Paleoclimate (ECS-0052)

Spring 2024 · ECS 0052 · Tufts University · 3 credits · Undergraduate

Examination of climate changes that took place on Earth during the last ~4 billion years with a focus on the proxy evidence for those changes and understanding of the mechanisms that caused them. This journey begins with the wrongly perceived “hell” of the Hadean and ends with Quaternary glaciations, the Holocene, the “Hockey Stick,” and a glimpse into the near future. Prerequisite: ECS 51 or permission of instructor.

Course codes: ECS-0052, ECS 0052, ECS0052, ECS-52, ECS 52, ECS52

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