Climate Change Impacts on Ecological Systems credit:

3 Hours

Examines the response of ecological systems to climate change by drawing on multiple lines of evidence from the past and present. Topics include species range shifts, timing of biological events, ecosystem function, and feedbacks. The implications for conservation, as well as approaches to mitigating and adapting to climate change, are also explored. Computer-based exercises are used to enhance quantitative reasoning skills and build climate and ecological literacy. Online only. This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for: Nat Sci & Tech - Life Sciences Quantitative Reasoning II