Climate and weather
Weather is what the atmosphere is doing today; climate is what it usually does. This course covers the machinery behind both, and how the second is measured and changing.
What you'll learn
10 chapters, then the quiz
- 01Weather against climateTimescale is the whole distinction.
- 02The engineUneven heating drives everything.
- 03Water in the airClouds, rain and humidity.
- 04ForecastingPhysics plus enormous computation.
- 05The climate systemFive interacting parts.
- 06The greenhouse effectWhy the planet is habitable.
- 07A changing climateWhat is measured.
- 08ConsequencesWhat a warmer atmosphere does.
- 09ResponsesReducing and adapting.
- 10Reading claims about climateSignal against noise.
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