Earth and physical Sciences
Suggested Links
Readings for class discussions:
Suggested readings:
Hydrology/Water Resources
Water over the Dam (Outwater)
Environmental effects of dams an impoundments (Baxter 1977)
Geomorphology and American dams: The scientific, social, and economic context. (Graf 2005)
Glen Canyon Dam and the Colorado River (Grossman)
Trading off: the ecological effects of dam removal (Stanley and Doyle 2003)
When the Rivers Run Dry (Pearce 2006)
Colorado River Compact
Water Budgets: Foundations for Effective Water-Resources and Environmental Management (Healy, Winter, LaBaugh, and Franke 2008)
Geologic Time
Time Scale
Atmospheric Science/Global Warming
A Piece of the Sky is Missing (Sagan 1998)
Global cooling article in Newsweek from 1975
Energy
Renewable Energy
Astronomy
International Astronomical Union's planet definitions. Is Pluto a planet?
The Expanding Universe (Hawking)
The Universe in a Nutshell (Barrow 1994)
Easter Island
Lessons of Easter Island (Ponting 1991)
Rethinking Easter Island’s ecological catastrophe (Hunt 2006)
Other Topics
Silent Spring: Fable for Tomorrow and The Obligation to Endure (Carson 1962)
Plan B 4.0 (Lester Brown)
The Land Ethic (Leopold)
Is Humanity Suicidal (Wilson 1996)
- A Piece of the Sky is Missing (Sagan 1998)
- Silent Spring: Fable for Tomorrow and The Obligation to Endure (Carson 1962)
- When the Rivers Run Dry (Pearce 2006)
- Renewable Energy (Nebel 2002)
- Is Humanity Suicidal (Wilson 1996)
Suggested readings:
Hydrology/Water Resources
Water over the Dam (Outwater)
Environmental effects of dams an impoundments (Baxter 1977)
Geomorphology and American dams: The scientific, social, and economic context. (Graf 2005)
Glen Canyon Dam and the Colorado River (Grossman)
Trading off: the ecological effects of dam removal (Stanley and Doyle 2003)
When the Rivers Run Dry (Pearce 2006)
Colorado River Compact
Water Budgets: Foundations for Effective Water-Resources and Environmental Management (Healy, Winter, LaBaugh, and Franke 2008)
Geologic Time
Time Scale
Atmospheric Science/Global Warming
A Piece of the Sky is Missing (Sagan 1998)
Global cooling article in Newsweek from 1975
Energy
Renewable Energy
Astronomy
International Astronomical Union's planet definitions. Is Pluto a planet?
The Expanding Universe (Hawking)
The Universe in a Nutshell (Barrow 1994)
Easter Island
Lessons of Easter Island (Ponting 1991)
Rethinking Easter Island’s ecological catastrophe (Hunt 2006)
Other Topics
Silent Spring: Fable for Tomorrow and The Obligation to Endure (Carson 1962)
Plan B 4.0 (Lester Brown)
The Land Ethic (Leopold)
Is Humanity Suicidal (Wilson 1996)