Speaker:  Arnold J. Bloom,  Professor in the Environmental Science department at University of California Davis
Format:  Link to online web-based course, videos lecture, assignments, quizzes and exam. 
Duration:  120 hours (self-paced)
Continuing Education: UC Master Gardeners, record 120 hours if you complete the course in it's entirety, or track the hours you do complete and enter as continuing education in the Volunteer Management System.  

Description  

Climate Change, a topic that includes Global Warming, refers to the relatively abrupt shift in weather patterns that has occurred during the last few decades. 

This free online course examines:

•  The factors responsible for climate change; 
•  The biological and sociological consequences of such changes; and 
•  The possible engineering, economic, and legal solutions to avoid more extreme perturbations.