Guia docente 2023_24
Facultad de Ciencias
Grado en Ciencias Ambientales
 Subjects
  Climate change
   Contents
Topic Sub-topic
Part I. Climate Change
Subject 1. Climate Change from the origin of the Earth.

1.1 Definition of climate.
1.2 Climatic system.
1.3 Reconstruction of the climate.
1.4 Climatic variability.
1.5 Characterization of the climate in the different periods of the Earth.
Part I. Climate Change
Subject 2. Present Climate change in the atmosphere.
2.1 Global temperature evolution from the 190th to the 21st Century. Trends.
2.2 Evolution of the ice cover in the different regions of the planet.
2.2.1 Ice cover trends.
2.3 Variability of the atmospheric humidity.
2.3.1 Humidity trends.
2.4 Evolution of global clouds coverege.
2.5 Variations in the atmospheric circulation.
Part 1. Climate Change
Subject 3. Present climate change in the ocean.
3.1 Global temperature and salinity changes.
3.1.1 Temperature trends.
3.1.2 Salinity trends.
3.2 Changes in the sea level rise.
3.2.1 Sea level rise trends.
3.3 Biochemical changes in the ocean.
3.3.1 Trends in biochemical variables.
Subject 4. Future projections of the climatic change Definition of radiative forcing.
Description of the different greenhouse gas emission scenarios used in the IPCC.
Future projections of different atmospheric and oceanic variables.
Part II: Climate Change and biodiversity

Subject 4. Effect of the climate change on the vegetal
biodiversity
4.1 Evidences of the climate change and its
characteristics.
4.2 Main climatic elements which determines the
plant development and growth.
4.3 Influence of meteorological parameters on
the plants periodic phenomenons.
4.3 Effects on the agriculture.
Part II. Climate Change and biodiversity

Subject 5. Mitigation and adaptation
5.1 Resources to improve the present energetic system.
5.2 Management of forest resources and of crops.
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