Oceans and Global Change

3 credits · Graduate

This course examines the role and response of the Oceans to global change, including alterations in currents and circulation, increases in sea level and storm surges, changes in ocean chemistry, modification to the types and patterns of sediment deposition, alterations in the abundances and distributions of organisms, and overall productivity. The course will discuss means of predicting these changes and their effects. PREREQUISITES: Permission of instructor EXCLUSIONS: OCEA 4000.03 FORMATS: Lecture