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 25
* 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 1
* Essay "On Teaching" (17)
* Ch 5 (60) - The Nature of Light, Atoms, Molecules and How they Interact
Sept 8
* 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 15
* 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 22
* K31 (69) - Paleoclimate - Earth's Early Atmosphere and its Evolution, Ice Ages
* K32 (33) - Present Structure of Earth's Atmosphere
Sept 29
* 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 6 (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 13
* 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 20
* 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 27 (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 3
* K42 (280) - Future Climate, in the 21st Century and beyond: California, the world
Nov 10
(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 17
(suggested for students: Veritasium - 13 Climate Denial Myths Debunked in under 7 minutes
* K43 (226) - Energy and Civilization - limitations to Strategies (finish)
Nov 24
* K45 (259) - Strategies: Technology
* K44 (211) - Strategies: Policy Actions
Dec 1
* K45 (259) - Strategies: Technology
* K46 (96) - Strategies: Geo-Engineering
Thur Dec 10 1-4pm - in-classroom. (50 mult choice questions, comprehensive of entire course - just a long quiz)