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Global Warming Science

Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States12.340x
Free, no sign-up neededSpring 2020English
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This course introduces the basic science underpinning our knowledge of the climate system, how climate has changed in the past, and how it may change in the future. The course focuses on the fundamental energy balance between incoming solar radiation and outgoing infrared radiation in the climate system, and how this balance is affected by greenhouse gases.

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