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
Jan 30
* 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"
Feb 6
* Essay "On Teaching" (17)
* Ch 5 (60) - The Nature of Light, Atoms, Molecules and How they Interact
Sat Feb 12: Census date
Feb 13
* 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
Feb 20
* 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)
Feb 27
* K31 (69) - Paleoclimate - Earth's Early Atmosphere and its Evolution, Ice Ages
* K32 (33) - Present Structure of Earth's Atmosphere
Mar 5
* 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,
Mar 12 (zoom '23 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
Mar 19
* 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
Mar 26 - Spring Break, no class
Apr 2
* 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
Apr 9 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)
Apr 16
* K42 (280) - Future Climate, in the 21st Century and beyond: California, the world
Apr 23
(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
Sun Apr 22 - Last day to submit a W withdrawl. After this, student must take a grade.
Apr 30
(suggested for students: Veratasium - 13 Climate Denial Myths Debunked in under 7 minutes
* K43 (226) - Energy and Civilization - limitations to Strategies (finish)
May 7
* K45 (259) - Strategies: Technology
* K44 (211) - Strategies: Policy Actions
May 14
* K45 (259) - Strategies: Technology
* K46 (96) - Strategies: Geo-Engineering
Thur May 23 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 27 11:59pm - Grade submissions by Instructors deadline
TBS - We'll watch "Merchants of Doubt", a movie on the agenda by climate denialist industry and right-wing forces to smear climate science. Followed by on-line mult choice quiz. Watch the video here