| Unit name | Environmental Change 4 |
|---|---|
| Unit code | GEOGM1110 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | M/7 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) |
| Unit director | Professor. Andy Ridgwell |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
Having followed the A or B Syllabus in Years 2 and 3 |
| Co-requisites |
The A or B Syllabus units in Year 4 |
| School/department | School of Geographical Sciences |
| Faculty | Faculty of Science |
To provide an appreciation as to how the concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and thus climate are regulated. This will be done through gaining knowledge as to the operation of the fundamental global biogeochemical cycles operating on Earth and what their relationship is with climate, together with how changes occurring in the past can be reconstructed and used to inform our confidence of predicting the future. The focus of the Unit will be on the marine realm of the global carbon cycle. Learning will be facilitated through a mix of interactive seminars, with personal research and literature review, and practical work, with a strong emphasis on computer model based practical classes using a real(!) research Earth system model. The cumulating objectives of the Unit will be to develop a critical appreciation of the biogeochemical impacts of current human activities and of the associated global environmental and climatic implications as well as the importance of global biogeochemical cycling in the geologic past.
