GEOG 3020 - Global Climate Change

Institution:

Valdosta State University

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Description:

Also offered as GEOL 3020. Prerequisite: GEOG 1112K or GEOL 1121K or GEOG 1113K or . An overview of global climate change based on changes to the Earth's atmosphere, lithosphere, and hydrosphere. This course provides an analysis of past climates in the geologic, biologic, and hydrologic record, the impact of fossil fuel utilization on climate over the last 250 years, and links to ice sheets and oceans. The course examines implications of global climate change on the human population, including diseases and severe weather, as well as biogeography, including the extinction of threatened species.

Credits:

3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.valdosta.edu

Phone Number:

(229) 333-5800

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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