Natural Disasters and Critical Earth Phenomena

3 credits · Undergraduate Programs

Causes of disasters such as earthquakes, tsunami, volcanic eruptions, mud flows, landslides, avalanches, flooding, tornadoes and hurricanes, and other critical phenomena such as sinkholes, ozone depletion and radiation, carbon dioxide and global warming, El Niño, toxic natural materials and pollution, and extraterrestrial impacts. Surveys of historic disasters and their effects on life on Earth. Methods of prediction and prevention of disasters and precautions for the mitigation of their effects. Notes: This course is not part of the Field of Geology or the Field of Geophysics. Also known as: (formerly Geophysics 375)