Faculty First Year Seminars 197BIO8 - Life in a changing climate: pa

In this first year seminar, we will explore both evolutionary and ecological perspectives with the goal of understanding how life on Earth might change in the next hundred years as a consequence of climate change. We will start with a short introduction to climate change and physical responses to climate change (e.g. changes in temperature & precipitation patterns, sea ice extent and sea levels). Then we will focus on different types of ecological responses to climate change and examine organisms ranging from single-celled organisms and marine invertebrates to land plants, insects, birds, and mammals. We will also discuss climate change?s twin, ocean acidification.

Freshmen Only