ZA111 Global change issues - Physical geography

Přírodovědecká fakulta
podzim 2024
Rozsah
2/1/0. 6 kr. Ukončení: zk.
Vyučováno kontaktně
Vyučující
Mgr. Lukáš Dolák, Ph.D. (přednášející)
doc. RNDr. Zdeněk Máčka, Ph.D. (přednášející)
doc. Mgr. Kamil Láska, Ph.D. (přednášející)
Mgr. Monika Šulc Michalková, Ph.D. et Ph.D. (přednášející)
Mgr. Karel Brabec, Ph.D. (přednášející)
Garance
doc. RNDr. Zdeněk Máčka, Ph.D.
Geografický ústav – Sekce věd o Zemi – Přírodovědecká fakulta
Kontaktní osoba: Mgr. Lukáš Dolák, Ph.D.
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Geografický ústav – Sekce věd o Zemi – Přírodovědecká fakulta
Rozvrh
Po 9:00–10:50 Z6,02006
  • Rozvrh seminárních/paralelních skupin:
ZA111/01: Po 11:00–11:50 Z6,02006, K. Brabec, L. Dolák, K. Láska, Z. Máčka, M. Šulc Michalková
Předpoklady
The course is intended for postgraduate (MSc) students. Basic knowledge of physical geography and the physical-geographical processes at the undergraduate (BSc) level is required to attend the course.
Omezení zápisu do předmětu
Předmět je určen pouze studentům mateřských oborů.
Mateřské obory/plány
Cíle předmětu
The students will gain the necessary overview of the most recent global change issues from the point of view of physical geography. The course provides the principal knowledge framework related to the main Earth´s geospheres and environments. In the course, students will be familiarized with elemental facts concerned with atmosphere and recent climate change, geomorphology and global environmental change or hydrological changes. Moreover, attention will be paid to the cryosphere and climate change in polar regions as well as the impacts of global change on ecosystems. The course also aims to the explanation of key processes taking place within the particular geospheres, depicting global change impacts on human society and the environment and providing motivation to tackle the issues. Last but not least, the global change issues will be clarified based on the most recent research outcomes of involved specialists.
Výstupy z učení
At the end of the course, the students will gain the principal knowledge about current global change issues from the point of view of physical geography. They will understand the main physical-geographical processes in the atmosphere, landscape, hydrosphere, cryosphere, polar regions and freshwater ecosystems. The students will be able to identify current and the most significant global change issues, describe their impacts on human society and the environment and suggest the possible solutions to cope with them.
Osnova
  • 1. Atmosphere – a very short introduction
  • 2. The basis of atmospheric elements and processes
  • 3. Earth´s climate
  • 4. Geomorphology and global environmental change
  • 5. Geomorphology of the Anthropocene
  • 6. Global hydrological changes
  • 7. Hydrological changes in watersheds
  • 8. Climate change in polar regions
  • 9. Global cryosphere – terrestrial and marine cryosphere
  • 10. Climate change impacts in the polar regions
  • 11. Ecological impacts of global change
  • 12. Challenging topics of global changes in freshwater ecosystems
Literatura
    doporučená literatura
  • BROWN, A.G., TOOTH, S., BULLARD, J.E. et al. (2017) The geomorphology of the Anthropocene: emergence, status and implications. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 42, 71–90. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.3943
  • SLAYMAKER, O., KELLY, R. The Cryosphere and Global Environmental Change. Wiley-Blackwell, 2007, 280. ISBN 978-1-405-12976-3.
  • VILÁ-GUERAU DE ARELLANO, J., VAN HEERWAADEN, C., VAN STRATUM, B., VAN DEN DRIES, K. Atmospheric Boundary Layer: Integrating Air Chemistry and Land Interactions. Cambridge University Press, 2015, 265. ISBN 9781107090941
  • BLÖSCHL, G., KISS, A., VIGLIONE, A. et al. (2020) Current European flood-rich period exceptional compared with past 500 years. Nature 583, 560–566. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2478-3
  • GOOSSE, H. Climate System Dynamics and Modelling. Cambridge University Press, 2015, 273. ISBN 9781107083899
  • SLAYMAKER, O., SPENCER, T., EMBLETON-HAMAN, CH. Geomorphology and global environmental change. New York, Cambridge University Press, 2009, 434. ISBN 9780521291002
  • YANG, D., YANG, Y., XIA, J. (2021) Hydrological cycle and water resources in a changing world: a review. Geography and Sustainability 2, 2, 115–122. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geosus.2021.05.003
  • O'BRIAIN R. (2019) Climate Change and European rivers: An eco‐hydromorphological perspective. Ecohydrology 12, 5, e2099. https://doi.org/10.1002/eco.2099
  • MAITY, R. Statistical Methods in Hydrology and Hydroclimatology. Springer, 2022, 444. ISBN 9789811655166
  • KOUTSOYIANNIS, D. (2020): Revisiting the global hydrological cycle: is it intensifying? Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 24, 3899–3932. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-3899-2020
  • TAROLI, P., SOFIA, G. (2016) Human topographic signatures and derived geomorphic processes across landscapes. Geomorphology 255, 140–161. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2015.12.007
  • DATRY, T., BONADA, N., BOULTON, A. J. Intermittent Rivers and Ephemeral Streams: Ecology and Management. Academic Press, 2017, 597. ISBN-10: 0128038357
  • TURNER, J., MARSHALL, G. Climate Change in the Polar Regions. Cambridge University Press, 2011, 448. ISBN 9780511975431
  • RHOADS, Bruce L. River dynamics : geomorphology to support management. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020, x, 515. ISBN 9781107195424. info
Výukové metody
Blended learning combining theoretical lectures, group discussions, solving practical tasks and reading homework.
Metody hodnocení
Written test
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
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