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12.340 Global Warming Science (MIT)

This course provides students with a scientific foundation of anthropogenic climate change and an introduction to climate models. It focuses on fundamental physical processes that shape climate (e.g. solar variability, orbital mechanics, greenhouse gases, atmospheric and oceanic circulation, and volcanic and soil aerosols) and on evidence for past and present climate change. During the course they discuss material consequences of climate change, including sea level change, variations in precipitation, vegetation, storminess, and the incidence of disease. This course also examines the science behind mitigation and adaptation proposals.
Keywords:
Climate Studies, greenhouse gases, climate model, Environmental Science, vegetation, orbital mechanics, ocwc, oec, precipitation, solar variability, volcanic aerosols, Atmospheric Science, oceanic circulation, atmospheric circulation, climate change, soil aerosols
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Material Type:
Online Course
Date Added to MERLOT:
August 6, 2014
Date Modified in MERLOT:
August 7, 2025
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The Open Education Consortium
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College General Ed
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English
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This work is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States

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