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 26
* 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 2
* Essay "On Teaching" (17)
* Ch 5 (60) - The Nature of Light, Atoms, Molecules and How they Interact
Sept 9 - last day for a W, and Census is Monday.
Sept 9
* 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 16
* 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 23
* K31 (69) - Paleoclimate - Earth's Early Atmosphere and its Evolution, Ice Ages
* K32 (33) - Present Structure of Earth's Atmosphere
Sept 30
* 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 7 (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 14
* 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 21
* 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 28 (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 4
* K42 (280) - Future Climate, in the 21st Century and beyond: California, the world
Nov 11
(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 18
(suggested for students: Veratasium - 13 Climate Denial Myths Debunked in under 7 minutes
* K43 (226) - Energy and Civilization - limitations to Strategies (finish)
Nov 25
* K45 (259) - Strategies: Technology
* K44 (211) - Strategies: Policy Actions
Dec 2
* K45 (259) - Strategies: Technology
* K46 (96) - Strategies: Geo-Engineering
Thur Dec 11 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)