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12.S596 Special Seminar in Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences

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Prereq: None
Units arranged [P/D/F]
TBA.

Organized lecture or laboratory subject on an aspect of the earth sciences, planetary sciences, or astronomy not normally covered in regularly scheduled subjects.
Fall: A. Field
Spring: A. Fiore, S. Amin, A. Madry
No textbook information available

12.842 Climate Science

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(Subject meets with 12.301)
Prereq: Chemistry (GIR), 18.03, or permission of instructor
Units: 3-0-9
Lecture: MW1.30-3 (54-517)

Introduction to climate studies, including beginnings of the solar system, time scales, and climate in human history; methods for detecting climate change, including proxies, ice cores, instrumental records, and time series analysis; physical and chemical processes in climate, including primordial atmosphere, ozone chemistry, carbon and oxygen cycles, and heat and water budgets; internal feedback mechanisms, including ice, aerosols, water vapor, clouds, and ocean circulation; climate forcing, including orbital variations, volcanism, plate tectonics, and solar variability; climate models and mechanisms of variability, including energy balance, coupled models, and global ocean and atmosphere models; and outstanding problems. Students taking the graduate version complete different assignments.
A. Fiore, E. Boyle
No textbook information available

12.708 Topics in Paleoceanography

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Prereq: Permission of instructor
Units arranged [P/D/F]
Clark 331. Lecture: R2.30-4 (55-108)

Seminar focusing on areas of current interest in paleoceanography and paleoclimatology. Includes discussion of current and classic literature. Topics vary from year to year.
D. Oppo, A. Condron
No textbook information available

12.982, 12.983 Current Research in Joint Program at WHOI

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Prereq: Permission of instructor
Units arranged [P/D/F]
12.982: TBA.

Original investigations, laboratory work, or fieldwork in oceanography. 12.982 is letter-graded.
T. Gebbie
12.982: No textbook information available
12.983: No textbook information available

Total units: 12+

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