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If you study climate science, or even if you are experienced climatologist, if your work is related to any kind of climate issues, or if you are just interested in global warming news and you want to understand the basics of how the climate system works.
Investigate the basics of climate system, to better understand how it works on a deeper level, that will allow you to highlight the high-quality information, understand the news and how information is distorted, evaluate scientific evidence or talk about climate changes from an informed perspective and how to effectively debunk climate misinformation.
The course "Mechanisms of Climate Change" aims to provide a clear and thorough understanding of how the climate system works. It covers the fundamental principles that form the basis of the climate system, including the natural and human factors that influence it. The course also explores how climate change impacts human activities and why there are individuals who are skeptical about human-induced global warming. Additionally, students will learn about the historical changes in climate over thousands of years and why the current warming trend is generating significant scientific interest. The course also delves into the methods used to reconstruct past climates and make climate predictions for the future. Finally, students will explore the most significant consequences of climate change for humanity.
The study of the indicated information leads to a comprehensive understanding of the climate change issues on the global and regional scale, the ability to competently evaluate incoming information, even without having a professional education in this field, and also provides the necessary basis for further study of climate change research and applied climatology problems.
Specialized education is not required to attend the course.
The study of the discipline is done in a lecture format, accompanied by presentations and materials for self-study, in the form of scientific articles, educational materials, schedules and assignments.
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This course may be of interest to students studying climatology, those whose field of research is related to climate or close fields of science, as well as those who are simply self-interested in climate change and want to understand the basics of the processes of fluctuations of the climate system. Knowledge of the physical basis of global climate change and the interaction of various climatic components can be the basis for an in-depth study of climate change issues, will allow you to apply the knowledge gained to participate in research, project or independent work, analyze and critically evaluate scientific and popular scientific information and maintain a conversation about climate change from a professionally informed point of view.
The estimated duration of the course is 6 sections (weeks). A specific topic is studied during each week. It will be necessary to listen to 60-120 minutes of lecture materials per week, as well as study materials for self-education for 60-120 minutes. In each section (week) there are 8 to 12 video fragments (the duration of each lecture is from 5 to 20 minutes each). The video lectures of the first two weeks are open access, the rest of the materials will be available after you pay for the course.
A wide international audience without the need for specialized training, young professionals in the field of climatology, specialists in scientific fields related to climatology, a student audience.
Students and professionals in the field of climatology will be offered a choice of more complex tasks.
To master the discipline, students must possess the following knowledge and competencies: to know the basics of geography, have a desktop computer and/or laptop.
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Position: Junior researcher
Position: Scientific researcher
Position: Junior researcher
Position: assistant professor Faculty of Geography and Geoinformation Technology, Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia Senior researcher, Institute of geography Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia Postdoctoral researcher, Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center, The Ohio State University, USA
Position: Assistant professor, Faculty of Geography and GIS HSE
Position: PhD, associate professor Faculty of Geography and GIS HSE Deputy Director of the A.M.Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics, RAS
Position: Researcher, Institute of Geography RAS
Position: Research engineer of the Laboratory of Dendrochronology Institute of Geography RAS
The cost of access to all course materials, the opportunity to take the exam with proctoring and receive a certificate is 3600 rubles.
The cost of passing the procedures for assessing learning outcomes with personal identification - 3600 Р.