GEOL 1130 Intro. to Environmental Science Spring, 2014 Location: LSci 185 Time: MWF 10AM

Instructor: Dr. Christina Gallup Office Hours: W 11-12 PM or by appt. Office Location: 219 Heller Hall Phone: 726-8984 E-Mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.d.umn.edu/~cgallup/

Course Description: We will explore Earth's physical and biological systems and human interaction with the environment. This will include coverage of: climate, rocks, soils, ecosystems, human population, land use, energy use and its consequences, environmental policy, air and water pollution, and conservation issues. (3 hrs lect, 2 hrs lab) This course fulfills the Lib. Ed. Science with a lab requirement as well as the sustainability requirement. Course Goals: To give you (the student) a sense of how the world around you works and how your existence affects the Earth and the organisms living on it. Given this goal, the focus of the course is on understanding concepts, not on memorizing terminology. Some terminology is necessary, but it will be important in the context of a broader concept. Course Expectations: You are expected to have done the reading assignments before each lecture and may be called upon during lecture to answer questions from the reading. You should use the lectures as a guide for what is important to study from the reading for the exams. Book: Environmental Science: A Global Concern, Cunningham and Cunningham, Twelfth Edition.

Date

Subject

Text Readings 12th Ed.

HOW THE EARTH FUNCTIONS W, Jan 22 F, Jan 24 M, Jan 27 W, Jan 29 F, Jan 31

Five most pressing issues regarding Sustainability of Human life on Earth Sustainability, Syllabus Air, Climate, and Weather Today Air, Climate, and Weather Today Geologic perspective on Climate

M, Feb 3

Geologic perspective on Climate

W, Feb 5 F, Feb 7 M, Feb 10 W, Feb 12 F, Feb 14 M, Feb 17 W, Feb 19 F, Feb 21 M, Feb 24 W, Feb 26 F, Feb 28

Hydrologic Cycle Hydrologic Cycle Rock Cycle Rock Cycle What is Soil? What is Soil? Exam The magic of water; Nutrient cycles Species to Ecosystems: What lives where? Why things live where they do Why things live where they do

Labs Note: There is no lab during weeks with exams! NO LAB

Intro, Ch 1 319-326 319-326 327-330 Crowley* 327-330 Crowley* 66, 374-379 66, 374-379 296-301 296-301 196-200 196-200 53-58, 67-71 100-111 74-95 74-95

I. Weather and Climate; scientific graphs

II. Ocean Circulation

III. Groundwater

NO LAB

IV. Discovering the Magic of Water

PEOPLE AND THE ENVIRONMENT M, Mar 3 W, Mar 5 F, Mar 7 M, Mar 10 W, Mar 12 F, Mar 14 Spring Break M, Mar 24 W, Mar 26 F, Mar 28 M, Mar 31 W, Apr 2

Population Growth Population Growth Human Demography Land Use: Forests Land Use: Forests Land Use: Water

117-125 117-125 131-151 248-256 248-256 373,379-393

V. Natural Selection

Land Use: Agriculture Land Use: Agriculture Human Nutrition Human Nutrition Exam

200-219 200-219 178-192 178-192

VII. Ecological Footprint: Land Use

VI. World Population

NO LAB

ENERGY TO POWER THE WORLD F, Apr 4

Photosynthesis/Non-Renewable Sources: Coal

M, Apr 7

Photosynthesis/Non-Renewable Sources: Coal

60-61; 423429 60-61; 423-

VIII. Ecological Footprint: Energy Use

W, Apr 9 F, Apr 11 M, Apr 14 W, Apr 16 F, Apr 18

Non-Renewable Sources: Oil, Natural Gas Non-Renewable Sources: Oil, Natural Gas Renewable/Alternative Sources: Hydro, Solar, Nuclear Renewable/Alternative Sources: Hydro, Solar, Nuclear Renewable/Alternative Sources: Hydro, Solar, Nuclear

