23 - Intro - Ch. 1, 21, 22, lecture notes 1

25 - Intro to geology; earth in space - lecture notes 2, Ch.1+2

28 - Basic earth notes - lecture notes 3  and more lecture notes  Ch. 2

30 - The early atmosphere and Origin of Life
        "Early Life"
       The Ishua rocks on Greenland - Evidence for early life
        See weblinks on the O2 cycle as well

February

1 - The earth system and plate tectonics- lecture notes 4 Ch.2

4 - The Biosphere I - Ch.3 - read this page

6 - The Biosphere II- lecture notes +Ch. 3

8 - Population growth - lecture notes Ch. 5. - census WEB sites, assignment -1

11 - Age structures - carrying capacity - Ch. 5

13 - Energy demand and resources - management perspectives Ch.6+7
15 - Energy demand and resources - lecture notes  , Ch.6+7  link to DoE      link to OPEC

18 - Energy demand and resources - lecture notes - Ch.6+7 link to Sc. Am. articles  Go to "End of Cheap Oil

20 - Fossil fuels - oil - Handout + Ch. 7 (see weblinks on Oil as well)

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

25 -  Fossil fuels - oil - Handout + Ch. 7

27 - Gas Hydrates, a resource? Pandora's box? (Guest lecturer) Handout

March

1 - Nuclear energy - principles - lecture notes- Ch. 8

4 - Nuclear energy - problems and waste - Ch. 8

6 - Review

REVIEW LIST 1

8 - Midterm Exam

BREAK

25 - Solar energy - Ch. 9.

27 - Alternative energy: wind, waves, ocean (OTEC), and tides, - Ch. 9

29 - Alternative energy

April

1 - Global climate - radiative balance - handout
climatefigs
3 - More Global climate -overview of slides
greenhousefigs
5 - More Global Climate, convection "the ocean conveyor belt"
CO2figs
8 - The Carbon Cycle handout; Fossil fuel use and the composition of the atmosphere - p. 504-522, handout-2
ccyclefigs
10 - Climate change and society - diseases, economic effects

12 - Sea level rise - handout, assignment II

Start preparations for project / term paper

15 - Water resources - Ch. 11

17 - Biodiversity of Earth: Introduction. Handout for all three biodiversity lectures. For  reading material see links in this  handout.

19 - Biodiversity of Earth: Invasive/exotic species

22 - Biodiversity on Earth: Mass Extinctions

24 - Genetically engineered food

26 - Pollution: disturbed metal cycles - general - Ch.10+14

29 - Hg and Pb pollution - examples of heavily perturbed cycles-toxicity studies - Ch.15

May

1 - Water pollution - Ch.16

3 - Acid Rain, troposheric ozone, smog - Ch.17

6 - Stratospheric ozone - Ch.18

Optional EXTRAS
May - Milford Fieldtrip 1-5 PM

FINAL EXAMS

Readings: Textbook chapters 9, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18.
Handouts on line + articles on line (see links in syllabus (this page) and in "weblinks" button on EES 199 home page.

Grading: Problemsets 20%, Midterm 25 %, Project 25 %, Final 30 %.