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May 10, 2024
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ENVS 460 Earth ScienceCredit 3
This course is an interdisciplinary examination of the grand challenges confronting the environmental sciences in the 21st Century. Topics examined include biogeochemical cycles, biodiversity and ecosystem functioning, climate variability, hydrologic forecasting, infectious disease and the environment, legal control of resource use, land-use dynamics, and the re-use of materials. The practical and scientific importance of each topic is discussed as well as the readiness of the scientific establishment to meet important areas for future research. Students are expected to research and answer a series of practical hypothetical environmental problems in each area discussed. Prerequisite(s): ENVS 221 , ENVS 222 , or consent of the instructor.
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