GEOL 175: Disasters – Living on the Edge (XL)

GEOLOGY University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh 3.0 credits

Course Description

Study of various environmental hazards, their causes, impacts on humans, and mitigations. Core topics are natural hazards (earthquakes, volcanoes, flooding, landslides, tornadoes, hurricanes), and anthropogenic hazards (climate change/global warming, nuclear hazards, and overpopulation). Additional topics may be covered: coastal hazards, pollution of ground water, air, soil, and water, other atmospheric hazards (extreme weather, droughts), impacts from space, extinctions, biohazards, chemical hazards, and terrorism. Cross-listed: GEOG 175/GEOLOGY 175.

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