Prerequisites: none
Description: Provides an understanding of Earth’s feedback systems that regulate the climate over long- and short-term time scales. Includes oceanic and atmospheric circulation patterns, the major reservoirs and global carbon cycle, and the influence and origin of greenhouse gases. Investigates sustainability, climate change policies, adaptation, and mitigation.
Credit: Credit is awarded for one of the following GEO 011 or GEO 011H.
Serves as a prerequisite for
GEO 136 GEO 137 GEO 161Referenced in
- Earth and Planetary Sciences — Geophysics Major
- Earth and Planetary Sciences — Earth and Planetary Sciences Major
- Earth and Planetary Sciences — Geology Major
- Earth and Planetary Sciences — Minor
- Gender and Sexuality Studies — Major Requirements
- Society, Environment, and Health Equity — Environmental Studies Major