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Date
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Lecturer
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Topic
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Text
Reading
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| Jan
17 |
JB,
IF |
Course
Introduction |
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| Jan
19 |
JB |
Environmental
Science |
BK
Ch 1&2 |
| Jan
22 |
JB |
Cosmology |
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| Jan
24 |
JB |
Earth
history, structural geology, plate tectonics |
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| Jan
26 |
IF |
Origin
of atmosphere and oceans |
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| Jan
29 |
IF |
Geologic
time scale |
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| Jan
31 |
JB |
Paleoclimatology |
BK
Ch 7 |
| Feb
2 |
JB |
Origins
of early life;evolution |
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| Feb
5 |
JB |
Biodiversity,
taxonomy |
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| Feb
7 |
JB |
Biodiversity,
species |
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| Feb
9 |
IF |
Earth's
energy budget |
BK
Ch 3 |
| Feb
12 |
IF |
Atmospheric
circulation |
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| Feb
14 |
IF |
Ocean
circulation processes |
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| Feb
16 |
JB |
Landscapes,
ecosystems, and communities |
BK
Ch 6 |
| Feb
19 |
|
Holiday |
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| Feb
21 |
|
First
Mid-Term Exam |
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| Feb
23 |
GS |
Hydrology,
large scale processes |
BK
Ch 19 |
| Feb
26 |
GS |
Hydrology,
watershed level processes |
BK
Ch 20 |
| Feb
28 |
IF |
World
climates |
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| Mar
2 |
JB |
Soil
development |
BK
Ch 11 |
| Mar
5 |
IF |
Global
carbon cycle |
BK
Ch 4 |
| Mar
7 |
IF |
Global
climate change |
BK
Ch 21 |
| Mar
9 |
JB |
Nitrogen
cycle |
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| Mar
12 |
CC |
Estuaries,
lakes, and streams |
|
| Mar
14 |
JB |
Terrestrial
biomes, forests |
BK
pp174-182 |
| Mar
16 |
JB |
Terrestrial
biomes, continued |
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| Mar
19 |
JB |
Terrestrial
biomes, continued |
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| Mar
21 |
JB |
Evolution/biodiversity |
BK
Ch 12 |
| Mar
23 |
JB |
Biogeography |
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| Mar
26-30 |
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Spring
Break |
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| Apr
2 |
JT |
Remote
sensing of resources |
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| Apr
4 |
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Second
Mid-term |
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| Apr
6 |
JB |
Forestry |
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| Apr
9 |
IF |
Marine
Fisheries |
BK
Ch 13 |
| Apr
11 |
JB |
Forestry,
continued; Wildlife |
BK
Ch25 |
| Apr
13 |
JB |
Wildlife |
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| Apr
16 |
JB |
Human
impact on CA grasslands |
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| Apr
18 |
LH |
Pastoralism |
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| Apr
20 |
JB |
Human
population |
BK
Ch 5 |
| Apr
23 |
IF |
Human
energy use |
BK
Ch 15 |
| Apr
25 |
BAD |
Parks
and preserves |
|
| Apr
27 |
DL |
Biological
control |
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| Apr
30 |
MS |
Ecological
restoration |
BK
Ch 9 |
| May
2 |
IC |
Who
owns genes? |
BK
Ch 14 |
| May
4 |
AB |
Exotic
species |
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| May
7 |
JB |
Fire |
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| May
12 |
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Final
Examination, 8am |
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Key
to lecturers
| JB |
James
Bartolome |
| IF |
Inez
Fung |
| GS |
Gary
Sposito |
| JT |
Jim
Tucker |
| IC |
Ignacio
Chapela |
| LH |
Lynn
Huntsinger |
| BAD |
Barbara
Allen-Diaz |
| CC |
Chris
Campbell |
| AB |
Aimee
Betts |
| MS |
Mark
Spencer |
| DL |
Dan
Latham |
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