Readings for Climate Change Section

Hey guys, we'll be starting on climate change this week with a lecture on basic climatology on Tuesday and then on global climate change on Thursday. Here is a series of three articles by Elizabeth Kolbert from the New Yorker last year that provide an entry-point into global climate change. We'll get more technical articles out as we get more up to speed. I'd try and get through part one on the arctic and the study of climate change and part two on climate and ancient civilizations by Thursday or so. Part three treats differing ideas about what is to be done about climate change, and you might want to read that as well as you start to frame your upcoming papers later in the week.

After we get a little basic climatology under our belt we can hit the primary literature, which is a lot of fun!