EESS 2: Earth System History
The evolution of Earth's systems from formation to the present. Couplings and relationships among biosphere, lithosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere. Topics include the evolution of life, origin of the oceans, atmosphere and continents, and changes in climate. Modern climate change and anthropogenic effects.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER: DB-NatSci
EESS 12SC: Environmental and Geological Field Studies in the Rocky Mountains (GES 12SC)
Geologic origin from three billion years ago, paleoclimatology and glacial history, long- and short-term carbon cycle and global climate change, and environmental issues related to changing land-use patterns and increased demand for natural resources. Small groups analyze data to prepare reports and maps.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 2
Instructors:
Chamberlain, P. (PI)
EESS 38N: The Worst Journey in the World: The Science, Literature, and History of Polar Exploration
Preference to freshmen. The isolation of polar explorers under the harshest conditions on Earth, and the chronicles of their explorations and hardships dating to the 1500s for the Arctic and the 1700s for the Antarctic. Focus is on scientific and geographic achievements. Sources include
The Worst Journey in the World by Apsley Cherry-Garrard who in 1911 participated in a midwinter Antarctic sledging trip to recover emperor penguin eggs. Class jointly authors essay on themes from such literature. Optional field trip into the high Sierra in December. (Dunbar)
| UG Reqs: GER: DB-NatSci
EESS 39N: The Carbon Cycle: Reducing Your Impact
Preference to freshmen. Changes in the long- and short-term carbon cycle and global climate through the burning of fossil fuels since the Industrial Revolution. How people can shrink their carbon footprints. Long-term sources and sinks of carbon and how they are controlled by tectonics and short-term sources and sinks and the interaction between the biosphere and ocean. How people can shrink their carbon footprints. Held at the Stanford Community Farm.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER: DB-NatSci
Instructors:
Chamberlain, P. (PI)
EESS 46N: Exploring the Critical Interface between the Land and Monterey Bay: Elkhorn Slough
Preference to freshmen. Field trips to sites in the Elkhorn Slough, a small agriculturally impacted estuary that opens into Monterey Bay, a model ecosystem for understanding the complexity of estuaries, and one of California's last remaining coastal wetlands. Readings include Jane Caffrey's
Changes in a California Estuary: A Profile of Elkhorn Slough. Basics of biogeochemistry, microbiology, oceanography, ecology, pollution, and environmental management.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: WAY-SMA
Instructors:
Francis, C. (PI)
;
Smith, J. (TA)
EESS 101: Environmental and Geological Field Studies in the Rocky Mountains (GES 101)
Three-week, field-based program in the Greater Yellowstone/Teton and Wind River Mountains of Wyoming. Field-based exercises covering topics including: basics of structural geology and petrology; glacial geology; western cordillera geology; paleoclimatology; chemical weathering; aqueous geochemistry; and environmental issues such as acid mine drainage and changing land-use patterns.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3
Instructors:
Chamberlain, P. (PI)
;
Graham, S. (PI)
EESS 134: Stable Isotopes in Biogeochemistry (EESS 234)
Light stable isotopes and their application to geological, ecological, and environmental problems. Isotopic systematics of hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur; chemical and biogenic fractionation of light isotopes in the atmosphere, hydrosphere, and rocks and minerals.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER: DB-NatSci
Instructors:
Chamberlain, P. (PI)
EESS 141: Remote Sensing of the Oceans (EARTHSYS 141, EARTHSYS 241, EESS 241)
How to observe and interpret physical and biological changes in the oceans using satellite technologies. Topics: principles of satellite remote sensing, classes of satellite remote sensors, converting radiometric data into biological and physical quantities, sensor calibration and validation, interpreting large-scale oceanographic features.
| UG Reqs: GER: DB-NatSci, WAY-AQR
EESS 143: Marine Biogeochemistry (EESS 243)
(Graduate students register for 243.) Processes that control the mean concentration and distribution of biologically utilized elements and compounds in the ocean. Processes at the air-sea interface, production of organic matter in the upper ocean, remineralization of organic matter in the water column, and processing of organic matter in the sediments. Cycles of carbon, oxygen, and nutrients; the role of the ocean carbon cycle in interannual to decadal variability, paleoclimatology, and the anthropogenic carbon budget.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3-4
| UG Reqs: GER: DB-NatSci
Instructors:
Arrigo, K. (PI)
EESS 155: Science of Soils
Physical, chemical, and biological processes within soil systems. Emphasis is on factors governing nutrient availability, plant growth and production, land-resource management, and pollution within soils. How to classify soils and assess nutrient cycling and contaminant fate. Recommended: introductory chemistry and biology.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER: DB-NatSci, WAY-SMA
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