ES3020 Global Climate Change

2024 to 2025 Semester 2

Curricular information may be subject to change

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Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

The Scottish Credit Accumulation and Transfer (SCOTCAT) system allows credits gained in Scotland to be transferred between institutions. The number of credits associated with a module gives an indication of the amount of learning effort required by the learner. European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) credits are half the value of SCOTCAT credits.

SCQF level

SCQF level 9

The Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF) provides an indication of the complexity of award qualifications and associated learning and operates on an ascending numeric scale from Levels 1-12 with SCQF Level 10 equating to a Scottish undergraduate Honours degree.

Planned timetable

To be confirmed.

This information is given as indicative. Timetable may change at short notice depending on room availability.

Module coordinator

Prof R J S Wilson

This information is given as indicative. Staff involved in a module may change at short notice depending on availability and circumstances.

Module Staff

Dr R Wilson, Dr M Byrne, and Dr J Barnet

This information is given as indicative. Staff involved in a module may change at short notice depending on availability and circumstances.

Module description

Climate change is one of the most challenging environmental problems currently facing society. Recent global warming likely lies outside the range of natural variability when compared to the last 1000 or even 2000 years. However, temperature is not the only game in town, and there are significant changes in hydro-climatic variability and related perturbations in large scale dynamical processes. This module provides fundamental information on climate dynamical processes and how we study them - currently and in the past. The module examines both strengths and limitations of terrestrial and marine proxy climate records used to study past climate of the late Holocene and Quaternary as well as introducing students to the fundamentals of modelling the climate system.

Relationship to other modules

Pre-requisites

UNDERGRADUATE: BEFORE TAKING THIS MODULE YOU MUST PASS ES2002 OR PASS ES2003

Assessment pattern

Coursework = 100%

Re-assessment

Retake Class Test = 100%

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact

2-hour lectures (10 weeks), 3-hour practicals (10 weeks)

Scheduled learning hours

The number of compulsory student:staff contact hours over the period of the module.

Guided independent study hours

The number of hours that students are expected to invest in independent study over the period of the module.