Professional Development: Climate Change: The Science, an edX course

Do you want to talk about climate change from an informed perspective? Are you interested in how global warming works? Do you want to be part of the global conversation? Then you might be interested in this free online class.

Climate Change: The Science is an introduction to climate science basics. In it you’ll discuss flows of energy and carbon in Earth?s climate system, how climate models work, climate history, and future forecasts.

This course will give you knowledge and practice in communicating about climate change. You?ll meet people from around the world with a huge range of local and regional climate change issues.

Dates: Starts on January 11, 2016 and runs for 7 weeks
Expected time needed: 2-5 hours week, depending on your goals
Cost: Free, with a Verified Certificate available for $49
Offered by: The University of British Columbia