Global Warming And Climate Change: A Scientific Perspective

8 Weeks Peter Jonas

Course Overview

An in-depth scientific explanation of the global warming phenomenon and its most infamous consequence: climate change.

Course Outline

Introduction
  • Understanding Nature
  • Weather vs Climate

The Water Cycle

  • Evaporation
  • Condensation
  • Precipitation
  • Interception
  • Infiltration
  • Percolation
  • Transpiration
  • Runoff, and storage
  • Weather vs Climate

Understanding the Atmosphere

  • Troposphere
  • Stratosphere
  • Mesosphere
  • Thermosphere
  • Exosphere

Greenhouse Gases

  • The Greenhouse Effect
  • Greenhouse Gases
  • Where do Greenhouse Gases Come From

Acid Rain

  • Causes of Acid Rain
  • SOx and NOx
  • Effects of Acid Rain

Global Warming

  • Impact of CO2 emissions on global temperatures
  • 2015 Paris Agreement Threshold

Impacts

  • Global Climate Disasters
  • Impacts on the Global South
  • Climate Action Movements by Gen Z

How to Fix Climate Change

  • Renewable Energy
  • Reducing the Carbon Footprint
  • Legislation and UN action
Peter Jonas
8 Weeks
Jan 15, 2021
$12.99

Course Instructor

Peter Jonas
Peter JonasGeoscientist
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About us

The climate initiative educates, empowers, and unites people around the world to advocate for effective and just climate change solutions. Our mission is to work in collaboration to keep the planet habitable and climate change under control. TCI’s inception was inspired by the Kyoto Protocols to ensure greenhouse gas emissions are kept in check. Today we are dedicated to controlling the globally rising temperatures and meeting the 1.5°C thresholds set by the 2015 Paris Agreement.