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EARTH 103: Earth in the Future: Predicting Climate Change and Its Impacts Over the Next Century

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Assignments Roadmap

Below is an overview of your assignments for this module. The list is intended to prepare you for the module and help you to plan your time.

Assignments

  1. Take Module 6 Quiz.
  2. Yellowdig Entry and Reply
  3. After completing all Lesson 6 assignments, take Midterm 1.

 

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Lessons

  • Welcome to Earth in the Future!
    • Module 1: Past Episodes of Climate Change
    • Module 2: Recent Climate Change
    • Module 3: Earth's Climate System
    • Module 4: Introduction to General Circulation Models
    • Module 5: Global Carbon Cycle
    • Module 6: Ocean Circulation and its Impact on Climate
      • Goals and Learning Outcomes
      • Assignments Roadmap
      • Study of the Oceans
      • Surface Water Properties
      • Surface Ocean Circulation
      • The Coriolis Effect
      • Gyres
      • Major Deep Water Masses
      • Other Deep Water Masses
      • Dissolved Nutrients
      • The Global Conveyor Belt
      • El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO)
      • Ocean Futures
      • Module Summary and Final Tasks
    • Module 7: Ocean Acidification, Red Tides, and Monster Jellyfish
    • Module 8: Water Resources and Climate Change
    • Module 9: Climate Change and Food Supply
    • Module 10: Rising Seas
    • Module 11: Terrestrial Ecosystems in Peril
    • Module 12: Adaptation and Mitigation

Authors: Drs. Timothy Bralower and David Bice, College of Earth and Mineral Science, The Pennsylvania State University.

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