ENVS 168: Biogeochemistry and the Global Environment

Instructor: Professor Weixin Cheng; Office: 430 ISB; Email: wxcheng@ucsc.edu ; Phone: 831-459-5317

Office Hours: 10:30-11:30 a.m. on Mondays and 1:30-2:30 p.m. on Tuesdays, and by appointment.

Class meets: MWF 4:00-5:05 p.m. in 221 ISB (in 455 ISB after January 10)

Syllabus

Old Midterm Exam

PowerPoint slides are given in the File folder on Canvas

Web links for Carbon Footprint Calculators:

US EPA: http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/ind_calculator.html

The Nature Conservancy: http://www.nature.org/greenliving/carboncalculator/index.htm

Online Resources:

UCSC Library: http://library.ucsc.edu/

Ecological Society of America: http://www.esa.org/esa/science/issues

The US Long-term Ecological Research (LTER) Network: http://lternet.edu/

Hubbard Brook Ecosystem Study: http://www.hubbardbrook.org/

HJ Andrews Experimental Forest LTER: http://www.fsl.orst.edu/lter/

USGS WaterWatch: http://water.usgs.gov/waterwatch/

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC): http://www.ipcc.ch/