Earth System Science

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1	-	Date	Month	Topic	Assignments	Quizzes	Slides	Reading Link	Reading Select
2	M	29	Aug	Planetary Systems and Systems Thinking	HW1: Causal Loop Diagram [10]		Lecture 1	Click Link	The Earth System: Ch1
3	W	31	Aug	Diagraming Global Change			Lecture 2	Click Link	Wikipedia - Causal Link Diagram
4	M	5	Sept	NO CLASS - Labor Day
5	W	7	Sept	Intro to Earth System Science - spheres and cycles	Refl Paper 1: Systems Thinking [10]		Lecture 3	Click Link	Wikipedia - Lithosphere
6	M	12	Sept	Systems Thinking; Daisyworld	HW2: Daisyworld Simulation [10]		Lecture 4	Click Link	Wikipedia - Daisyworld
7	W	14	Sept	Global Energy Balance,The Greenhouse Effect	HW3: Calculations[10]		Lecture 5	Click Link	The Earth System: Ch3 (to pg 50)
8	M	19	Sept	GHG, Models			Lecture 6		Finish Ch3 if you have not already
9	W	21	Sept	Atmopheric Structure and Circulation	HW4: Atmopsheric Circulation[10]		Lecture 7		The Earth System: Ch4 (all)
10	M	26	Sept	The Circulation of the Oceans			Lecture 8		The Earth System: Ch5 (all)
11	W	28	Sept	Climate Oscillations (ENSO, PDO, NAO, etc.)			Lecture 9		Ch15 - Short-Term Climate Variability	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_oscillation
12	M	3	Oct	Soils Field Trip	HW5: Soils Lab [10]			FIELDTRIP	http://www.macaulay.ac.uk/soilquality/An%20introduction%20to%20soils,%20soil%20formation%20and%20terminology.pdf	http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_MANUSCRIPTS/pennsylvania/northeasternPA1913/northeasternPA1913.pdf
13	W	5	Oct	Carbon cycle, Nitrogen cycle			Lecture 10		The Earth System: Ch8 (all)
14	M	10	Oct	The Dynamic Cryosphere			Lecture 11		https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7oyR9TSuha7TUMtT3A1Q1JxSzQ/view?usp=sharing
15	W	12	Oct	NO CLASS - FALL BREAK
16	M	17	Oct	Review Day --- Bring it all together					http://sites.gsu.edu/geog1112/lab-4-2/
17	W	19	Oct	MIDTERM - The Earth System [80]
18	M	24	Oct	Review Exam. Climate Models; Semester Project	Assign Project: Climate Data [100]		Lecture 12		The Earth System: Ch16 (all)	The Earth System: Ch6 (all); Ch3 (50-53)
19	W	26	Oct	Nutrient Pollution Field Trip (N cycle & Health)	Refl Paper 2 EC: Nitrogen Cycling			FIELDTRIP	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2FmNrEmowE	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sewage_treatment
20	M	31	Oct	Update on Projects, Topics for the Remaing Days
21	W	2	Nov	Sustainability in Agroecosystems			Lecture 13		What is Sustainability
22	M	7	Nov	NO CLASS					Climate Change Knowledge
23	W	9	Nov	NO CLASS					Acid Mine Drainage	CO2 release from Acid Mine Drainage
24	Sat	12	Nov	The Coal of the Wyoming Valley [Carbon Cycle, the Greenhouse Effect]	ppp			FIELDTRIP	Coal, Carbon, and Sulfur
25	M	14	Nov	Continued...coal, depositional environments, AMD, Acid Rain	ppp	Quiz	Lecture 14		NE Acid Deposition
26	W	16	Nov	Anthropogenic Carbon, Fossil Fuel Industry; Fracking; and Oil Spills	ppp	Quiz			Ch 16: Global Warming	Oil Spill 1	Oil Spill 2	Methane Leaks
27	M	21	Nov	Climate Change Projections, epmphasis on the Northeast [Atmospheric Circulation, Ocean Circulation, Greenhouse Effect]	Climate Survey		Lecture 15		Ch 6: Modeling the Atmosphere-Ocean System	Regional Climate Change Projection		http://www.ucsusa.org/sites/default/files/legacy/assets/documents/global_warming/Exec-Summary_Climate-Change-in-Pennsylvania.pdf
28	W	23	Nov	NO CLASS - Thanksgiving
29	M	28	Nov	Evidence-Based Global Warming Discussion	ppp	5 minute talk
30	W	30	Nov	Effects of Climate on Human Populations through time + Adaptation and Environmental Justice + Geoengineering + nutrients	ppp	Quiz	Lecture 16		Ch 14: Pleistocene Glaciations	Demography, dispersals and human evolution in the Last Glacial Period	http://ocp.ldeo.columbia.edu/res/div/ocp/drought/SE.shtml	http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/29/us/gatlinburg-fires/index.html	http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/28/asia/great-barrier-reef-coral-death/	http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/lanina/enso_evolution-status-fcsts-web.pdf	rrr
31	M	5	Dec	TEST 2 - Human Effects on the Earth System [80]
32	W	7	Dec	5 Minute Lightning Talks [20]	Papers Due Friday December 9th by 5 PM in the basket on my office door
33	F	16	Dec	FINAL - 3:15 to 5:15 - Admin 202 - Multiple Choice [100 pts]
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37				http://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/effects-of-rising-atmospheric-concentrations-of-carbon-13254108	http://www.anylogic.com/			Daisyball
38				http://localbiziness.com/biz/sugarloaf-peat-co-1f77dfb5a	http://vensim.com/			Monash GCM
39				https://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/1317a/report.pdf	https://insightmaker.com/			UCAR GCM
40				http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/cs/groups/public/documents/document/dcnr_014595.pdf				PHeT Greenhouse Simulation
41				http://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1020&context=mes_capstones				Other Greenhouse Simulation -- there are many modules that are GOOD!
