People and Places in a Changing Climate

3 Credits

This course is designed to equip students to understand climate change science, impacts, and adaptation. Course content introduces and applies Earth system science concepts, and terminology and tools climate scientists use to evaluate climate variability and change. Regional contextual investigation is applied by focusing on four U.S regions. We describe each region’s historical, socio-economic and geographic context, how climate has varied in the ancient and recent past, how it may change in the future, and how these aspects come together to inform how each region is responding to their changing environment.