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| Semester | Herbstsemester 2024 |
| Angebotsmuster | Jedes Herbstsemester |
| Dozierende | Sandra Brügger (sandra.bruegger@unibas.ch, BeurteilerIn) |
| Inhalt | Polar ice cores are famous for understanding paleoclimate change, yet there are other powerful ice archives well suited for paleoenvironmental reconstructions. This is an advanced course for the introduction to using ice cores as powerful environmental archives of Earth’s history. Through a series of lectures, independent critical readings, student-led seminars and short exercises, we will explore data collection, analyses, and interpretation of ice core data. Students will learn about a range of ice archives using ice core data from the Greenland and Antarctic ice shields, high-alpine glaciers, ice caves, and ice patches that cover recent centuries to Holocene time scales. We will explore ice cores to reconstruct environmental change and to understand the long-term interplay between climate, fire, human activities, and biomes from polar and mid-latitude to tropical regions on Earth. Furthermore, we will critically reflect on ice core science as a discipline and its relation to society. |
| Lernziele | Upon completion of this course, you will be able to: • Gain knowledge about the formation and characteristics of ice cores as climate and environmental archives. • Comprehend the role of different ice core archives in understanding climate feedback mechanisms and other environmental research questions. • Apply ice core data for solving scientific questions • Analyze strengths and weaknesses of individual ice core proxies to reconstruct past paleoenvironments and the interaction of climate with vegetation, fire, and human activities. • Synthesize ice core-based research through critical reflection and through group discussions. • Evaluate interdisciplinary research challenges and collaborations involving ice core studies and how to best bridge them with neighboring research fields. |
| Literatur | • Chapter “Ice Core and Marine Sediment Records of Quaternary Environmental Change” by McConnell, J. R., Brugger, S. O., & Chellman, N. J. (2023). In Handbook of Archaeological Sciences, 1, 159-185. • Selected research papers and online resources provided by the instructor |
| Bemerkungen | Bring your own laptop |
| Teilnahmebedingungen | Students should have an interest in and have introductory knowledge on paleoenvironmental processes and chronological stratigraphy in natural archives. Students without this expertise are welcome to participate but should be willing to independently acquire basic background on these topics as necessary to understand the course contents. |
| Unterrichtssprache | Englisch |
| Einsatz digitaler Medien | kein spezifischer Einsatz |
| Intervall | Wochentag | Zeit | Raum |
|---|---|---|---|
| wöchentlich | Mittwoch | 14.15-16.00 | Geographie, Seminarraum EG 0-09 |
| Datum | Zeit | Raum |
|---|---|---|
| Mittwoch 18.09.2024 | 14.15-16.00 Uhr | Geographie, Seminarraum EG 0-09 |
| Mittwoch 25.09.2024 | 14.15-16.00 Uhr | Geographie, Seminarraum EG 0-09 |
| Mittwoch 02.10.2024 | 14.15-16.00 Uhr | Geographie, Seminarraum EG 0-09 |
| Mittwoch 09.10.2024 | 14.15-16.00 Uhr | Geographie, Seminarraum EG 0-09 |
| Mittwoch 16.10.2024 | 14.15-16.00 Uhr | Geographie, Seminarraum EG 0-09 |
| Mittwoch 23.10.2024 | 14.15-16.00 Uhr | Geographie, Seminarraum EG 0-09 |
| Mittwoch 30.10.2024 | 14.15-16.00 Uhr | Geographie, Seminarraum EG 0-09 |
| Mittwoch 06.11.2024 | 14.15-16.00 Uhr | Geographie, Seminarraum EG 0-09 |
| Mittwoch 13.11.2024 | 14.15-16.00 Uhr | Geographie, Seminarraum EG 0-09 |
| Mittwoch 20.11.2024 | 14.15-16.00 Uhr | Geographie, Seminarraum EG 0-09 |
| Mittwoch 27.11.2024 | 14.15-16.00 Uhr | Geographie, Seminarraum EG 0-09 |
| Mittwoch 04.12.2024 | 14.15-16.00 Uhr | Geographie, Seminarraum EG 0-09 |
| Mittwoch 11.12.2024 | 14.15-16.00 Uhr | Geographie, Seminarraum EG 0-09 |
| Mittwoch 18.12.2024 | 14.15-16.00 Uhr | Geographie, Seminarraum EG 0-09 |
| Module |
Modul: Palaeoecology and Freshwater Ecology (Masterstudium: Geowissenschaften) |
| Leistungsüberprüfung | Lehrveranst.-begleitend |
| Hinweise zur Leistungsüberprüfung | Active participation in seminar discussions and presentations is essential for student engagement and learning. Attendance will be taken into consideration for participation grades. 80% presence during class, completion of a paper presentation and reflective abstract Assessment: Active class participation: 40%, seminar paper presentation: 30%, final essay: 30%. |
| An-/Abmeldung zur Leistungsüberprüfung | Anm.: Belegen Lehrveranstaltung; Abm.: stornieren |
| Wiederholungsprüfung | keine Wiederholungsprüfung |
| Skala | 1-6 0,5 |
| Wiederholtes Belegen | beliebig wiederholbar |
| Zuständige Fakultät | Philosophisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät, studiendekanat-philnat@unibas.ch |
| Anbietende Organisationseinheit | Geowissenschaften |