Title

IPCC AR4: The State of Global Climate Change

Course Description

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) was released in April, 2007.  The conclusion that humans have had measurable impacts on global climate has increased from 'likely' (>66% chance) in the Third Assessment Report released in 2001 to very likely (>90% chance) currently. This conclusion is based both on climate models which demonstrate that recent trends cannot be explained without including human-related increases in greenhouse gases and instrumental and paleo records that point to the unprecedented nature of recent warming. In this seminar, we will review chapters mainly by IPCC Working Group I that present the overall science behind their conclusions along with principle policy, social, and ecosystem implications.   

Instructor (s)

Peter Brown

E-mail

pmb@rmtrr.org  

Phone Number

970-229-9557

Credits

1

Academic Restrictions or Recommendations

Graduate students and advanced undergrads

Meeting Times

Wednesday 1:00 - 1:50 pm

Classroom

TBA

First Meeting Date

August 27, 2008

CRN

66241

Will this course be cross-listed or cross-enrolled

No

Enrollment Limit

20

Background

No requirements

Text to be used

IPCC AR4; supporting papers and web sites as needed