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Descriptions<\/h2>\n

Global Warming I: The Science and Modeling of Climate Change, This class describes the science of global warming and the forecast for humans\u2019 impact on Earth\u2019s climate. Intended for an audience without much scientific background but a healthy sense of curiosity, the class brings together insights and perspectives from physics, chemistry, biology, earth and atmospheric sciences, and even some economics\u2014all based on a foundation of simple mathematics (algebra). A primer on how to use units to describe numbers when describing temperature, energy, and light. Even if you don\u2019t plan on doing calculations yourself, understanding how units work will help to follow the rest of the lectures in the class. If you are interested in practicing your analysis skills, using units to guide calculations, there are some exercises in the Part II of this class. The balance of energy flow, as incoming sunlight and outgoing infrared, allow us to create our first simple climate model, including a simple greenhouse effect. There are two extended exercises in Part II of this class, one an analytical (algebraic) model of the equilibrium temperature of a planet, the other a numerical model of how that temperature might evolve through time.<\/p>\n

What you\u2019ll learn<\/h3>\n