Jan 19
Lecture 1
     Introduction/admin 

     What is Global Warming?
  
     The physics of global warming 
              - overview of Blackbody Radiation
              - discussion of infrared absorption


     READING:  Rough Guide, pp 3 - 17


Jan 24
Lecture 2

     Definitions of Temperature, Energy.
           UNITS.

      Relationship between energy and temperature

        More details of Blackbody Radiation
           Stefan-Boltzman 
           Emissivity

      The Sun as an energy source.

      Long term orbit of earth, 400kyr, 100kyr heating/cooling cycles.

      READING: Rough Guide, pp 196-197

Jan 26
Lecture 3
      
     Details of mechanism behind global warming.
        Spectra, visible/infrared absorption lines

        - physics of greenhouse effect.

     Earth/Mars/Venus and greenhouse effect.

     READING Rough Guide pp 20 - 31

Jan 31
Lecture 4  

     Introduction to the atmosphere.
        What is it made of?
        History of the atmosphere.
  
     Which gases are greenhouse gases?
        
     How much in the atmosphere?

     READING  See "Earth's Atmosphere" and links on the readings page
     as well as "Atmosphere" for data on Earth,  Mars, and Venus.

Feb 2
Lecture 5 
  
     How do greenhouse gases get in the atmosphere
       Chemistry of hydrocarbons
       Historical data 

     How much is too much?

     READING  Rough Guide: "The Greenhouse Effect"
              

      
Feb 7
Lecture 6 

     Human energy consumption and greenhouse gases.
     Relative rates and abundances.
     Which one(s) to worry about.

     READING  Rough Guide: "Who's Responsible"

Feb 9
Lecture 7 

     The human energy budget.
     How much energy does world population need (various scenarios)

     READING  See Energy Use on readings page

Feb 14
Lecture 8

      Filling the energy budget 
      Fossil fuels, renewables

      READING

Feb 16
Lecture 9 

       World energy consumption future.
        various scenarios
        
       READING

Feb 21
      Exam Review 

Feb 23
      Exam 1

Feb 28
      Exam 1 Solutions/discussion.


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March 2
Lecture 10

     Climate modeling 
          successes and limitations


     READING  Rough Guide: chapter "Circuits of Change"

March 7
Lecture 11 

     Impacts of global warming:  Overview
      
     READING  chapters "Extreme Heat," "The Big Melt" (pp. 82-89)

March 9
Lecture 12 

     Impacts: heat and sea level rise

     READING  chapter "Oceans" (pp. 100-109)

--------------------Spring Break---------------

March 21
Lecture 13

       Ecological catastrophes from the past (from Jared Diamond's book "Collapse")
         - Easter Island
         - Nordic settlement in Greenland
         

March 23
Lecture 14 

      Adressing global warming
      How to determine what works
      Mass media and global warming 

      READING

    
March 28
Lecture 15

     Conservation.  

March 30
Lecture 16 

     New technologies
         Sequestration,  mirrors in space, etc


     READING  Rough Guide: pp. 292-294 (sequestration), 
                           pp. 308-311 (making buildings greener), 
                           pp. 311-312 (geoengineering)


April 4
Lecture 18 
      Study session for Exam 2


April 6
     Exam 2 

April 11
     Exam 2 Solutions/discussion

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April 13
Lecture 19

     Socolow's wedges   
     READING  http://www.physics.rutgers.edu/%7Ekarin/140/articles/socolow-sciam.pdf

April 18
Lecture 20     


     International efforts (Copenhagen, Kyoto etc)


     READING  http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4501970
              http://www.physics.rutgers.edu/%7Ekarin/140_2005/articles/Kyoto%20Targets.pdf
            

April 20
Lecture 21

      Economics of global warming
        cap and trade
        carbon tax

      READING  http://www.pewclimate.org/node/9
               http://www.pewclimate.org/DDCF-Briefs/Taxes
               http://www.pewclimate.org/DDCF-Briefs/Allocation
               http://www.pewclimate.org/DDCF-Briefs/Offsets  

April 25
Lecture 22

     Energy trading 

     READING

April 27
Lecture 23 

     What can you do?
     Open Discussion.



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