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B624 – Climate Change
Climate Change
Version: 2
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Ulrike Feistel
ulrike.feistel(at)htw-dresden.de
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Ulrike Feistel
ulrike.feistel(at)htw-dresden.de
Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Jakob Ebermann
jakob.ebermann(at)htw-dresden.de
Dipl.-Hydrol. Susanna Kettner
susanna.kettner(at)htw-dresden.de
English
5.00 Credits
150 hours
4.00 SWS (2.00 SWS Lecture | 2.00 SWS Seminar)
90.00 hours
Written examination
Examination duration: 90 min | Weighting: 100 % | Tested in English language
Lectures, seminars, discussions, panel discussion, student presentations,
- Introduction to the climate system
- Climate archives
- Historic CC1 - tectonic scale climate change
- Historic CC2 - orbital scale climate change
- Historic CC3 - glaciation/deglaciation scale climate change
- Historic CC4 - last 1000 years
- Recent changes in climate
- Climate predictions
- Adaptation and mitigation measures to address the impact of climate change
- Climate change and politics, UN World Climate Conference, ICPP-Reports
- Climate models and scenarios
- Special climate phenomena (El niño) affected by climate change
- Adaptation/mitigation measures in agriculture, the water sector urban development, the industry
Students will have a profound understanding of the processes involved in climate change. They will be able to interpret the predictions made using global climate models. Students will have knowledge of ongoing adaptations and mitigation measures across the world. They will have explored a range specific engineering solutions to some of the most pressing problems resulting from climate change.
- Developing competence in discussing climate change and related topics
- Developing and implementing projects addressing the impact of climate change
- Performing cooperative and responsible team work
- William F. Ruddiman: Earth's Climate: Past and Future. W. H. Freeman, 3rd ed. 2013.
- IPCC reports
Script, selected publications