Geography 202: Supplemental Readings (updated periodically)
Week 1- Tollefson, 2010: An Erosion of Trust?, Nature
- Lloyd, 2011: Why are Americans so ill-informed about climate change? Scientific American
- Oreskes 2007, The scientific consensus on climate change: How do we know we're not wrong? MIT Press, pp65-99
- Robinson and Robinson, 1997, The Science has spoken: Global Warming is a Myth, Dow Jones
- Tollefson, 2012: Climate Forecasting: A Break in the Clouds, Scientific American
- Black Carbon: A Review and Policy Recommendations (chapters 1-2), Princeton, 2009
- Cloud Infographics
- Clouds: The wildcard of climate change (NSF)
- Aerosols and Climate
- Global Dimming: BBC Documentary
Week 5-6
Week 8- Global Biogeochemical Cycles and the Physical Climate System (Chapters 1-4, pp 1-28), UCAR
- Dr. Richard Alley's lecture "The Biggest Control Knob: Carbon Dioxide in the Earth's Climate History"
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