ECTS
2 credits
Training structure
Faculty of Science
Hours per week
16,5h
Description
Understanding the weather and knowing how to use climate data for an ecologist/naturalist.
- climate measurement methods, bioclimate indices;
- Computer lab: climate data, modern archives (century), oscillations, and trends;
- weather reminders, dominant parameters: from large biomes to topoclimate;
- average climate vs. extreme events, their roles and impacts on biodiversity;
- Group work (presentation): regional topics, shared oral presentation;
- Past and future climate change and its impact on biodiversity.
Objectives
- know how to use archival data while avoiding pitfalls
- differentiate between interannual variability and medium- to long-term trends/oscillations
- differentiate between the impacts of climate and those of other modules on living organisms
- anticipate the adverse effects associated with the (over)mediatization of the phenomenon of climate change
Mandatory prerequisites
Mandatory supplement to the EU weather-climate-water cycle
Knowledge assessment
100% continuous assessment (written exam + graded practical work + group oral exam)
Syllabus
Understanding the weather and knowing how to use climate data for an ecologist/naturalist.
- climate measurement methods, bioclimate indices;
- Computer lab: climate data, modern archives (century), oscillations, and trends;
- Group work (tutorials): regional topics, shared oral presentation;
- weather reminders, dominant parameters: from large biomes to topoclimate;
- average climate vs. extreme events, their roles and impacts on biodiversity;
- Past and future climate change and its impact on biodiversity.
Additional information
Responsible: Errol Véla, errol.vela @ umontpellier.fr
EU open to BE courses (maximum 20 students) and CME-SVT courses (maximum 20 students).