Extreme Climate and Physical Nature

• explain and quantify the Arctic climate
• explain and discuss key issues associated with climate change
• classify typical Arctic physical environments
• quantify snow and ice conditions
• explain ocean currents and deep water formation in relation to climate change
• understand and and quantify water resources and the hydrological cycle in the Arctic
• quantify sustainable energy potentials
• understand physical nature conditions for doing engineering in the Arctic
• disseminate scientific topics.

Core elements:
– Climate and nature
– The cryosphere
– Arctic hydrology

Topics:
Climate and climate change
Snow and ice conditions
Hydrology and water resources
The Arctic nature
General oceanography
Renewable energy

Practical exercises will follow the theory to demonstrate the conditions.

Lectures, Guest lectures, Group work and fieldwork.

The course takes place in Sisimiut, Greenland.

The course will typically be part of the Arctic Semester in Greenland.
The course can be taken as a stand-alone course under Open University.

The course could be taken by Bachelor students in their last semester, e.g. in combination with their Bachelor project.

This course provides students with competencies relevant to UN SDGs, particularly #13 (Climate Action), #7 (Affordable and Clean Energy), #9 (Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure)

Minimum: 5, Maximum: 30.

Please be aware that this course has a minimum requirement for the number of participants needed, in order for it to be held. If these requirements are not met, then the course will not be held. Furthermore, there is a limited number of seats available. If there are too many applicants, a pool will be created for the remainder of the qualified applicants, and they will be selected at random. You will be informed 8 days before the start of the course, whether you have been allocated a spot.