• Jan 18 Overview of global change (Guest Lecturers Dick Seagrave and Mike Taber)
  
• Jan 20 Overview of global atmospheric structure and circulation
• Atmospheric chemistry:
  • Jan 23 evolution of the
  • Jan 25 chemistry of the earth's atmosphere (Guest Lecturer Dick Seagrave)
  • Jan 27 major gases, trace gases, methane, carbonates
  • *Jan 30 nitrogen cycle, sulfur cycle
  • Feb 1 manmade chemicals, ozone
  • Feb 3 ozone reactions: physics and chemistry of the stratosphere
  • Feb 6 acid deposition
• *Feb 8 Global energy balance, radiative forcing
• Feb 10 Internal and external influences: solar luminosity, volcanos, albedo
• Modeling climate:
  • Feb 13 the climate system
  • *Feb 15 direct effects, feedback processes, role of clouds
  • Feb 17 characteristics of current models
  • #Feb 20 models of the present climate
  • Feb 22 models of the double CO2 climate
  • Feb 24 model results of transient models
• *Feb 27 Observed climate changes, past and present
• Mar 1 Ocean structure and circulation
• Mar 3 Climate variability (El Nino, La Nina)
• Mar 6 Satellites
• Mar 8 Mission to Planet Earth, observing global change from satellites
• Mar 10 Midterm exam
• Mar 13 NO CLASSES
• Mar 15 NO CLASSES
• Mar 17 NO CLASSES
• #*Mar 20 Population trends and controlling factors
• Mar 22 Energy consumption and its relation to global atmospheric chemistry
• Mar 24 Human health
• Mar 27 Hydrological aspects of global change (Guest lecturer William J. Gutowski)
• Mar 29 Global hydrological cycle (Guest lecturer William J. Gutowski)
• *Mar 31 Remote sensing: hydrological cycle and the earth system (Guest lecturer William Simpkins)
• April 3 Sea-level rise
• Apr 5 Plant physiological effects of a changing environment (Guest lecturer Thomas Jurik)
• Apr 7 Vegetation responses to a changing environment
• *Apr 10 Land use issues (Guest lecturer James Raich)
• Apr 12 Desertification (Guest lecturer John Schafer)
• Apr 14 Implications of global change for agriculture
• Apr 17 Sustainable agriculture
• Apr 19 Forestry issues
• *Apr 21 Environmental economics (Guest Lecturer Joseph Herriges)
• Apr 24 Sustainable development (Guest Lecturer Joseph Herriges)
• Apr 26 Societal responses and consequences (GCP LIVE! Guest Appearance by Michael Glantz on CuSee-Me)
• Apr 28 Environmental sociology (Guest Lecturer Michael Bell)
• May 1 Global change and urbanization (Guest Lecturer Michael Whiteford)
• #May 3 Legislation and policy issues: state, national and international (Guest Lecturer Monica Stone, IDNR)
• *May 5 Wrap up discussion
• May 8-12 Final Exam from 1995

# Graduate assignment due