CODE 108884 ACADEMIC YEAR 2024/2025 CREDITS 5 cfu anno 2 ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING 10720 (LM-35) - GENOVA SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR ICAR/02 LANGUAGE English TEACHING LOCATION GENOVA SEMESTER 2° Semester TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB OVERVIEW The course aims to equip students with a thorough understanding of climate change science driven by ocean-atmosphere dynamics and their modeling from a global perspective down to coastal impact scales. It emphasizes the principles of atmospheric and ocean modeling, exploring the main drivers of climate system changes, and their global modeling. Additionally, the course covers the downscaling and analysis of significant regional and local processes affecting sea level changes and wave impacts in coastal areas. By the end of the course, students will have a solid grasp of climate system modeling, Earth's energy budget, sea level change dynamics, and the impacts of climate change on coastal regions. Teaching methods include lectures and practical sessions with computer-based algorithm development for climate data processing and coastal process quantification. Key topics include Earth's energy budget, climate feedbacks, ocean and cryosphere changes, global and regional climate modeling, and coastal impacts. AIMS AND CONTENT LEARNING OUTCOMES Principles of atmospheric and ocean modeling for coastal impacts due to climate change with an overview of the main drivers in the change of the climate system and their modeling on a global scale and the downscaling and analysis of the main regional and local processes of sea level change and wave impacts in coastal areas. AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES The teaching aims to provide the basic knowledge of the ocean-atmosphere dynamics of the climate system and their modeling from global scale up to climate change impacts in coastal areas. More specifically, the course will focus on the fundamentals for: • Modeling of the climate system and earth’s energy budget, • Physical process governing sea level change • Global and Regional Climate Modeling of the atmosphere and ocean • Regional and local process in sea level change and extreme water levels • Climate change impacts in coastal areas TEACHING METHODS The course will be held mainly through frontal lessons with the help of slides. There will be some practical lessons with the use of computers for the development of specific algorithms for the processing of climate series and the quantification of coastal processes. SYLLABUS/CONTENT Changes in the climate system and human influence • Earth’s energy budget, climate feedbacks, and climate sensitivity • Ocean, cryosphere and sea level change • Future global climate: scenario-based projections • Global Climate Modeling: CMIP5 and CMIP6 • Regional Climate Modeling and Earth System Modeling • Ocean and wave modeling • Regional and local process in Sea Level Change • Extreme total water level drivers • Coastal impacts RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY • IPCC, 2021: Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Masson-Delmotte, V., P. Zhai, A. Pirani, S. L. Connors, C. Péan, S. Berger, N. Caud, Y. Chen, L. Goldfarb, M. I. Gomis, M. Huang, K. Leitzell, E. Lonnoy, J. B. R. Matthews,T. K. Maycock, T. Waterfield, O. Yelekçi, R. Yu and B. Zhou (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press. In Press. IPCC, 2019: IPCC Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate [H.-O. Pörtner, D.C. Roberts, V. Masson-Delmotte, P. Zhai, M. Tignor, E. Poloczanska, K. Mintenbeck, A. Alegría, M. Nicolai, A. Okem, J. Petzold, B. Rama, N.M. Weyer (eds.)]. In press. IPCC, 2014: Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability. Part B: Regional Aspects. Contribution of Working Group II to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Barros, V.R., C.B. Field, D.J. Dokken, M.D. Mastrandrea, K.J. Mach, T.E. Bilir, M. Chatterjee, K.L. Ebi, Y.O. Estrada, R.C. Genova, B. Girma, E.S. Kissel, A.N. Levy, S. MacCracken, P.R. Mastrandrea, and L.L. White (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA, pp. 688. IPCC, 2013: Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovern- mental Panel on Climate Change [Stocker, T.F., D. Qin, G.-K. Plattner, M. Tignor, S.K. Allen, J. Boschung, A. Nauels, Y. Xia, V. Bex and P.M. Midgley (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA, 1535 pp. TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD ANDREA MARGARITA LIRA LOARCA Exam Board ANDREA MARGARITA LIRA LOARCA (President) GIOVANNI BESIO (President Substitute) LESSONS LESSONS START https://corsi.unige.it/corsi/10720/studenti-orario Class schedule The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy EXAMS EXAM DESCRIPTION The exam consists of a final project on a topic chosen by the students related to the effects, impacts, and indicators of climate change. Students will submit a detailed report of their findings and deliver a 15-minute presentation. This will be followed by a Q&A session, where they will answer questions about their work and demonstrate their knowledge of climate change. ASSESSMENT METHODS The assessment methods for this course include a final project where students select a topic related to the effects, impacts, and indicators of climate change. They will submit a comprehensive report detailing their findings and deliver a 15-minute presentation. The presentation will be followed by a Q&A session to evaluate their understanding and ability to discuss their work and broader climate change concepts. This approach ensures students can effectively analyze, communicate, and apply their knowledge of climate change. Agenda 2030 - Sustainable Development Goals Climate action Life below water