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Course Information
ESC 296 - Climate Change Science and Sustainability (1 credit)
- May 23 - July 1, 2011, Summer Session 1
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Climate Change Science and Sustainability is an introduction to climate science, the evidence of modern climate change, and an evaluation of some of the proposed solutions. The course integrates NASA and other web-based climate change media and products with outside readings. NASA's spatial and temporal climate change resources are the basis for most learning activities, which will enable students to continue their exploration of personal and societal climate change solutions after completion of the course.
Climate Change Science and Sustainability was developed with financial support from NASA through the Global Climate Change Education grant.
Instructor
David (“Dave”) Eichorn is a Meteorologist with over 30 years experience. He was formerly with WSYR TV Syracuse for 20 years specializing in lake effect snowstorms and atmospheric patterns which produce them. Dave now holds adjunct positions at SUNY Oswego and Onondaga Community College where he teaches Introductory Meteorology, Advanced Forecasting, Broadcast Meteorology. He is a full member of the American Meteorological Society, has a specialized background in mesoscale atmospheric modeling and lake effect snow forecasting. As a Meteorologist, Dave has won awards for severe weather coverage of the superstorm of March 1993, Hurricane Gloria, and for educating the public in the science of Meteorology. Dave recently made a career change and is perusing a new career in Environmental Science. Since January 2006, he has given dozens of talks and presentations on climate change with a meteorological perspective to thousands of Central New Yorkers. Dave has worked with SUNY-ESF speaking with Syracuse City School District students at the “SUNY-ESF/SCSD Environmental Challenge” science fair and in 2008, moderated SUNY-ESF’s seminar series “CNY's Response to Global Energy and Climate Change Challenges” working with community leaders across all of Central New York on local efforts toward the mitigation of our carbon footprint. He is focused on global weather patterns and potential regional impacts as a result of climate change. Dave brings to the classroom a broad meteorological, regional and global climatological perspective.
Course Tuition, Fees and Registration
Course tuition is $207.00 plus $5.00 transcript fee (fees subject to change), due in full prior to the first day of class. Go to the Online Registration page to sign up for the course.
System Requirements
- Windows 98 or higher / Mac OS X 10.3 or higher
- Broadband Internet Access
- Microsoft Word and Powerpoint, or Open Office Writer and Impress (free software available for most operating systems)
- Current version of Microsoft Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox
