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CHEM041 HM - Global Climate Change: Non-linearity, Irreversibility, and Surprises

Credit(s): 3

Instructor(s): Hawkins

Offered: Fall

Description: Principles of the chemical and physical basis of global climate change, including direct evidence from paleoclimate archives and model projections for future climate conditions. Includes discussion of written works addressing climate policy and climate change skepticism and recent findings from behavioral science on climate change engagement.