Recommended reading – Records of past changes in climate
For an introduction to paleoclimate science as well as past records of climate change here are a few suggestions. The paleoclimate chapter of the last IPCC report Chapter 5. If …
Course: Causes of Climate Change
Past changes in climate
Climate changes in the past Studying past climate is the key to understanding climate changes today and projecting scenarios for climate change in the future. Future climate changes will be …
Records of past changes in climate
In this video you will learn about records of past changes in climate. In particular you will learn about climate archives from marine and ice cores. Topics covered: The past …
Recommended reading – A simple climate model with ocean heat uptake
A simple model of the climate system By using the concepts of radiative forcings, climate feedbacks and ocean heat uptake we can make a conceptual model that make use of …
Ocean heat uptake
Previously we have gone through the concepts of radiative forcing and climate feedbacks. In order to understand how fast the earth’s temperature responds to a radiative forcing, we need to …
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Post-course survey
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Week 3: feedback
In this video the educators will be going through central questions from this week’s lessons. Questions from all learners – posted through the “FutureLearn – Comments” have been considered for …
Week 2: feedback
In this video the educators together with a PhD student from the University of Bergen discuss a central questions from this week’s lessons. Questions from all learners – posted through …
Mathematical Expression of Climate feedbacks
In this text we show how we can incorporate feedbacks in simple mathematical formulation of climate change and we will go through an example showing how the climate sensitivity due …
Radiative feedbacks
A climate feedback is an internal climate process that amplifies or dampens the initial climate response to a specific forcing (example: increase in atmospheric water vapor that is triggered by …
Climate Feedbacks
When a radiative forcing is imposed on the climate system, the temperature is not the only thing on earth that will change. In this lecture you will learn about which …
Recommended reading – Heat transport
These suggested articles/websites will give you a more in-depth background on the topics covered in the video in step 2.1: There is a nice article on the Gulf Stream by …
The Gulf Stream and ocean heat transport
The heat emitted to the atmosphere by the Gulf Stream, and its extension into the Norwegian Sea, is an important reason for the mild climate in Norway and large parts …
Heat transport by the ocean and atmosphere
In this video you will learn about the role of the ocean and atmosphere in redistributing the energy received from the Sun. In particular you will learn how energy is …