Covers the Earth's climate system components, interactions, and energy balance, including the impact of anthropogenic forcings and the role of the biosphere.
Emphasizes the role of individual and collective actions in achieving sustainability through the Sustainable Development Goals and the successes of the Millennium Development Goals.
Explores solar energy conversion devices, thermal transport basics, solar thermal collectors, semiconductors, electrochemistry, and concentrated solar power.
Explores Earth's energy balance, including solar radiation interaction with the atmosphere and surface, blackbody radiation, and atmospheric processes.
Explores aerosol-cloud interactions in warm and mixed-phase clouds at Mt. Helmos, Greece, emphasizing their implications for climate modeling and precipitation processes.