Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

The aim is to qualify the student to understand how global changes affect biological systems.

Learning objectives

Knowledge

• On how greenhouse gas emission is linked to climate change, and how climate changes affect greenhouse gas emissions
• On how climate changes can influence populations and community dynamics
• On how a changing climate impact on agriculture and horticulture 
• On how climate historically has changed and impacted on life on earth
• On how populations adapt to changing thermal conditions through plastic and evolutionary responses 
• On the role of evolution and phenotypic plasticity in relation to climate change
• About the factors that constraints evolutionary processes

Skills

• Apply predictive ecosystem models to estimate how ecosystems are affected by global changes and land use
• Discriminate between species invasion from gradual migration due to climate changes and random species invasion

Competences

• Describe and use strategies that can mitigate greenhouse emission 

Type of instruction

Lectures supplemented with project work, workshops, presentation seminars, experimental work etc.

Extent and expected workload

The module is 5 ECTS which is corresponding to 150 hours of study.

Exam

Exams