Introduction to Environmental Problems
Introduction to Environmental Problems |
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Course syllabus for Spring 2020
PowerPoint poster format (36" x 24")
See the Earth Science Information Page for a wealth of resources.
Today's front pages around the world
See the New York Times article on 95 environmental rules rolled back by the Trump Administration (.pdf file and link on the New York Times; see below for a graphic summary).
Guardian Science at https://www.theguardian.com/science and https://www.facebook.com/guardianscience/
Nature Briefing subscribe at https://www.nature.com/briefing/signup/
Nature News at https://www.nature.com/nature/articles?type=news
Science in Action weekly podcasts at https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p002vsnb/episodes/downloads
Science Focus podcast from the BBC at https://www.sciencefocus.com/science-focus-podcast/
Science Friday at https://www.sciencefriday.com/listen/
Scientific American newsletter at https://www.scientificamerican.com/page/newsletter-sign-up/?origincode=2019_sciam_StayInformed_NewsletterSignUp
UN Climate Change Conference, December 2019, COP 25 at https://unfccc.int/cop25
Vermont Legislative actions at http://kanat.nvu.vsc.edu/involve.htm#vtLeg
Christensen, N. (2013). The Environment and You. Pearson, Boston, MA, 630 pages.
Enger, E.D. and Smith, B.F. (2008). Environmental Science: A Study of Interrelationships. McGraw-Hill, New York, 488 pages.
Miller, G.T. and Spoolman S.E. (2016). Environmental Science. Cengage Learning, Boston, MA, 551 pages.
Withgott, J. and Laposata M. (2014). Environment: The Science Behind the Stories. Pearson, Boston, MA, 674 pages.
The International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List of Threatened Species, at https://www.iucnredlist.org/
The International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List Categories and Criteria, at https://portals.iucn.org/library/sites/library/files/documents/RL-2001-001-2nd.pdf
Number of Species on Earth Tagged at 8.7 Million, at https://www.nature.com/news/2011/110823/full/news.2011.498.html
Long-Term Monitoring Reveals Forest Tree Community Change Driven by Atmospheric Sulphate Pollution and Contemporary Climate Change, at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ddi.13017
The Now Extinict, Chinese Paddlefish, at https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2020/01/chinese-paddlefish-one-of-largest-fish-extinct/?utm_source=Nature+Briefing&utm_campaign=0ff3b1d225-briefing-dy-20200110_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c9dfd39373-0ff3b1d225-44034105
What Makes a Critical Metal "Critical" or a Strategic Element "Strategic"? at https://www.kitco.com/ind/fulp/20120815.html
Assessment of Critical Minerals: Screening Methodology and Initial Application, at https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/whitehouse.gov/files/images/CSMSC%20Assessment%20of%20Critical%20Minerals%20Report%202016-03-16%20FINAL.pdf
The Two Empires and Three Domains of Life in the Postgenomic Age, at https://www.nature.com/scitable/topicpage/the-two-empires-and-three-domains-of-14432998/
Intense Human Pressure is Widespread Across Terrestrial Vertebrate Ranges, at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S235198941930887X?via%3Dihub
U.S. Refrains From Signing New UN Pact To Cut Down Global Plastic Waste, at https://www.axios.com/us-refrains-signing-new-un-pact-cut-global-plastic-waste-189ad93c-f234-4adf-9b92-a38b9f49f93a.html
Governments Agree Landmark Decisions to Protect People and Planet From Hazardous Chemicals and Waste, Including Plastic Waste, at http://www.brsmeas.org/?tabid=8005
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