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LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION

Learning objectives

 

You will ...      You will learn ... join scientists looking at important climate archives, like glaciers   get an overview of the dramatic climate changes during the last two million years   that during the Quaternary, there were various glacial-interglacial cycles   that temperature changes of several degrees Celsius occur sometimes within a few years

You will understand ...      You will be able to ... how landscapes change due to climate change   that groundwater reservoirs in arid areas has most often been filled in former, more humid times   explain why and how fast glaciers have retreated in Europe during the last 20,000 years   explain why research about past climate change is relevant to the society

 

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