Description:
Global warming is constantly in the news – high temperatures, low lake-levels, big storms, and growing deserts. This four credit course examines past, present and future global warming by considering causes of warming, methods of modeling the future, predicted environmental and social impacts, and possible solutions.

Instructor: Prof. D. Scott Mackay

Lectures: Fall 2009, MWF 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM, Fillmore 170

Labs:
* GEO 106 A ( LAB Reg #: 011785 M 1:00 PM - 2:50 PM )
* GEO 106 B ( LAB Reg #: 331975 M 9:00 AM - 10:50 AM )
* GEO 106 C ( LAB Reg #: 223236 W 9:00 AM - 10:50 AM )
* GEO 106 D ( LAB Reg #: 065596 W 1:00 PM - 2:50 PM )
* GEO 106 E ( LAB Reg #: 082393 T 10:00 AM - 11:50 AM )
* GEO 106 F ( LAB Reg #: 121164 R 10:00 AM - 11:50 AM )

Required Text:
Kump, L.R., J.F. Kasting, and R.G. Crane. 2004. The Earth System, 2nd Edition, Prentice-Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ.

Prerequisite:
GEO 101
(Note: GEO 101 and 106 together meet the CAS general education lab science credit)