課程名稱：地球系統科學概論 (Introduction to Earth System Science)
一、 授課老師：許晃雄教授、魏國彥教授
二、 上課時間：週三下午2:20-3:10、週四上午10：20-12：10
三、 教室：大氣科學系B105室
四、 課程大綱及進度：

1. Global Change
2. Daisyworld: An Introduction to Systems
3. Global Energy Balance: The Greenhouse Effect
4. The Atmospheric Circulation System
5. The Circulation of the Oceans
6. Modeling the Atmosphere-Ocean System
7. Circulation of the Solid Earth: Plate Tectonics
8. Recycling of the Elements: The Carbon Cycle
9. Focus on the Biota: Metabolism, Ecosystems, and Biodiversity
10. Origin of the Earth and of Life
11. Effects of Life on the Atmosphere: The Rise of Oxygen and Ozone
12. Long-term Climate Regulation
13. Biodiversity through Earth History
14. Pleistocence Glaciations
15. Short-term Climate Variability
16. Global Warming
17. Ozone Depletion
18. Human Threats to Biodiversity
19. Climate Stability on Earth and Earthlike Planets

六、 教科書/教材
1. The Earth System 2nd Edition by L. R. Kump, J. F. Kasting, R. G. Crane, published by Pearson Prentice Hall, New Jersy, 2004, PP. 419.

七、 成績評量方式：期中、末考筆試、作業。