Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Biological and Environmental Sciences
Learning Methods
Lecture
Practical
Workshop
Module Offerings
5403NATSCI-SEP-CTY
Aims
This module aims to examine the physical processes controlling the cryosphere and the changes it has and will undergo. This will look at the interactions between the cryosphere, the environment, and societies in polar and alpine regions.
The module aims to provide students with necessary knowledge and practical skills for understanding the changes the cryosphere is undergoing.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Describe and discuss the role of cryosphere in the Earth’s climate system
2.
Critically assess, synthesise, and interpret cryospheric data from palaeo-records, monitoring, and projections
3.
Understand the impact of a changing climate (warming and cooling) on all aspects of the cryosphere
4.
Understand the impacts a changing cryosphere will have on human populations
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:Ice in the climate system, glacier mass balance, ice dynamics, the Arctic (ice caps, sea-ice, climatological importance), Antarctica (ice streams, ice shelves, East Antarctica and West Antarctica), mountain glaciers. Permafrost, permafrost degradation, society and permafrost.
Module Overview:
This module aims to examine the physical processes controlling the cryosphere and the changes it has and will undergo. This will look at the interactions between the cryosphere, the environment and societies in polar and alpine regions. The module aims to provide necessary knowledge and practical skills for understanding the changes the cryosphere is undergoing.
This module aims to examine the physical processes controlling the cryosphere and the changes it has and will undergo. This will look at the interactions between the cryosphere, the environment and societies in polar and alpine regions. The module aims to provide necessary knowledge and practical skills for understanding the changes the cryosphere is undergoing.
Additional Information:The module will examine the cryosphere and its importance to global systems and humans. The initial themes will introduce subject specific knowledge of the cryosphere, before more complex concepts of changes, causation, and teleconnections are explored. The last section of the module will explicitly explore the impacts on humans.