ENVI 170 - Environmental Geology

Credits: 4

Scientific examination of important environmental issues through investigation of Earth?s atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and geosphere. Topics include environmentally relevant problems such as global warming predictions and their accuracy, acid rain–is the problem solved?, groundwater / soil / water pollution on local and global scales, sea level rise and impacts on coastlines, and global climate change in the past as a model for the future. Offered regularly.