2015 Fall OLLI West course: Earth’s Climate: Past, Present and Future and Reasons for Concern

Course Description: click here
2015 revised syllabus: click here
Tuesday 9/15 9:30-11:30 thru 11/3/2015 for 8 weeks (no class 10/20), Ice core lab Th 11/5:

Class Type:  Illustrated Lectures, some video and discussion; in lieu of 3rd class there will be a field trip to National Ice Core Lab located at USGS in Lakewood; http://icecores.org/ at 9 a.m. Tuesday September 30th. I will have room for a total of 35 persons for the Ice Core Lab field trip and will solicit for other-than-class members on a first come, first served basis. See if your spouse or significant other wishes to come. Outline: see syllabus link above for details:

1. Tuesday September 15^th, 9:30-11:30 a.m.: Introduction; the difference between weather and climate; how Greenhouse gases (GHGs) work.
   —WEEK 1, 2015 SLIDES/NOTES – CLICK HERE—
2. Tuesday September 22^rd, 9:30-11:30 a.m.: Earth’s past climate history – and what caused those changes.
   —WEEK 2, 2015 SLIDES/NOTES – CLICK HERE—
   
3. Tuesday September 29^th, 9:30-11:30-noon: The Present and Future: signs of climate change. Ocean acidification – CLICK HERE—
4. Tuesday October 6^th, 9:30-11:30 a.m.: Ocean acidification, rates, models/future and the IPCC – CLICK HERE —
5. Tuesday October 13^th, 9:30-11:30 a.m.: Denial issues; Denial 101x: CLICK HERE
6. Tuesday October 20^st, 9:30-11:30 a.m. :NEW – GUEST SPEAKER: Bob Raynolds – on the Anthropocene CLICK HERE
7. Tuesday, October 27th, 9:30-11:30 a.m.: Economics and Solutions – CLICK HERE
8. Tuesday November 3^th, 9:30-11:30 a.m.: Economics and Solutions (cont.), conclusion/sustainability CLICK HERE
9. Thursday November 5th, 9:00-11:30-noon: Ice core lab: important: bring government issued ID – CLICK HERE 2nd half of page

NEW ARTICLE FROM JIM HANSEN HANSEN 20150921_IceMeltPredictions – also posted on week 2 page (link above)

Some links to investigate:

• http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2015/jun/04/new-solution-climate-club/ and
• http://carbon-price.com/wp-content/uploads/2015-01-04-Nordhaus-ClimateClubAEA-v2-slides.pdf   (30 slides, Jan, 2015)
• http://citizensclimatelobby.org/