GPHY 314- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 29 pages long!)
30 Nov 2017
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Lecture 1: midterm end of september, download ippcc report free on onq, prof benjamin amann, office hours e113a mac, wed. 1:30-6:00pm, aim of the course. Make you aware that climate changes, and has always been. Provide you with knowledge of scientific facts + uncertainties. Help you explain what climate change is, and to assess whether what you see in the news is right or totally misleading: climate change glacier loss, motivation: glacier mass balance. Air temp ( c) in the eu alps was more than twice the increase in global mean temp over 50 years. 80% total glacial coverage (an important water resource) culd disappear in the next decades in 40 years, grinnell glacier lost c. 40% of its acreage. At worst-case scenario, all the glaciers in the glacier national park will disappear by the year 2030: motivation: arctic sea ice. Arctic temperature has increased at twice the rate as the rest of the globe.
