ERS 121 - Humans and Global Change

Explores how Earth’s climate system works and how past environmental changes affected humans on time scales ranging from interannual to hundreds of thousands of years. Topics will range from the development of agriculture at the beginning of the current interglaciation to how humans are now changing global climate through the addition of greenhouses gases to the atmosphere.

Core Curriculum/Core Requirements: Population and the Environment

Course Typically Offered: Fall

Credits: 3