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Global Environmental Change (Introduction to Global Warming)
Kenji KAI Professor
Department: Graduate School of Environmental Studies
| Class Time: | 2012 Spring Tuesday |
| Recommended for: | Graduate School of Environmental Studies |
Course Overview
Course Objectives and Aims
I will lecture on the subject “How will global warming influence the environment in the near future?”, from the fields of science, engineering, agriculture, humanities, and so on. I will cover the following topics: the mechanisms of global warming, its influence on changes of natural environment and industries, and prediction and measures/outlook regarding the environment in the near future.
Key Features
Global Environmental Change (Introduction to Global Warming) (PDF, 70KB)
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Syllabus
Course Schedule
| Session | Contents | Teacher |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guidance | Professor Kenji KAI |
| Mechanisms of global warming | ||
| 2 | Mechanisms of global warming | Professor Hiroshi KANZAWA |
| 3 | Greenhouse gases and aerosols | Associate Professor Kazuo OSADA |
| 4 | Paleoclimate(Climates of the past) | Professor Takeshi NAKATSUKA |
| 5 | Reconstruction of the past climate and prediction of the future climate | Associate Professor Kengo SUDO |
| Impact to natural environment | ||
| 6 | Climatic change of precipitation | Professor Kenji NAKAMURA |
| 7 | Climatic change of the oceans | Professor Takeshi NAKATSUKA |
| 8 | Climatic change of glaciers | Associate Professor Koji FUJITA |
| Impact to ecological system and society | ||
| 9 | Impact to vegetation | Associate Professor Tomoomi KUMAGAI |
| 10 | Impact to agriculture | Professor Tsugihiro WATANABE* |
| 11 | Impact to water resources | Professor Makoto TANIGUCHI* |
| Countermeasure against global warming | ||
| 12 | Architecture harmonized with the environment | Professor Masaya OKUMIYA |
| 13 | Downscaling simulations of global/urban warming | Associate Professor Satoru IIZUKA |
| 14 | Climate policy and future perspective | Professor Tsuneo TAKEUCHI |
| 15 | Summary | Professor Kenji KAI |
*Research Institute for Humanity and Nature
Grading
The grading will be based on attendance (20%) and four reports (20%x4=80%)
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Page last updated October 18, 2012
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