Università Roma Tre

The course of study aims to provide knowledge to understand the mechanisms that determine the natural variability of the climate system and the causes of the ongoing climate change induced by the use of fossil fuels and by the change in land use. Within the framework of this course, the course aims to provide 1) a thorough knowledge of the global climate system (atmosphere-hydrosphere-cryosphere-lithosphere); 2) to provide knowledge on natural climatic variations and the causes of climatic changes induced by anthropogenic forcers on a short-medium term scale (from decadal to one million years) from historical and geological archives; 3) provide knowledge on future scenarios of climate change globally and in Italy. At the end of the course students will have developed the basic knowledge on the natural variability of the climate system and on climate change. The expected learning outcomes are the students’ ability to recognize and contextualize future scenarios due to climate change and to solve simple problems related to the impact of climate change on the environment on a local scale.