UCSC: Institute for Geophysics and Planetary Physics Friday Seminar Schedule
Short videos for your quickie education!
GreenSteps - Cabrillo College Sustainability Calendar of Events
parentheses below give how many slides in that Presentation, roughly
Aug 29
* Intro to class, (37), Syllabus
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Science and Clear Thinking - Chapter 0 (130) and
* You might also read from our optional textbook Chapter 1 "The Science of Astronomy"
Sept 5
* Essay "On Teaching" (17)
* Ch 5 (60) - The Nature of Light, Atoms, Molecules and How they Interact
Sept 10 - last day for a W, and Census is Monday.
Sept 12
* K20 (21) - Heat and the 3 Heat Transfer Mechanisms
* K8 - Planetary atmospheres formation, basics.
* Ch 11 (128) - The Atmospheres of the Jovian Planets and moons, and Pluto
Sept 19
* Ch 11(128) - The Atmospheres of the Jovian Planets and moons, and Pluto
* Ch 10 (74) - The Atmospheric Evolution of Mercury, Venus, and Mars
* Ch 13 (62) - Exoplanets - Other Planets around Other Stars (finish)
Sept 26
* K31 (69) - Paleoclimate - Earth's Early Atmosphere and its Evolution, Ice Ages
* K32 (33) - Present Structure of Earth's Atmosphere
Oct 3
* K33 (22) - The Carbon Cycle: How Carbon moves through the Earth System
* K34 (38) - Climate Modelling. Key drivers, equations, computer techniques, positive vs. negative feedbacks, modelling using data fitting,
Oct 10 (zoom '23 lecture link)
* K34 (38) - Climate Modelling. Key drivers, equations, computer techniques, positive vs. negative feedbacks, modelling using data fitting,
* K35 (62) - Clouds and Aerosols, the Complex Way They Influence Earth Climate
* K36 (53)- The Ocean / Atmosphere Connection
Oct 17
* K36 (53)- The Ocean / Atmosphere Connection (finish)
* K37 (35) - Climate Forcing and Climate Time Scales
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K38a(68) - Current Climate Change: Global Temperatures
Oct 24
* K38b (84) - Current Climate Change: Ice
* K38c(24) - Current Climate Change: Sea level rise
* K38d (88) - Current Climate Change: Other Aspects
* K38e (16) - Deforestation
* K39 (40) - The Key Evidence Climate Change is Real and Human-Caused
* K40b (148) - Psychopathologies of Climate Denial
Oct 31 (take a look at 3:41 video "Big Oil Knew")
* K38f (20) - Brief History of Our Understanding of Human-Caused Climate Change
* K40b (148) - Psychopathologies of Climate Denial (finish up)
Nov 7
* K42 (280) - Future Climate, in the 21st Century and beyond: California, the world
Nov 14
(suggested for students: ("Doubt - The Climate Reality Project")
* K42 (280) - Climate in the 21st Century and beyond: California, the world (finish up)
* K43 (226) - Energy and Civilization - limitations to Strategies
Nov 21
(suggested for students: Veratasium - 13 Climate Denial Myths Debunked in under 7 minutes
* K43 (226) - Energy and Civilization - limitations to Strategies (finish)
Nov 28
* K45 (259) - Strategies: Technology
* K44 (211) - Strategies: Policy Actions
Dec 5
* K45 (259) - Strategies: Technology
* K46 (96) - Strategies: Geo-Engineering
Thur Dec 14 1-4pm - Optional Zoom session for Final Exam Week. Exams asych and as usual this semester, you'll have about 30 hours to do the exams
(50 mult choice questions, comprehensive of entire course - just a long quiz)
May 29 11:59pm - Grade submissions by Instructors deadline