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Fundamental Concepts: How Humans View and Study the Earth | |
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Introduction to Environmental Geosciences | |
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Example: Introductory Riddle Regarding Population Growth | |
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Earth's Changing Environment and Humans | |
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Critical Issues In Environmental Geosciences | |
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Science as a Way of Knowing | |
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The History of Science | |
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Limits to Science | |
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An Emerging Environmental World View | |
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Dynamic Earth Systems | |
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An Ongoing Experiment: The Eruption of Mt. Pinatubo and Global Cooling Earth Systems | |
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Links and Cycles Among Earth Systems | |
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Cycles | |
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Energy | |
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Earth Dynamics | |
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Time and Change: Earth and Human History | |
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Experiment: Determining When Something Began to Happen from its Decay | |
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Temporal Aspects of Earth Systems | |
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Geologic Time : A Temporal Perspective of the Earth | |
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The Absolute Geologic Time Scale | |
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Solid Earth Systems | |
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The Crustal Rock System | |
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Experiment: An Ancient Experiment with Melted Sand | |
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The Geosphere and Humans | |
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Processes | |
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Resources | |
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Hazards and Wastes | |
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Environmental Management | |
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Environmental and Global Change | |
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Soil and Weathering Systems | |
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Experiment: Unvegetated Soils and Soil Erosion | |
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Soil and Humans | |
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Processes | |
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Resources | |
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Hazards and Wastes | |
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Environmental Management | |
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Environmental and Global Change | |
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Fluid Systems | |
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Surface Water Systems | |
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Example: Finding Ancient Rivers in the Desert with Satellites | |
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Surface Water and Humans | |
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Processes | |
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Resources | |
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Hazards and Wastes | |
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Environmental Management | |
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Environmental and Global Change | |
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Ground Water Systems | |
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Example: Getting Water out of Sand and Gravel | |
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Ground Water and Humans | |
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Processes | |
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Resources | |
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Hazards and Wastes | |
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Environmental Management | |
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Environmental and Global Change | |
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Atmospheric Systems | |
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Example: Changing Climates by Altering Gases in the Atmosphere | |
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The Atmosphere and Humans | |
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Processes | |
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Resources | |
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Hazards | |
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Environmental and Waste Management | |
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Environmental and Global Change | |
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Oceans and Coastal Water Systems | |
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Example: Salinity, Density, and Ocean Currents | |
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Oceans and Humans | |
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Processes | |
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Resources | |
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Hazards and Wastes | |
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Environmental Management | |
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Environmental and Global Change | |
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Energy Systems and Changing Earth Systems | |
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Earth's Energy Systems | |
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Example: Using Solar Energy to do Mechanical Work | |
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Energy and Humans | |
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The Energy Cascade | |
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Energy as a Human Resource | |
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Environmental Impacts of Energy Use | |
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Energy Policy and the Environment | |
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Causes and Indicators of Global Environmental Change | |
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Example: California Droughts | |
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What is Global Environmental Change? | |
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Origin of Earth's Climate: Insights from Other Planets | |
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Faint Young Sun Paradox | |
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Causes of Climate Change | |
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Indicators of Past Climatic and Environmental Change | |
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History of Global Environmental Change | |
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Example: Dessication of the Mediterranean Sea | |
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Introduction | |
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History of Global Change | |
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Human Evolution and Environmental Change | |
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Earth at the Last Glacial Maximum | |
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Medieval Warm Period and the Little Ice Age | |
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Humans as Agents of Environmental Change | |