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Everybody needs to attend the lecture (Tuesday, 11-13) and one of the two alternative seminar (Tuesday, 9-11).
The lecture series „Earth as a Complex System“ (Tuesday, 11-13) given by Wolfgang Lucht teaches on the following topics:
- The role of biosphere, anthroposphere, technosphere and noosphere in the Earth system and their co-evolution, based on Earth's natural history and projected future in the Anthropocene
- Complexity and nonlinearity in the co-evolutionary processes of Earth and its subsystem (natural and human)
- Geo-cybernetic feedbacks, stabilisation and destabilisation processes, major system transitions, tipping points, co-evolutionary dynamics
- Earth system analysis for the Anthropocene: human-environment co-evolution, socio-ecological metabolism, planetary boundaries and their implications, sustainability science, control theory, sustainability governance, World-Earth modelling
- Diagrams of the Earth system, a short mental history of seeing Earth as a complex planet, and the development of Earth system science
There are two alternative accompanying parallel seminars on Tuesday, 9-11, by Dieter Gerten with a focus on the water cycle and land surface, and by NN with a focus on climate-system feedbacks and impacts. Within these seminars students present (ca. 30 min.) on a selected topic.
Topics in either seminar will be, for example:
Water and land surface:
- Global water cycle in the Anthropocene
- Planetary boundary for freshwater use
- Water management in agriculture
- Water footprints
- Virtual water trade
- Water ethics, religion and gender issues
- Water conflicts
Climate change and climate-system feedbacks and impacts (tbc, depending on the lecturer):
- Stability and variability of the Indian Monsoon System
- Sea level variability in the past and future
- West Antarctic and Greenland Icesheets: beyond their points of no return?
- Urban climates and heat stress
- Air pollution and public health in metropolitan areas
- Extreme events
- Effects of land use changes in the global climate system
- The UN Sustainable Development Goals and global climate policy
- Interference of climate and the energy sector
- Teleconnections in the climate system
Because of possibly ongoing pandemic restrictions, the teaching format is likely to be digital (or hybrid if the situation allows). The modalities of the course and the format of presentations will be communicated (via the AGNES list of those who'll register) prior to the first session. |
