Explores climate definitions, snow feedback mechanisms, past climate variations, and future projections on air temperature, precipitation, and sea level, emphasizing the impacts and adaptations required.
Covers an overview of the climate system, including global issues, mechanisms of climate change, impacts on biodiversity, and the role of greenhouse gases.
Explores predicting climate change through linear response operators, focusing on the nonequilibrium nature of the climate system and the challenges of climate predictability.
Explores paleoclimate through ice cores, isotopes, and temperature reconstructions, highlighting the influence of Earth's orbit and greenhouse gases on climate patterns.
Explores the rationale behind reducing Switzerland's GHG emissions, the benefits of early action, and the importance of international cooperation in climate policy.
Delves into extreme weather events, their definitions, causes, and consequences, emphasizing the importance of understanding climate change in relation to these occurrences.