MASC 441 — Global Climate Change and the Marine and Coastal Environment
Marine and Fisheries Sciences · University of Ghana
Global warming – definition and terminologies. History and trends. Driving forces. Greenhouse gas effect. Major causes, impacts, threats, and opportunities for the marine and coastal environment. Sea level rise and its implications on coastal development. Assessment, vulnerability, adaptation, enhancement, sustainability, and mitigation of impacts on coastal ecosystems and coastal communities. Worldwide efforts at potential solutions and international agreements. Communicating climate change.
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Level 400
- Semester
- Semester One
Other courses on this programme
- FISH 414 — Fish Processing and Utilization
- FISH 417 — Fisheries Data Management
- FISH 418 — Current Research in Fisheries Acquaintance with current research in
- FISH 421 — Fisheries and Higher Vertebrate Interactions
- FISH 424 — Fish Trade and Marketing
- FISH 425 — Fish Stock Assessment
- FISH 426 — Fisheries Governance and Institutional Framework
- FISH 429 — Fisheries Economics
- MASC 402 — Marine Pollution
- MASC 411 — Marine Plankton Ecology
- MASC 412 — Marine Ecology
- MASC 413 — Marine Benthic Ecology
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Start freeCourse details from University of Ghana Volume 3 Handbook for the Bachelor's Degree: Course Descriptions for Programmes in the Sciences (2017).