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Abrupt, Past and Future Climate Changes

Lecturers: Stefan Mulitza, Michael Schulz

Content:

This course introduces to the reconstruction and modeling of abrupt climate changes, provides an overview of paleo and historical climate changes (from the role of oceanic gateways in the Cenozoic through Pleistocene climate cycles to natural climate variability during the Holocene) and presents an outlook on future climate changes in response to projected anthropogenic climate forcings. Available evidence for past climate changes (from ice and marine sediment cores) as well as current climate change (from historical and instrumental data) is discussed. Computer lab exercises with conceptual climate models and results of comprehensive climate models are used throughout to investigate the processes that cause those climate changes.

The course addresses SDG 13 (climate action) by covering climate change throughout time.


Competences:

- to become familiar with the reconstructed climate variations for selected time intervals of the Cenozoic
- to gain an understanding of the dynamics of abrupt climate changes
- to become able to assess the respective roles of natural and anthropogenic climate variations in past and future climate changes

Assessment:

oral exam

Exam Form:

oral exam

Literature:

Alley et al.: Abrupt Climate Change: Inevitable Surprises. National Academy Press, Washington, DC, 238 pp., 2002.
Ruddiman, W.F.: Earth’s climate: past and future. W.H. Freeman, 3rd revised edition, 464 p., 2013.

Contents:

1st SWS: Introduction to abrupt, past and future climate changes / Introduction to abrupt climate change
2nd SWS: Greenhouse-gas and tectonic forcing of Cenozoic climate change
3rd SWS: Pleistocene climate changes and glacial cycles
4th SWS: Dansgaard-Oeschger Cycles & Heinrich Events
5th SWS: The climate of the last glacial maximum - Glacial cooling and climate sensitivity
6th SWS: The last deglaciation
7th SWS: The Holocene
8th SWS: The climate of the last two millennia
9th SWS: Abrupt climate change and thermohaline circulation
10th SWS: Current and Future Global Climate Change / The Anthropocene
11th SWS: El Niño-Southern Oscillation / Communicating about climate change
12th SWS: Projections of future climate / Impacts of future climate change
13th SWS: Past and future sea level / Avoiding dangerous climate change
14th SWS: Avoiding dangerous climate change



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Basic Data
VAK-Number

05-MMG-CC2-1


Study Program

Master Marine Geosciences


Module Name

Climate Change II: Models and Data


Course Type

Lecture, Exercise (L+E)


First Year of Study

6 CP

5 SWS

Summer Term


Course Language

English


Contact Person
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Paleoceanography

Dr. Stefan Mulitza

MARUM ZfT 5340R

Phone: +49 421 218 - 65536

smulitza@uni-bremen.de

Paleoceanography

Dr. Stefan Mulitza

MARUM ZfT 5340R

Phone: +49 421 218 - 65536

smulitza@uni-bremen.de
Lecturer

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Dr. Stefan Mulitza

MARUM ZfT 5340

Phone: +49 421 218 - 65536

smulitza@uni-bremen.de

Dr. Stefan Mulitza

MARUM ZfT 5340

Phone: +49 421 218 - 65536

smulitza@uni-bremen.de
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Prof. Dr. Michael Schulz

MARUM ZfT 4270

Phone: +49 421 218 - 65444

mschulz@marum.de

Prof. Dr. Michael Schulz

MARUM ZfT 4270

Phone: +49 421 218 - 65444

mschulz@marum.de
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