Climate, Glaciers, and Human ImpactSemester Course

DIS Copenhagen, Climate, Glaciers and Human Impact: Icelandic Climate Change Case Study, semester core course DIS Copenhagen, Climate, Glaciers and Human Impact: Icelandic Climate Change Case Study, semester core course DIS Copenhagen, Climate, Glaciers and Human Impact: Icelandic Climate Change Case Study, semester core course DIS Copenhagen, Climate, Glaciers and Human Impact: Icelandic Climate Change Case Study, semester core course DIS Copenhagen, Climate, Glaciers and Human Impact: Icelandic Climate Change Case Study, semester core course DIS Copenhagen, Climate, Glaciers and Human Impact: Icelandic Climate Change Case Study, semester core course DIS Copenhagen, Climate, Glaciers and Human Impact: Icelandic Climate Change Case Study, semester core course DIS Copenhagen, Climate, Glaciers and Human Impact: Icelandic Climate Change Case Study, semester core course
Program
Environmental Science of the Arctic
Week-Long Study Tour
Iceland
Core Course Week Study Tour
Denmark
Major Discipline(s)
Biology, Environmental Science, Geology
Type
Core Course
Available
Fall/Spring semester
Credit(s)
3

This course focuses on the natural science aspects of climate change with emphasis on historic times. The course takes a journey from ancient times through to the present describing periods when the climate was strikingly different than it is today and revealing the mechanisms and feedback that govern the climate system. With Iceland as your case study, you gain a thorough understanding of general climate mechanisms, with a focus on the past 1,000 years and how civilizations have interacted with climate processes.

Faculty

Sebastian Zastruzny

DIS Copenhagen Semester Faculty

PhD (Geography-Geosciences, University of Copenhagen). Educated in permafrost dynamics at the Centre for Permafrost, IGN. Research on permafrost cores, water samples, climate data series, process based modelling, and effects of future climate change. Conducted fieldwork and taught field courses in Greenland and Denmark multiple times. With DIS since 2023.