EES-112 Environmental Science

GER: NWL (Empirical Study of the Natural World with laboratory) and NE (Humans and the Natural Environment)
Study of human transformation of Earth as a trade-off for growth of the human enterprise. Topics include changes in population, land cover (agriculture, deforestation, urbanization), climate, nitrogen and phosphorous cycles, biodiversity; limits of water, soil, energy and mineral resources; and links between population and consumption patterns. 4 credits.