This lecture will begin with the history of climate science and provide a broad overview of the physics of the climate system. The goal is to enable participants to develop a comprehensive understanding of the Earth's climate system and understand the basic tools of climate science.

This video is from the January 2017 seminar series “Climate Science and Policy: Now More Than Ever!” » by graduate students in MIT's Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change.

Justin Bandoro – Master's Student, Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences

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