Fall 2025 Earth and Environmental Sciences GU4835 section 001

WETLANDS & CLIMATE CHANGE

Call Number 11421
Day & Time
Location
TR 10:10am-11:25am
506 Schermerhorn Hall [SCH]
Points 3
Grading Mode Standard
Approvals Required None
Instructor Dorothy Peteet
Type LECTURE
Method of Instruction In-Person
Course Description Prerequisites: introductory biology or chemistry, or the instructors permission. Analysis of modern wetland dynamics and the important ecological, biogeochemical, and hydrological functions taking place in marshes, bogs, fens, and swamps, with a field emphasis. Wetlands as fossil repositories, the paleoenvironmental history they provide, and their role in the carbon cycle. Current wetland destruction, remediation attempts, and valuation. Laboratory analysis and field trips.
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Department Earth and Environmental Sciences
Enrollment 0 students (15 max) as of 9:05PM Tuesday, April 1, 2025
Subject Earth and Environmental Sciences
Number GU4835
Section 001
Division Interfaculty
Section key 20253EESC4835W001