This course introduces students to the use of the radioactive isotope carbon-14 in climate change and air pollution research. With lectures, discussions, problem sets, and laboratory activities students learn about the origin of carbon-14, the different nomenclature used to express carbon-14 data, and the use of carbon-14 in climate change and air pollution research. Students may also explore how carbon-14C may advance their own research.
Restrictions: This is graduate-level course. However,  undergraduates conducting research in KCCAMS groups and staff are encouraged to request access.

Explores past changes in Earth’s climate. Topics include tools and techniques used to reconstruct past climate from natural archives; records and mechanisms of past climate changes throughout Earth history; and lessons learned from the paleo-record for prediction of future climate.
Restriction: Graduate students only.