Description

Overview:

The year is 2050 and your once-idyllic beachfront vacation home is now flooded up to the second story. The crab your family has enjoyed every Christmas for as long as you can remember has now become an endangered species. The oceans have changed. In Earth 540, Oceanography for Educators, we explore the mechanisms that lead to sea level rise and ocean acidification. We strive to understand how natural processes such as ocean currents, the gulf-stream, tides, plate tectonics, and the Coriolis Effect, affect our oceans and ocean basins. We then predict how man-made issues such as climate change and overfishing will affect our beloved waters and our livelihoods. Want to see into the future? Then this course is for you!

Subject:

Environmental Science, Biology, Ecology, Astronomy, Atmospheric Science, Oceanography

Level:

High School, Community College / Lower Division, College / Upper Division, Graduate / Professional, Adult Education

Material Type:

Full Course

Author:

Chris Marone, Mike Arthur

Provider:

Penn State College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

Date Added:

10/07/2019