Selected lecture notes are provided below.
| Week # | TopicS | LectureS |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction & Weather Story | Class Intros and Your Weather Story (PDF - 2.5MB) |
| 2 | Water, Climate Change, & Health Introduction | What Makes a Planet Habitable? Planetary Boundaries (PDF - 2.1MB) |
| 3 | Climate 1 | Earth’s Climate History (PDF - 2.8MB) |
| 4 | Climate 2 | 10,000 Years Ago to Present (PDF - 2.4MB) |
| 5 | Climate 3 |
Atmospheric and Oceanic General Circulation Models (PDF - 1.5MB) Guest Lecture: Kasturi Shah, MIT Graduate Student |
| 6 | Climate 4 | Future Projections (Lecture notes unavailable) |
| 7 | Water & Climate Change | Climate Change, Human, and Planetary Health Through the Lens of Water (PDF - 6.2MB) |
| 8 | Game | No Lecture |
| 9 | One Health |
Guest Lecture: Hellen Amuguni, Assistant Professor at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University |
| 10 | MWRA Storm Water Management, Combined Sewer Overflows | No Lecture |
| 11 | Oceans | Ocean Acidification (Lecture notes unavailable) |
| 12 | Climate & Sustainability |
Two Steps Forward and One Step Back: How the World is Doing in Adressing Climate Change and Related Sustainability Issues (Lecture notes unavailable) Guest Lecture: Bill Moomaw, Emeritus Professor of International Environmental Policy at Tufts University MIT’s Climate Action Plan and Massachusetts Climate Action (Lecture notes unavailable) Guest Lecture: Curt Newton, MIT Climate Action Advisory Committee, 350 Massachusetts |
| 13 | SLR Case Study | Sea Level Rise and Flooding in Costal Cities. Case Study: Boston (Lecture notes unavailable) |
| 14 | Low Carbon Home: See Solar Electric, Solar Thermal, and Geothermal Installations in a 100-Year Old Home | No Lecture |
