Climate - basics, its changes and impact on humans 2800-OG-EN-CBC
Objective of the course: Presentation in a comprehensive and synthetic way of the current state of knowledge in the field of global climate change and its causes.
Learning methods of paleoclimate reconstruction and methods used to construct future climate scenarios (climate modeling). Presentation of the basic relationships existing between the climate and its changes and the formation of the natural environment and its impact on humans.
Course content: Definitions and terminology relating to climate change. The climate system and its governing factors. Causes of climate change in different time and space scales. Paleoclimatic reconstruction methods. Paleoclimate from the birth of the Earth to the period of instrumental observations. The climate of the historical period. Climate of the period of instrumental observations. Consequences of the expected climate change for the natural environment and man. Climate models and future climate change scenarios. Impact on human activities, especially tourism. Biometeorology issues.
Learning outcomes: acquiring knowledge about climate change and its causes, acquiring the ability to reasonably explain the causes of climate change, acquiring the ability to reconstruct past climates; acquiring the ability to assess the impact of climate change on the contemporary and future natural environment and on humans.
Całkowity nakład pracy studenta
Efekty uczenia się - wiedza
Efekty uczenia się - umiejętności
Efekty uczenia się - kompetencje społeczne
Metody dydaktyczne
Metody dydaktyczne podające
- opis
Metody dydaktyczne poszukujące
- projektu
Rodzaj przedmiotu
Wymagania wstępne
Koordynatorzy przedmiotu
Kryteria oceniania
Lecture: Written exam – a test consisting of open and closed questions. Criteria for the final grade: 50-60% points - 3, 61-70% - 3+, 71-80% - 4, 81-90% - 4+, >90% - 5
Laboratory:
Written tests during laboratory classes
Evaluation of a report prepared on the basis of the conducted experiment
Activity during the classes
Final grade in laboratory classes will be an average of grades received in the abovementioned categories
Praktyki zawodowe
not applicable
Literatura
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 1990, 1995, 2001, 2007, 2013, 2021
Martens P., Rotmans J., 1999, Climate change: An integrated perspective, Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Burroughs W.J., 2007, Climate change: A multidisciplinary approach, Cambridge University Press.
Bradley R., 1999, Paleoclimatology: Reconstructing climates of the Quaternary, Academic Press.
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