PHY 172 - Planet Earth II

Credits 3Satisfies University Studies requirement: Science in Engaged Community Science of Natural World
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Continuation of PHY 171, focusing on Earth’s resources: rare and abundant metals and their uses, history of life on Earth, the fossil record; energy and fossil fuels; nuclear energy sources, uranium, plutonium, and deuterium; water and its distribution, rate of use, and pollution; atmospheric-oceanic circulation and heat balance; weather and climate; humanity as agent of change on Earth.

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