EEB/FR 5146, The Science and Policy of Global Environmental Change

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Assignments

Group Presentation Assignment

Policy Brief Assignment

Science Brief Assignment



Lecture Notes

DATE
TOPIC
Jan 16
Overview
Jan 18
Policy Approaches to Global Change
Jan 23
Land Use Change
Jan 25
Biotic Exchange and Change
Jan 30
Biodiversity Policy
Feb 1
Landscape Management and Biodiversity
Feb 6
Human Impacts on the Global Nitrogen Cycle: Introduction
Feb 8
Nitrogen Deposition: Causes and Consequences
Feb 13
Tropospheric Ozone
Feb 15
Global Water Use
Feb 20
Discussion and Synthesis
Feb 22
Clean Air Act and NOx Emissions
Feb 27
The Global Carbon Cycle
Mar 1
Effects of Elevated CO2
Mar 6
Climate Change: Introduction
Mar 8
Climate Change: Projections and Uncertainties
Mar 20
Climate Change: Ecological Consequences, Part I
Mar 22
Climate Change: Ecological Consequences, Part II
Mar 27
Climate Policy and Management Overview
Mar 29
Economics of Climate Policy: Costs and Benefits
Apr 3
Energy from Biomass
Apr 5
Carbon Capture and Storage
Apr 10
Land Management (Agriculture and Forestry)
Apr 12
Geoengineering
Apr 17
Great Lakes Report Discussion
Apr 19
Student Presentation
Apr 24
Student Presentation
Apr 26
Student Presentation
May 1
Student Presentation
May 3
Wrap Up