Impact of Climate Change on Geological Carbon and Water Cycle
Instructor
Ya-Hsuan Liou, Li-Hung Lin, Min-Hui Lo
Schedule
Thu. 14:20-17:20
Open in Fall
Open in Fall
Credits
3
Description
The changes in the Earth's climate are primarily driven by human activity, resulting in a rapid increase in CO2 concentration in the Earth's atmosphere. However, the changes in the environment are affecting the water and carbon cycles at local, regional, and global scales. The carbon and hydrological cycles play a central role in the interactive functioning of the Earth's climate. This course aims to understand the essential aspects of the modern terrestrial and global carbon and hydrological cycles and their interactions within the climate system, especially under climate change. Topics covered include stocks and fluxes of the carbon and water cycles from measurements in in-situ observations, models, and remote sensing; impacts of global change on the stocks and fluxes. Students will read several critical papers on these topics and will also learn to design, perform, and analyze numerical climate models and reanalysis datasets for their final project.
More introduction
This is a lecture and discussion course with significant interactions. Students can propose hypotheses that integrate the geological/hydrological cycles and climatology and use the data and model to test the proposed ideas in the final project. Students will lead and participate in literature discussions on the geological carbon and water cycles, involving papers or book chapters. Each student will be responsible for leading one discussion during the semester.
