EAS 1700 - Evolution of the Earth and Life

(PBS)

Spring. 3 credits.

J. Cisne.

Covers Earth systems and their evolution; Earth history’s astronomical context; plate tectonics, continental drift, and their implications for climate and life; coevolution of life and the atmosphere; precedents for ongoing global change; and dinosaurs, mass extinctions, and human ancestry. Includes exercises on reconstructing geological history and mapping ancient geography.