24 - Intro - Ch. 1 lecture notes 1

26 - Intro to geology; earth in space - lecture notes 2, earthhistory ppt - Ch.5

29 - The earth system, mountains, continents Ch 5, Sediments- lecture notes Ch.5 some images long carboncycle, plate tectonics, earth structure

31 - Oceans and their life - lecture notes 3 Ch. 5 lecture notes 4 Ch.5 'beasty reading'

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February

2 - Population growth - lecture notes Ch. 2. - census WEB sites, assignment -1 

5 - Age structures - carrying capacity - Ch. 2 

7 - The biosphere - lecture notes + Ch. 3. +ppt

9 - Primary Productivity - Go to "The Flow of Energy – Primary Production and Higher Trophic Levels section 13 under lectures in the following site : reading

12 - Biogeochemical cycles of nutrients Ch 3. reading on the N cycle Human impact on N cycle

14. Continued - nutrient cycles, mainly N

16. - Life on earth, the JCV view Origin, Classification, Biomes. Ch. 4 (Jenny Royer lecture)

19. - Environmental Ethics and Resoucre management - From Deep Ecology to foresting the woods (rowdy readings-more)

21. Energy what it is and how to turn it in usable power (and those pesky units) Ch.7

23 - Energy demand and resources: when do we run out of stuff to burn?- lecture notes 1 , lecture notes 2 , energy figures, link to DoE , link to OPEC

assignment # 2 - Ch.6+7, more plots and graphs and Hubbert Excel

26 - Fossil fuels - coal and gas - Ch. 7

28 - Fossil fuels - oil - Handout + Colin Campbell peak oil + tar sands Ch. 7

March

2 - Gas Hydrates, a resource? ppt Pandora's box? Handout

5 - Nuclear energy - principles - lecture notes Ch. 7

7 -  Alternative energy: wind, waves, ocean (OTEC), and tides, - Ch. 8

REVIEW LIST 1

9 - Midterm Exam (Readings: Ch. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)+ 'handouts' + links

BREAK

26 -  Nuclear Energy powerpoint

28 - Nuclear Energy

30 - Renewable Energy ethanol powerpoint

April
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2 - Global climate Change, Chapter 17, p. 418-436, radiative balance - handout climate websites -overview of slides
intro climate ppt, hansen ppt, principles ppt, Wien/Planck diagram, 2006 climate

4 Global Climate, The Carbon Cycle handout; Fossil fuel use and the composition of the atmosphere - p. 504-522, handout-2, ccyclefigs.

6 - Climate PREDICTIONS Reading Hansen talk-pdf

9. Climate - Convective processes,  "the ocean conveyor belt"

TALK by Professor Stephem Sparks - How Volcanoes Work

and then we talked more about climate for some days....

18 - Sea level rise -- ppt - Reading,  Problem set 3.  programs+ figures , sudden SLR, Link: NGM

20 - prob set TA session and start preparations for project / term paper

23 - Water Resources - ppt, Chapter 9 text Reading 1, reading 2

25 - Feeding the world ppt foods

27 - Biodiversity on Earth: Introduction. Handouts for biodiversity lectures. see links for more reading + Ch. 11

30 - Principles of contamination  ; Water pollution Ch 14 - 15, Eutrophication example: Long Island Sound

May

2 - Examples of metal pollution, Pb, Hg Mercury stories

4 - Air Pollution Ch. 16, Acid rain, more acid rain, nitrogen oxides, troposheric ozone, and smog - Ch.17 see web links in the webpages section of the class

7. Stratospheric ozone - Ch.18 webpage with info, EPA ozone web page

FINAL EXAM - May 16, 9-12 morning. what to know

Readings: Textbook chapters 7 (Nuclear Energy), 8, 9, 11, 13, 14, 15, 17. Your notes on nuclear and alternative energy, water resources, lots on climate change, metal pollution and so on. Handouts on line + articles on line (see links in syllabus (this page)).

Grading: The three problemsets 20%, Midterm 25 %, Project 25 %, Final 30 % THE FINAL ONLY COVERS MATERIAL PRESENTED SINCE THE SPRING BREAK!
 
Termpapers should be handed in on the last day of classes (May 8) by 11:59 PM. I am looking for 5-8 pages of printed text (double spaced) with figures, tables and references as needed.

THERE WILL BE ONE LONG CLASS PRESENTATION EVENT: POWERPOINTS, THEATER, DANCE, MUSIC, FILMS, MIME ETC: ON THURSDAY MAY 10, FROM 8 PM TILL ??? IN ROOM ESC 58.

Optional EXTRA
An afternoon Fieldtrip will be possibly made on Saturday May, 12, 1-5 PM, to the Connecticut Audubon Coastal Center and Wheelers Marsh system in the mouth of the Housatonic River, CT. Wear old cloths and shoes - you will get muddy! Send me an e-mail if you like to join