th 08 Nov	`Glacial climate feedbacks`	`Ch. 14, p. 279 - 288`
`Tu 13 Nov`	`Holocene climate change`	`Ch. 15, p. 289 - 299`
`Th 15 Nov`	The Little Ice Age	Ch. 15, p. 299 - 306

`Tu20 Nov`	`THIRD EXAM -- Chapters 8, 14 and part of 15`

`Th 22 Nov`	`HOLIDAY -- Thanksgiving -- NO CLASS`
`Tu 27 Nov`	Introduction to ENSO	Ch. 15, p. 306 - 316
Th 29 Nov	`The carbon cycle and global warming`	Ch. 16, p. 317 - 324
`Tu 04 Dec`	`Future climate projections`	`Ch. 16, p. 324 - 334`
Th 06 Dec	`Global warming and public policy`	`Ch. 16, p. 334 - 342`
Tu 11 Dec	`Stratospheric ozone and UV radiation`	Ch. 17, p. 343 - 357
`Th 13 Dec`	`The ozone problem and public policy`	`Ch. 17, p. 357 - 361`

`Exam Week`	`FOURTH EXAM -- Chapters 15, 16 and 17`