Science of Climate Change
Code
73224100
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Geografia e Planeamento Regional
Credits
5
Weekly hours
2
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
Prerequisites
None
Subject matter
Bibliography
-Climate Change in Portugal. Scenarios, Impacts and Adaptation Measures SIAM Project, F.D. Santos, R. Moita and K. Forbes-2002-SIAM Project, Gradiva, Lisboa, 2002
- Alterações Climáticas em Portugal. Cenários, Impactos e Medidas de Adaptação Projecto SIAM II, F.D. Santos and P. Miranda-2006- Gradiva, Lisboa.
- IPCC 4th Assessment Report
-IPCC 5th Assessment Report
-Alterações Globais, desafios e riscos presentes e futuros, book published by Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos, Lisbon, 2012.
- The Physics of Climate, J.P.Peixoto and A.Oort, Springers, 1991
Teaching method
The teaching consists of lectures to teach the contents of the syllabus and also to solve problems and exercises in order to develop their capacity to apply their theoretical knowledge on the science of climate change obtained in the lectures.
Evaluation method
The examination consists in writing an essay in the form of a research paper on a topic selected by each student from a set proposed by the professor.
Furthermore each student has to make an oral presentation of his essay during 15 minutes followed by 5 minutes of discussion.