Climate Change
Class - Spring Only | Registration opens Monday, January 5, 2026 9:30 AM MST
This course considers climate, weather, evidence that the Earth is warming, electromagnetic radiation, the greenhouse effect, the carbon cycle, feedbacks, forcings, and climate sensitivity. We also discuss why scientists are confident that humans are to blame for Earth’s recent warming, emission scenarios, impacts of climate change on humans and the Earth system, carbon costs, climate policy, adaptation, mitigation, solar radiation management, carbon dioxide removal, emission reduction, climate science history, and the decision making process.
NO CLASS on March 11 (Spring Break)
John Murray
John Murray served as a Physics professor at Dine' College for nine years and as a tenured engineering professor at Southern Utah University for nine years. He has worked on ecosystem restoration and hydrology in the Florida Everglades. He also designed, simulated, and built pro bono passive solar homes for Navajo families. John spent twenty years in the high-tech industry (Intel, DEC, HP, Apple, NCR) as a computer architect, semiconductor device modeler, and consultant. As a student, he worked for NASA on the Apollo Program. John holds a PhD in Bioengineering from Clemson University and B.S. and M.S. degrees from the University of South Florida.