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2017 OLLI SOUTH SPRING: Earth’s Climate: Past, Present and Future – concerns and solutions (4th time): Thursdays 9:30-11:30, March 30th-May 18th
- OLLI CLIMATE 2017 Week 1 CLICK HERE
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week 1 March 30, 2017
- Introductions
- Key principles of climate change
- The difference between weather and climate
- Climate system: feedbacks, cycles and self-regulation (climate, not government)
- What determines Earth’s climate
- PDF – Belanger OLLI SOUTH EARTHS CLIMATE week1 final
- PowerPoint-download: Belanger OLLI SOUTH EARTHS CLIMATE week1 final
- Handout #1 Denial101x HOW GHGs work
- Handout #2 Solar heat budget modified
- Link to videos on How GHGs work:
- – Increasing Greenhouse effect
- – Bill Nye “CLIMATE 101″ WITH BILL NYE
- AAAS: whatweknow_report_climate
- How Does the Public’s View of Science Go So Wrong – Scientific American Blog Network
- Lost Faith in Expertise
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OLLI CLIMATE 2017 Week 2 April 6, 2017
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week 2: Earth’s past climate history and what caused those changes: slides and other links
- slides:
- Handout – handouts week 2
- Further explanation of Isotopic fractionation: 2 slides included in slides above: O18 fractionation;
- VERY GOOD supplemental article to explain isotopes: isotopes explained L16-N
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week 3
- PDF – OLLI south week4 slides
- Pptx: Belanger OLLI south week4 slides
- EXTRA EXTRA
Another slide presentation on Global warming today:
Dr. Jeff Masters, Director of Meteorology, The Weather Underground, LLC; Earth’s Climate: Where are we at, and where are we headed (click here: PowerPoint-11Mb or PDF-4Mb)
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week 4:
- slides forthcoming after class
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