The climate and its changes

lgeo1232  2024-2025  Louvain-la-Neuve

The climate and its changes
5.00 credits
30.0 h
Q2
Teacher(s)
Ragone Francesco; Van Oost Kristof; Yin Qiuzhen (compensates Van Oost Kristof);
Language
French
Content
The course focuses on climate and its changes:
  •     The radiative balance
  •     The causes and variations of climate
  •     The traces and lessons of the past
  •     Recent climate change, its sources
  •     Multiple and spatially heterogeneous effects
  •     Mitigating and adapting to climate change
The course has the dual objective of acquiring a basic knowledge of climate change, and becoming familiar with the multiple effects and adaptations.
Teaching methods
The course is organized into 2 learning activities: (1) lectures and (2) readings of scientific articles.
Evaluation methods
The learning outcomes are:
  •     Understand the main characteristics of the physics of the climate system
  •     Understand the causes and effects of climate change
  •     To put into perspective the contemporary scientific debates in the field
  •     Know how to conduct a scientific reasoning based on the contents of the theoretical course
The evaluation consists of a written exam.
Online resources
The teaching materials will be available on Moodle
Bibliography
Global Physical Climatology. D.L. Hartmann, Elsevier 2016;
Climats, Passé, présent, futur. M.-A. Mêlières & C. Maréchal, Belin 2020;
Climate and the Oceans. G.K. Vallis, Princeton Primers in Climate 2011.
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Credits
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Learning outcomes
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