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-affiliated research 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.