42				http://www.globalchange.umich.edu/globalchange1/	this is a good website for labs
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44			1	Wikipedia - Causal Link Diagram	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causal_loop_diagram		nope	models
45			1	The Earth System: Ch1	https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7oyR9TSuha7X2lYcmRQVkR1M1k/view?usp=sharing		nope	EBM	https://johnmischler.shinyapps.io/ebm_shiny2/
46			1	Wikipedia - Earth System Science	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_system_science		nope	MAGICC	http://live.magicc.org/
47			2	Wikipedia - Biogeochemical Cycles	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biogeochemical_cycle		nope	EdGCM	http://edgcm.columbia.edu/documentation/EdGCM_Workshop_Guide_2011.pdf
48			2	Wikipedia - Asthenosphere	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asthenosphere		nope	Monash GCM	http://monash.edu/research/simple-climate-model/mscm/index.html
49			2	Wikipedia - Pedosphere	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedosphere		nope	Daisyball	http://gingerbooth.com/flash/daisyball/
50			2	Wikipedia - Lithosphere	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithosphere		nope	Java Climate Model	http://jcm.climatemodel.info/
51			2	Earth's Atmosphere	http://www.space.com/17683-earth-atmosphere.html		nope	Build Your Own Earth	http://www.buildyourownearth.com/
52			2	Anthroposphere	https://www.agci.org/earth-systems/anthroposphere		nope
53			2	Wikipedia - Biosphere	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biosphere		nope
54			3	The Earth System: Ch2	https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7oyR9TSuha7eEZUdk1CYlc0b00/view?usp=sharing		nope
55			3	Wikipedia - Daisyworld	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daisyworld		nope
56			3	Simulation - Daisyball	http://gingerbooth.com/flash/daisyball/
57			4	The Earth System: Ch3 (to pg 50)	https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7oyR9TSuha7Rlg4cHk2ZWxfTHM/view?usp=sharing		nope
58			4	Video - Earth's seasons	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcquRMaVSKU		nope
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61			5	The Earth System: Ch3	https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7oyR9TSuha7Rlg4cHk2ZWxfTHM/view?usp=sharing		nope
62			5	Meridonial Heat Transport	http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/7j.html		nope
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64				EdGCM	http://edgcm.columbia.edu/documentation/EdGCM_Workshop_Guide_2011.pdf		nope
65				MAGICC	http://live.magicc.org/		nope
66				EBM	http://serc.carleton.edu/introgeo/mathstatmodels/examples/GEBM1.html		https://insightmaker.com/	https://insightmaker.com/insight/8604/Simple-Energy-Balance-Model
67					http://www.atmosedu.com/physlets/GEBM/EBMGame.htm		nope
68				my EBM model	https://johnmischler.shinyapps.io/ebm_shiny2/		nope
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74				Wikipedia - The Paris Agreement	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Agreement		nope
75				Simulation - Greenhouse (Modules 1-5)	http://authoring.concord.org/sequences/47/activities/278?show_index=true		nope
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80				The Earth System: Ch6	https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7oyR9TSuha7TUMtT3A1Q1JxSzQ/view?usp=sharing		nope
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82				Relection Essay Rubric	https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qEPf2m-F-MQL5Pmt4t0Ik_tvRFLP5gtZLz-jFMEYK7w/edit?usp=sharing
83				Relection Essay Tips	http://www2.smumn.edu/deptpages/tcwritingcenter/forms_of_writing/reflect_essay.php
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