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Winter 2015
May 12,2024 |
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| ENVS 182 - Atmospheric Environment and Population |
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Associated Term:
Winter 2015
Learning Objectives: Upon successful completion of this course, the student should be able to: 1. Interpret and compare some basic characteristics of the atmosphere, seasons, and processes that influence weather and climate. 2. Summarize weather hazards and air pollution and compare their effects on advantaged and disadvantaged human populations. 3. Conduct experiments and make measurements of atmospheric variables such as temperature, pressure, relative humidity and calculate or estimate other atmospheric variables from these. 4. Model air pollution chemistry, analyze air pollution data and causes, and describe their effects on ecosystems and humans. 5. Summarize worldwide climate characteristics. 6. Explain the world’s major biomes and their relationship to climate, and critically examine their degradation and efforts to mitigate that degradation. 7. Describe several natural biological population growth models and explain the possible consequences if those models applied to human population growth. 8. Analyze the scientific evidence for global climate change through the use of direct and proxy data. 9. Compare and contrast the greenhouse effect, ozone layer depletion, and global warming. 10. Construct an analysis of climate change scenarios based on climate model simulations and assumptions on human responses to climate change information. Required Materials: Technical Requirements: |
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