Biogeochemistry

3.00 credits · Undergraduate

Overview of element cycling on Earth, from local to global scales. Transfer of energy and nutrients within terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Movement of elements (for example, carbon, nitrogen, phosphorous, and sulfur) along with their incorporation into other minerals and solutes as they transfer from the atmosphere, through terrestrial ecosystems, and into aquatic systems. Emphasis will be placed on how modern biogeochemical cycles of individual elements came to be, and how human activities are modifying these cycles.