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IAP 2011 Activity


Climate Science I: Paleoclimate
Tim Cronin, Morgan O'Neill
Tue Jan 11, 02-04:00pm, E51-149

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event

This talk will cover the basic physical mechanisms that cause climate change, including the greenhouse effect and orbital changes. We will also cover paleoclimates: variations in the climate over long time periods, from millions of years ago, to the recent past. There will be be some discussion of the history and development of climate science.
Contact: Tony Tran, E19-411, (617) 253-7492, tones@mit.edu
Sponsor: Joint Program/Science and Policy of Global Change
Latest update: 06-Jan-2011


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