Global Warming Science: A Quantitative Introduction to Climate Change and Its Consequences

Global Warming Science introduces undergraduate students to the concepts and methods of global warming science, addressing current topics that appear in the news, from the greenhouse effect and temperature rise to ocean acidification, hurricanes, extreme precipitation, droughts, heatwaves, wildfires, the cryosphere, and more. Each topic is explained using basic statistical analyses, simple ordinary differential equations, or elementary chemical reactions.

Each chapter describes the mechanisms behind an observed or anticipated change in the climate system and demonstrates the tools used to understand and predict it. Classroom-tested, Global Warming Science also includes "workshops" in each chapter, based on Jupyter Python notebooks and small datasets, with complementary online materials and instructor slides. The workshops can be used as interactive learning elements in class and as assignments for students.

Highlighted Features:

• Provides a clear, comprehensive, quantitative, and accessible approach to global warming science.
• Engages students in data analysis and climate modeling, evaluating predictions and managing uncertainty.
• Includes workshops in each chapter to enhance learning through practice.
• Offers complementary online material with slides, code, and data files.
• Requires only basic calculus and undergraduate-level statistics; no prior science experience is assumed.
• Solution manual available for instructors only.