BIOL40770 Man in Past Climates and Climate Change Impacts (JLU)

Academic Year 2023/2024

Palaeo-climatology is a study of climate and environmental processes in the geologically recent past prior to the existence of instrumental records. This module covers:
− Studies and methods of past climates with an understanding of the types of proxy data available
− Modelling of past scenarios to understand past Earth System variability and the underlying processes
− 1 day lab course at the University of Mainz where information from tree rings is analysed to derive palaeo temperature and precipitation covering the past millennium

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Learning Outcomes:

The students will:
− learn about climate proxies (including from biological archives) from different areas of the world covering the past 2000 years and their suitability for estimating past climate,
− learn how statistical reconstructions are performed using different proxies and estimate uncertainties of past climate,
− study and understand past climate variations in different cultures and cultural contexts,
− study and understand the role of different forcings (anthropogenic, sun, volcanoes)
responsible for past climate variations,
− discuss relevance of palaeoclimatology in the context of current and future climate,
− discuss open issues in palaeoclimatology and impacts on ecology and society.

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Seminar (or Webinar)

30
Practical

10
Specified Learning Activities

20
Autonomous Student Learning

30
Total

90
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Lectures; site visit; interactive task based 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Examination: Examination as per JLU Regulations Throughout the Trimester No Graded No

100

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 
Remediation Type Remediation Timing
In-Module Resit Prior to relevant Programme Exam Board
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment

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