Course: Causes of Climate Change

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Thanks for following our course! For further information on climate change from the University of Bergen and the Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, please visit these websites: • Studies at …

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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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 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 …

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 …