Prerequisites: upper-division standing or consent of instructor; PHYS 002B or PHYS 040B recommended
Description: Surveys historical and paleoclimate change using basic principles on gas laws, radiant energy exchange, atmospheric circu- lation and oceanography, and proxy data. Topics in- clude variability in modern climate, greenhouse gases, global warming, El Nino, Pacific decadal oscillation, ozone hole, volcanism, ice age climate, and Milan- kovitch cycles. Also covers stable isotope profiles, plate tectonics, greenhouse climates, paleovegetation, modern species diversity, and snowball Earth.