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Semester 2
Topics in Global Change (ENVI10001)
Subject
Environmental Courses
College
SCE
Credits
20
Normal Year Taken
4
Delivery Session Year
2023/2024
Pre-requisites
Course Summary
A course on hot/current topics in Global Environmental Change. These topics will be introduced by active researchers in the field, read about by all students, using recent articles in the literature, then will form the basis for student seminars and general class discussion.
Course Description
Staff members will give a brief introduction to a topic, highlighting some of the key issues that remain to be fully resolved. They will provide a list of sub-topics, along with a reading list of papers for each. Students will then volunteer to present a 15-minute presentation on each of the sub-topics (one sub-topic each). Topics will be assigned to the students on the first meeting. Subtopics will be chosen by the students on a first-come-first-serve basis after the introductory lectures so that an even distribution of student talks is achieved and all topics are covered sufficiently. The student seminars will act as the platform for a general class discussion. Students are expected to initiate discussion by asking questions and contribute to the discussion by what they understood by reading the papers. The staff members will fill in where and when necessary. The topics* include 1. Nature of contemporary/ongoing global warming 2. Recent climate variability: models and reconstructions 3. Discerning natural versus anthropogenic changes 4. Future sealevel rise 5. Stability of ice sheets. 6. Atmospheric changes, rainfall and extreme weather 7. Future climate change predictions 8. Dangerous Climate Change & 2 degree warming. *topics will change and evolve with time/course team
Assessment Information
Written Exam 0%, Coursework 100%, Practical Exam 0%
Additional Assessment Information
Course Work: 100 % Course work marks are split as follows: 70% - 3000 Word Essay 30% - Student presentation and class discussion
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