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所在平台: Coursera |
课程主页: https://www.coursera.org/learn/science-and-engineering-of-climate-change
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课程名称：气候变化的科学与工程 课程概述：全球变暖是本世纪最重大挑战之一，有效应对这一问题需要对其物理、社会和金融方面有深入的理解。《气候变化的科学与工程》课程旨在介绍气候变化的科学基础及现有的减缓其影响的技术。 课程将探讨一系列重要问题，例如：我们是否确定气候正在变化？我们对气候变化是否人为导致的有多大信心？我们是否正朝着气候灾难的方向发展？温室气体为何与全球变暖有关？我们有哪些应对选项？现有的提案中，哪些是现实可行的，哪些仅是空想？通过本课程的学习，您将获得解决这些问题所需的概念工具。 该课程分为四个模块。在前两个模块中，您将了解科学家如何测量气候及其演变，气候模型如何运作，以及大气中的温室气体如何在气候决定中发挥核心作用。后两个模块介绍可用于减少碳排放和大气中碳浓度的主要技术，并结合第一部分的内容，解释这些技术如何最佳组合以应对气候变化。 本MOOC适合希望了解气候变化科学基础，并探讨我们能够有效遏制地球温度上升趋势的实际方法的学习者。无需任何先前的知识背景。 课程大纲： 1. 当前气候变化的背景 2. 气候变化模型 3. 控制二氧化碳浓度的技术 4. 非化石能源来源
Name:Current Climate Change in Context
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Name:Modelling Climate Change
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Name:Technologies to Control CO2 Concentration
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Name:Non-Fossil Energy Sources
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Global warming is one of the most significant challenges of the century and tackling it in the most effective way requires a good understanding of its physical, social and financial aspects. The Science and Engineering of Climate Change course offers an introduction to the science of climate change and to the existing technologies to mitigate its effects. Are we sure that the climate is changing? How confident are we that climate change is anthropogenic? Are we heading for a climate catastrophe? Why are greenhouse gases associated with global warming? What options do we have to cope with these facts? Which of the many proposals are realistic, and which are just wishful thinking? By the end of this course, you will have the necessary conceptual tools to provide your own answers to these questions. This MOOC is divided into four modules. With the first two you will understand how scientists measure climate and its evolution, how climate models work and how greenhouse gases within the atmosphere play a central role in determining the climate. The last two modules introduce the main technologies that can be used to reduce carbon emissions and carbon concentration in the atmosphere, and, in the light of the facts explained in the first part of the course, explain how these technologies can be best combined. The MOOC is for those who want to understand not only the basics of climate-change science, but also what we can really and effectively do to curb the present trend in the planet’s temperatures. No previous knowledge is required.
