College Bulletin 2024-2025
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PHYS 001C. Climate Change: Science and Responses (Cross-Listed with ENVS 010 ) A study of the complex interplay of factors influencing conditions on the surface of the Earth. Basic concepts from geology, oceanography, and atmospheric science lead to an examination of how the Earth’s climate has varied in the past, what changes are occurring now, and what the future may hold. Besides environmental effects, the economic, political, and ethical implications of global warming are explored, including possible ways to reduce climate change.
Natural sciences and engineering. 1 credit. Eligible for ENVS, GLBL-Core, ESCH Fall 2024. Beaulac. Catalog chapter: Physics and Astronomy Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/physics-astronomy
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