429 429-435 429-435 436-469

IX. Oil Drilling and Hubbert Curves

436-469 436-469

POLLUTION M, Apr 21 W, Apr 23 F, Apr 25 M, Apr 28 W, Apr 30 F, May 2 M, May 5 W, May 7 F, May 9 Mon, May 12

Global Warming - Evidence, Remedies? Global Warming - Evidence, Remedies? Understanding Past Climates: Global Warming in Perspective Understanding Past Climates: Global Warming in Perspective TBA TBA A Sustainable Future

330-341 330-341 330-341

X. Waste Disposal

330-341

XI. Ecological Footprint: CO2 Emissions

494-511

Extra Credit Book Reviews Due XII. Ecological Footprint: Big Picture

A Sustainable Future Summing it all up!

496-511 561-576

***Please note this is a common exam time*** FINAL EXAM 10-11:55 am in LSCI 175 * Can be found on the web site http://www.gcrio.org/CONSEQUENCES/. Crowley’s is in Vol. 2, No. 1.

LABS: The labs are in Chem 207, are run by the TAs, and will meet every week, except the first week of class, except when we have exams. If you miss a lab, please contact your TA about making it up, but realize that you may not get full points on the lab and if you miss more than 2 labs, you will get a zero for the semester lab grade. The TA’s contact information is as follows: Lab Section TA email office, phone office hours 2,6,10 Angela Berthold [email protected] 72 MWAH, 726-8145 T 1-2 3,4,8 Nate Mitchell [email protected] 206 HH, 726-7935 Th 1-3 5,7,9 Adam Thompson [email protected] 72 MWAH, 726-7546 T 11-12,Th 2-3 GRADING: Exam I Exam II Quizzes Lab Final Exam

20% 20% 10% 25% 25%

EXAMS: Exams will be a combination of multiple choice questions, short answer, fill in the blank, and true/false. By using a short-answer/fill-in-the-blank format, I give you the opportunity to show what you have learned. This means that you need to understand and be able to put in your own words each of the concepts/topics discussed in class. For this reason, many students find the exams quite challenging. To study for the exams, 1) go over the power point presentations and make sure you understand each of the topics discussed in class and the figures used to convey those topics and 2) read the assigned pages in the book and use the chapter questions to ensure that you understand and have thought about the reading.

EXTRA CREDIT: 1. Quizzes and Exams Occasionally, the quizzes will have extra credit questions. These extra credit questions will be about recent articles in the Duluth News Tribune that are about environmental issues. Exams will have an extra credit question about local environmental issues. 2. Book Report For students who have an avid interest in environmental science, you can get extra credit by reading “Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things” by William McDonough and Michael Braungart OR Lester Brown’s book “Plan B 4.0,” which you can read online at http://www.earthpolicy.org/images/uploads/book_files/pb4book.pdf. To get extra credit, a 5 page (or more) book report must be turned in by Friday, May 2nd both as a hard copy in class and as a Word document e-mailed to me so I can check that the work is your own. Any papers with wording that is not your own (except for that in quotes) will result in an F for the class, not just the report. For an excellent book report (A), the student’s course grade will be raised by a half grade (i.e. a B+ will become an A-). See the course website for further details about the format and content of the report. POLICIES: 1. All enrolled students are expected to attend class. 2. Quizzes will be unannounced and will be at the beginning of the class period. If you are late to class or absent, you cannot make up the quiz – NO EXCEPTIONS. To allow for students being ill, etc., one quiz will be dropped at the end of the semester. Regular quizzes will consist of a few simple questions on the material from the previous lecture. 3. Exams cannot be made up unless the student has made arrangements at least two weeks ahead of time in anticipation of an absence that is excused according to the policies in the University of Minnesota Duluth most recent catalogue. Make-up exams will be short answer and essay questions. Please consult me at the BEGINNING of the semester about any religious observances you have that are in potential conflict with Exams, Quizzes, and/or Labs. Individuals who have any disability, either permanent or temporary, which might affect their ability to perform in this class are encouraged to inform the instructor at the beginning of the semester. Adaptation of methods, materials, or testing may be made as required to provide equitable participation.