ECS 318
Snow, Glaciers, and Climate Change
Sarah Whiting Cooley
Description from DukeHub
Introduction to the role of ice and snow in the Earth's climate system and rapid changes occurring to the cryosphere due to climate change. Course will focus on the major components of the global cryosphere, namely snowpack, glaciers and ice sheets, permafrost, and sea ice. We will study the physical processes that affect the role of ice in the Earth system and the technologies and observation techniques used to understand the cryosphere and its relationship with climate. Course topics will also include socioeconomic implications of ice loss, the potential of geoengineering to mitigate these changes, and how climate change and ice are portrayed in popular media.
Skills
No skill passed the confidence bar. Weak matches go to review instead of this page: an AI pass that has to quote the description, then a person.
AI-resilient: 0 of 5
- No: Physical, lab or field work
- No: Live work with people
- No: Judgment someone is accountable for
- No: A craft you practice with your hands or body
- No: Small, in-person format
The checks lean on Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025), which found generative AI applies least to physical work and hands-on work with people. A signal, not a promise. How the score works