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Orbital-Scale Course Outline
Chapter 1 Framework of Climate Science
Chapter 2 Climate Archives, Data, and Models
Chapter 6 From Greenhouse to Icehouse: the Last 50 Million Years
Chapter 7 Astronomical Control of Solar Radiation
Chapter 8 Insolation Control of Monsoons
Chapter 9 Insolation Control of Ice Sheets
Chapter 10 Orbital-Scale Changes in Carbon Dioxide and Methane
Chapter 11 Orbital-Scale Interactions, Feedbacks, and Unsolved Problems
Chapter 12 Last Glacial Maximum
Chapter 13 Climate During and Since the Last Deglaciation
Chapter 14 Millennial Oscillations of Climate
Chapter 15 Humans and Preindustrial Climate

Long-Term Climate Change Courses that focus tive on the way that future climate may return to condi-
mainly on climate changes spanning many tens or hun- tions that will in some ways be analogous to those that
dreds of millions of years can make use of Chapters 3-6 in prevailed tens of millions of years ago. Supplementary
Part II, with Chapters 1 and 2 in Part I providing the nec- materials include Appendix 1 and resources listed at the
essary introductory and background material. In addition, end of each chapter. The 7 chapters in the outline below
Chapter 19 from Part V provides an intriguing perspec- should require 7 one-hour lectures.

Long-Term Course Outline
Chapter 1 Framework of Climate Science
Chapter 2 Climate Archives, Data, and Models
Chapter 3 CO and Long-Term Climate
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Chapter 4 Plate Tectonics and Long-Term Climate
Chapter 5 Greenhouse Climate
Chapter 6 From Greenhouse to Icehouse: the Last 50 million Years
Chapter 19 Future Climatic Change