GLY 3074
The Oceans and Global Climate Change

Spring 2009

Schedule, course description, reserve materials

Announcements and assignments

The 3rd exam is this coming Mon. (April 6)- the study guide is posted under the exam link.

Wed and Fri. (April 8 and 10) you will work in groups of ~4 to devise a scenario to stabilize atmospheric CO2 emissions. The exercise is a game refered to as the "Stabilization Triangle" developed by a group of scientists from Princeton. In preparation for the exercise you need to read through the information provided with the game (available at the following link- Stabilization Triangle). Please read the information and options presented and think a bit about what strategy you would like to promote to achieve this goal. Each group will then devise a plan and present it to the rest of the class.

There is information under the presentation link about what is expected for your presentation and abstract.

Presentation Schedule:
March 30 (Mon)- Eric Ballotta, Bradley
April 1 (Wed)- Eric Bendler, Leith, Sara, Kyle
Apr 3-(Fri)- Lauren, Kaiceee, Kate, Gracie
Apr 13 (Mon)- Alexis, Leslie, Melissa, Betsy
Apr 15 (Wed)- Erin, Margaret, Elle, Ryan
Apr 17 (Fri)- Christina, Trevor, EVALUATIONS
Apr 20- Camille, Jennifer, Randall, Robert

The last writing assignment for class is due Wed. April 15th. I've posted it early incase you want to get started.

The following is the link for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report from 2007- this is an amazing online resource for studying global warming.
http://www.ipcc.ch/