| Course Description : | An introduction to biogeochemical cycles in the environment.
Discusses processes and reactions governing cycles in the
atmosphere, lithosphere, terrestrial ecosystems, freshwater
wetlands and lakes, river estuaries, and the oceans. Outlines the
global cycles of water, carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, and sulfur.
Group discussions will incorporate current topics in anthropogenic
alterations of natural cycles that lead to ecosystem degradation |