Lecture Notes  This course is taught by 3 instructors in 6
parts. The first, fourth and fifth parts are taught by Prof.
Edward Boyle. The second and sixth parts are taught by Prof.
Carl Wunsch. The third part is taught by Prof. Kerry Emanuel.
The first 6 lecture notes in Part 1 contain materials provided
by Prof. Julian Sachs in University of Washington. Used with
permission.   Part 1. Paleoclimate 1 The origin of the earth,
atmosphere and life (PDF - 1.5 MB) 2 The early geochemical
evolution of the earth and the origin of life (PDF) 3 The co-
evolution of life, ocean-atmospheric chemistry, and sedimentary
rocks (PDF - 1.9 MB) 4 The Faint Young Sun Paradox, the
geochemical C cycle and climate on geologic time scales (PDF) 5
Long-term climate cycles and the proterozoic glaciations
("Snowball Earth") (PDF) 6 Climate on geologic time scales and
the CO2-climate connection (PDF) 7 Pleistocene ice age cycles
0-2.65 ma (PDF - 1.9 MB) 8 Ice sheet paleoclimatology (PDF) Part
2. Time series and random processes in clima