Instructor: Timothy Cook
Office: 113 Van Wickle
Office Phone: (610) 330 5199
Email: cookt@lafayette.edu
This course may be used as an elective for the Environmental Science minor. Course Description: Members of the scientific community
have considered the potential threat of human induced climate change for decades, yet
only recently has this issue emerged in the consciousness of the broader society.
This seminar will consider the scientific evidence that has climate experts worried
about the future, as well as the significant and global nature of economic, societal,
and political issues that human induced climate change raises. For valuable perspective
on the fundamental linkage between the climate system and life on Earth, we draw
upon the rich archive of information about past interactions between life and climate
provided by Earth's geologic record.
One weekend field trip is required.