Astro 7: Planetary Climate Science - Fall '24 Lecture Schedule

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 27
* Intro to class, (37), Syllabus
* Science and Clear Thinking - Chapter 0 (130) and
* You might also read from our optional textbook Chapter 1 "The Science of Astronomy"

Sept 3
* 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 10
* 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 17
* 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 24
* K31 (69) - Paleoclimate - Earth's Early Atmosphere and its Evolution, Ice Ages
* K32 (33) - Present Structure of Earth's Atmosphere

Oct 1
* 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 8
(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 15
* K36 (53)- The Ocean / Atmosphere Connection (finish)
* K37 (35) - Climate Forcing and Climate Time Scales
* K38a(68) - Current Climate Change: Global Temperatures

Oct 22
* 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 29 (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 5
* K42 (280) - Future Climate, in the 21st Century and beyond: California, the world

Nov 12
(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 19
(suggested for students: Veratasium - 13 Climate Denial Myths Debunked in under 7 minutes
* K43 (226) - Energy and Civilization - limitations to Strategies (finish)

Nov 26
* K45 (259) - Strategies: Technology
* K44 (211) - Strategies: Policy Actions

Dec 3
* K45 (259) - Strategies: Technology
* K46 (96) - Strategies: Geo-Engineering

Thur Dec 12 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