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Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate Change

ОК 6.

Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП

Second

2025/2026

1 Semester

4

PRN01. Analyze the characteristics of natural and anthropogenic systems and objects of the Earth’s geospheres PRN03. Be able to communicate with specialists and experts at various levels from other fields of knowledge, including in an international context, within a global information environment PRN05. Plan and conduct scientific experiments; write scientific papers in the field. PRN07. Be familiar with modern methods of studying the Earth and its geospheres and be able to apply them in industrial and research activities. PRN13. Identify and classify known objects within the geospheres and register new ones, along with their properties, phenomena, and inherent processes. PRN14. Ability to conduct scientific research in the field of meteorology and use meteorological data to study climate change. PRN15. Ability to use modern information technologies to search for, process, and analyze meteorological information from various sources.

Full-time form

1) Knowledge of theoretical foundations of chemistry, physics, physical geography, ability to establish cause and effect relationships between phenomena and processes occurring in the natural environment; 2) Intermediate level of English; 3) Knowledge of methods of synthesis and analysis of information.

The discipline is devoted to the study of the processes of formation and transformation of the chemical composition of the Earth's atmosphere and climate under the influence of natural and anthropogenic factors. The course consists of two content modules. The first module considers the structure and functioning of the global climate system, the relationship between the atmosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere, geosphere and biosphere), natural (tectonic activity, mountain formation, geocosmic factors, solar radiation) and anthropogenic (anthropogenic greenhouse effect, gas-aerosol radiation forcing) mechanisms of climate change. The second module considers the processes of chemicals entering the troposphere from various sources (combustion of fossil fuels, biomass burning, aviation and astronautics, wetlands, intestinal fermentation in animals, processes in soils and aquatic systems, solvents and refrigerants, volcanoes) and their transformation in the troposphere and stratosphere, peculiarities of the formation of the chemical composition of the stratosphere with an emphasis on the mechanisms of formation and destruction of ozone, its climatic effect. The influence of global atmospheric circulation on the transport of pollutants in the atmosphere is analyzed. The main environmental problems and threats to humanity associated with climate change and atmospheric pollution are analyzed in detail. In studying this module, the results of the latest scientific research obtained by the international scientific community and available in English-language scientific publications are actively used.

1. Smerdon J. Climate Change: The Science of Global Warming and Our Energy Future. 1st Edition. Columbia University Press. 2009. 2. Jacobson M. Air Pollution and Global Warming: History, Science, and Solutions. 2nd Edition. Cambridge University Press. 2012 3. Manahan S. Environmental Chemistry 10th Edition.CRC Press. 2017. 4. Ritchie G. Atmospheric Chemistry: From The Surface To The Stratosphere (Essential Textbooks in Chemistry) 1st Edition. World Scientific.2016. 5.Aguado E., Burt J.E. Understanding Weather and Climate. – Pearson, 7th edition, 2014. – 608 p.

Lectures, seminars, independent work

Control is carried out by a module-rating system. The maximum score is 100 points, 60 of which the student can gain during the semester control and 40 points - at the test. The content module 1 (CM1) includes topics 1-2, the content module 2 (CM2). The knowledge of the laws of the Earth's climate evolution in connection with the evolution of the chemical composition of the Earth's atmosphere (5th semester), as well as the main environmental problems of the planet related to the chemical composition of the atmosphere (global warming, smog and photochemical smog, ozone holes, etc.) (6th semester) is mandatory for the exam.

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