About this course:

• The faculty and students in the School of Earth Science investigate the history of our planet, its material structure and resources, and the processes that have driven its evolution and continue to shape our environments.
• Students study the Earth’s interior and surface, its oceans, freshwaters and glaciers, its atmosphere and outer space, and their interactions with each other and with the biosphere.
• Students  are concerned with the responsible utilization of natural resources, issues of sustainability, as well as the mitigation of natural and manmade hazards and global change.
• Students  read Earth’s recent and ancient history in its rocks, fossils, landscapes, and its gravity.
• Students  probe and characterize the Earth system using satellites, in situ and laboratory measurements, physical theories, and numerical models.