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Global Warming Science

Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States12.340
Free, no sign-up neededSpring 2012English
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This course provides students with a scientific foundation of anthropogenic climate change and an introduction to climate models. It focuses on fundamental physical processes that shape climate (e.g. solar variability, orbital mechanics, greenhouse gases, atmospheric and oceanic circulation, and volcanic and soil aerosols) and on evidence for past and present climate change.

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