Presenter's Choice (Spring 2021)
GEOL 5705 - Seminar in Paleoclimate
Phanerozoic paleoclimate
Marchitto's seminar courses (archived)
Most are Geological Sciences courses with titles like "Seminars in Paleoclimate". ÌýAsterisks* denote courses titled "Super-Problems in Quaternary Climate"
- CO2 and Milankovitch Mysteries (Spring 2024)
- Greenhouse Forcings and Feedbacks (Spring 2023)
- Past Climate Extremes (Spring 2022)
- Presenter's Choice (Spring 2021)
- Rapid Warming, Ocean Acidification, and Anoxia: Lessons from the Past (Spring 2019)
- Paleoclimate Landmarks and Heroes (Spring 2017)
- Paleoclimate Contributions to the 5th IPCC Report (Fall 2015)
- Glacial-Interglacial CO2* (Spring 2014)
- Glacial Ocean Circulation* (Spring 2010)
- Glacial-Interglacial CO2* (Fall 2008)
- Warm Periods of the Earth's Past (Spring 2007)
- Rapid Climate Change: Holocene to Anthropocene (Spring 2005)
- Recent Developments in Rapid Climate Change Research (Spring 2003)
Course description: This course will entail a weekly seminar-style critical reading of journal articles in paleoclimate (one paper per week). This year, papers will be drawn from the recent literature according to student interest. Papers may address any time interval within the Cenozoic, and any aspect of Earth's climate system.
Expectations and grading: During the semester, each student will be required to lead the discussion of several papers. Each presenter will be selected two weeks ahead of time so that they have one week to choose a paper and inform the class. One of the first two papers presented by each student is to be delivered as a 'formal' AGU style PowerPoint presentation (<15 minutes). Other papers may be presented informally and with or without visual aids, according to the presenter's preference. Each week, everyone is responsible for reading the papers and participating in the discussions. Grades will be based on overall participation (50%) and on the effort put into the presentations and discussion-leading (50%).
Meets: Wednesdays 12:40-1:30, via Zoom for now
Zoom meeting ID: tmarchitto
Instructor:, tom.marchitto@colorado.edu
Office Hours: By appointment
Credits: 1
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Course schedule (updated weekly)
We will only be discussing the papers with names assigned after them; the others are for background. Note that most of the links below must be accessed from a campus computer or via a CU VPN. Refresh your browser if links are missing or dead
January 27: (Tom)
February 3: (Lina)
February 10: (Anne)
February 17: No class (wellness day)
February 24: (Cole)
March 3: (Emily)
March 10: (Anne)
March 17: (Cole)
March 24: (Emily)
March 31: (Lina)
April 7: (Cole)
April 14: (Anne)
April 21: (Emily)
April 28: (Lina)
List of possible papers that look interesting (a work in progress). Sorted in rough stratigraphic order according to the time period considered. This lists reflects the bias of Tom's interests, and students are very welcome to make their own suggestions!