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Autumn 2006 5
credit hours 1080 F
8:30-9:48 AM: Call# 10042-1 |
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Instructor: Dr. Bryan G. Mark
1136 Derby HallTeaching Assistant: Fletcher Chmara-Huff
1155 Derby HallText: Physical
Resources:
In-class Quiz 1
Practice midterm exam
Practice midterm KEY
Practice
FINAL exam
Practice FINAL KEY
Midterm Review Sheet
Final Exam Review Sheet
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Class notes: |
Power point (.ppt) |
Slide format -- 6 per page (.pdf) |
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Lecture 1: Introduction |
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Lecture 2: Thinking
critically about Earth Systems |
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Lecture 3: Locating
ourselves on Earth |
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Lecture 4: Water supply,
use & management |
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Lecture 5: Problems with
water |
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Lecture 6: Global Energy
Balance |
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Lecture 7: Global
temperature |
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Lecture 8: Energy &
fossil fuels |
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Lecture 9: Energy
alternatives |
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Lectures 10-11 <see
handout from Dr. Hull> |
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Lecture 12: Biogeographic
processes & patterns |
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Lecture 13: Biodiversity
& forests |
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Lecture 14: World food
& agriculture systems |
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LAB 7: OH Agroecosystem (due Tues 14 Nov) |
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Lecture 15: Effects of Ag
on Environment |
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Lecture 16: Global warming |
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Lecture 17: Air pollution |
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Lecture 18:
Paleoenvironmental reconstruction |
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Lecture 19: Future
sustainability |
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Lecture 20: Summary |
Additional links:
Invasion of
the purple loosestrife
Textbook supplemental student page
Energy:
Hydrocarbons and
Evolution of Human Culture
Population & Food:
Transgenic crops-why gene flow matters
US Census Bureau: Global Population Profile
United Nations (UN) Population Fund
UN World
Population Prospects Database
GeoHive
Global Statistics on Human Population
“Population
and the Wealth of Nations”
Gaia:
An Alternative Perspective on Gaia
Global Warming:
IPCC Assessment: Climate Change 2001: The Scientific Basis
A Christian
perspective on the Kyoto protocol and global warming
John Holdren “The Science
and Politics of Global Climate Change”
Water:
Pollution:
London
smog
US EPA air quality maps
Ozone Depletion:
Ohio
Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (OEPA)
Friends of
the Lower Olentangy Watershed-dam removal
Campus sites of interest:
Byrd Polar
Resarch Center, Ice Core Paleoclimatology
Olentangy Wetland Research Park
Jobs and internships:
Environmental Careers Organization
Campaign to Save the Environment
