MWF 1-1:50 p.m., SEQUO 148

Instructor: Kathy Barbeau (SIO, Office: 1232 Sverdrup Hall; 822-4339, kbarbeau@ucsd.edu)

Weekly problem session/discussion: 2:00 – 2:50 pm, Fridays in SSB 160 (attendance optional)
Office hours by appointment at SIO

Grades will be based on: Homework assignments (30%), Mid-Term Exam (30%) and Final Exam (40%)

see SYLLABUS HERE

Lectures will eventually be available on UCSD electronic reserves

**POST-WILDFIRE REVISED CLASS SCHEDULE**: Note that due to the wildfires we lost a week of classes. You can find a revised schedule of lectures and assignments HERE. NOTE: The midterm exam has now been moved back to Monday, Nov. 5th. If anyone has problems with this revised schedule please see me and I will try to accommodate your needs.

Lectures
They will be posted here as they become available:

#1 Sept 28th F - Introduction  
#2 Oct 1st M - Overview of global change
#3 Oct 3rd W - Planetary evolution
#4 Oct 5th F - Origins of life
#5 Oct 8th M - How the planet changed with life, Part I
#6 Oct 10th W - How the planet changed with life, Part II
#7 Oct 12th F - Atmosphere: Energy balance and greenhouse effect
#8 Oct 15th M - Atmosphere: Circulation and hydrologic cycle
#9 Oct 17th W - Ocean circulation
#10 Oct 19th F - Lithosphere
#11 Oct 29th M - Carbon cycle part I - The biosphere
#12 Oct 31st W - Carbon cycle part II - Inorganic carbon
#13 Nov 2nd F - Review session
#14 Nov 7th W - Long-term climate record, Part I
#15 Nov 9th F - Long-term climate record, Part II
#16 Nov 14th W - Mass extinctions in Earth history
#17 Nov 16th F - Pleistocene Glaciations
#18 Nov 19th M - Short-term climate variability, Part I 
#19 Nov 21st  W - Short-term climate variability, Part II
#20 Nov 26th  M - Global warming, Part I
#21 Nov 28th  W - Global warming, Part II
#22 Nov 30th  F - Ocean Acidification  - Supplementary reading here
#23 Dec 3rd  M - Ozone
#24 Dec 5th  W - Biodiversity

Homework
Homework sets and answers will be posted here as they become available:
 
Homework 1 due Oct 5th F - Homework 1 answers
Homework 2 due Oct 12th F - Homework 2 answers
Homework 3 due Oct 19th F - Homework 3 answers
Homework 4 due Nov 2nd F- Homework 4 answers

Midterm answers and grading info

Homework 5 due Nov 16 F - Homework 5 answers
Homework 6 due Nov 26 M - Homework 6 answers
Homework 7 due Nov 30 F - Homework 7 answers
Homework 8 due Dec 7 F - Homework 8 answers