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2009-2010 University Catalog
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EOS 305 - Global Environmental HazardsCredits: 3
Introduces applications of observational and modeling techniques to natural hazards and the threat they pose to the world, as well as a general introduction to global climate change and its effect on regional and local scales. Examples include topics of interest to different countries and regions of the world, such as earthquakes, sand and dust storms, slope failures, volcanoes, land slides, droughts and desertification, floods, hurricanes and typhoons, severe weather, wild fires (U.S., Indonesia, Africa, S. America), sea-level rise, and tsunamis. Covers Earth system science topics related to the above hazards and their coupling with anthropogenic hazards as well as how societies respond to natural disasters and mitigation.
Prerequisites
30 hours and undergraduate status.
Hours of Lecture or Seminar per week
3
Hours of Lab or Studio per week
0
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