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Lesson |
Reading |
Slides |
Lab |
| Monday, Jan 17, 2022 |
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day |
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| Wednesday, Jan 19, 2022 |
Introduction |
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| Friday, Jan 21, 2022 |
What is Climate Change? |
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| Monday, Jan 24, 2022 |
Energy Balance and Climate |
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| Wednesday, Jan 26, 2022 |
Greenhouse Effect |
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| Friday, Jan 28, 2022 |
Greenhouse Gases |
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| Monday, Jan 31, 2022 |
Vertical Structure of the Atmosphere |
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| Wednesday, Feb 2, 2022 |
Review of Greenhouse Effect |
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| Friday, Feb 4, 2022 |
Feedbacks |
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| Monday, Feb 7, 2022 |
Ocean and Biosphere Feedbacks |
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| Wednesday, Feb 9, 2022 |
The Carbon Cycle: Ocean and Biosphere |
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| Friday, Feb 11, 2022 |
The Carbon Cycle: Mineral Weathering |
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| Monday, Feb 14, 2022 |
Perturbing the Carbon Cycle |
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| Wednesday, Feb 16, 2022 |
Climates of the Past |
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| Friday, Feb 18, 2022 |
Review |
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| Monday, Feb 21, 2022 |
The Pleistocene Ice Ages |
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| Wednesday, Feb 23, 2022 |
Climate Models |
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| Friday, Feb 25, 2022 |
Future Climate Change |
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| Monday, Feb 28, 2022 |
Identifying Fallacies about Climate Change |
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| Wednesday, Mar 2, 2022 |
Climate Fallacies Game |
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| Friday, Mar 4, 2022 |
Uncertainty about Future Climates |
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| Monday, Mar 7, 2022 |
Spring Break |
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| Wednesday, Mar 9, 2022 |
Spring Break |
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| Friday, Mar 11, 2022 |
Spring Break |
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| Monday, Mar 14, 2022 |
How Will Climate Change Affect Our Lives? (Part 1) |
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| Wednesday, Mar 16, 2022 |
How Will Climate Change Affect Our Lives? (Part 2) |
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| Friday, Mar 18, 2022 |
Policy Myths |
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| Monday, Mar 21, 2022 |
The Kaya Identity: Energy Use, Efficiency, and Conservation |
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| Wednesday, Mar 23, 2022 |
Reducing Carbon Emissions: Bottom-Up Approaches |
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| Friday, Mar 25, 2022 |
Class cancelled |
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| Monday, Mar 28, 2022 |
Reducing Carbon Emissions: Top-Down Approaches |
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| Wednesday, Mar 30, 2022 |
The Cost of Reducing Emissions |
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| Thursday, Mar 31, 2022 |
Goals of Climate Policy (Makeup class) |
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| Friday, Apr 1, 2022 |
Costs and Benefits |
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| Monday, Apr 4, 2022 |
Pricing Carbon |
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| Wednesday, Apr 6, 2022 |
Carbon Pricing Instruments |
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| Friday, Apr 8, 2022 |
Discounting and the Value of Time |
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| Monday, Apr 11, 2022 |
Climate Justice |
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| Wednesday, Apr 13, 2022 |
Renewable Energy |
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| Friday, Apr 15, 2022 |
Nuclear Energy |
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| Monday, Apr 18, 2022 |
Geoengineering |
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| Wednesday, Apr 20, 2022 |
Pragmatism and Climate Policy |
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| Friday, Apr 22, 2022 |
Global Warming Gridlock |
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| Monday, Apr 25, 2022 |
Beyond Gridlock: Second-Best Policies |
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| Wednesday, Apr 27, 2022 |
Obstacles and Perspectives |
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| Friday, Apr 29, 2022 |
Review |
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| Saturday, May 7, 2022 |
Take-home final exam due |
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