This course will present a multi-disciplinary introduction to the Planet Earth as both the source of essential resources and as the site of resulting negative impacts. Focus in the course will be provided by addressing important and current topics, case studies, and concepts that the well-educated citizen of the Earth should understand and will include natural and human-induced processes within a broad range of spatial and temporal scales [3 credits]
This course will present a multi-disciplinary introduction to the Planet Earth as both the source of essential resources and as the site of resulting negative impacts. Focus in the course will be provided by addressing important and current topics, case studies, and concepts that the well-educated citizen of the Earth should understand and will include natural and human-induced processes within a broad range of spatial and temporal scales [3 credits]
