ENVI 481VUrban Farming in World History

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This course focuses on ways in which anthropogenic global change drivers including climate change (precipitation: drought or flooding, temperature: heatwaves and arctic blasts), eutrophication (nitrogen deposition and nutrient runoff), elevated carbon dioxide, among others- impact ecosystems locally and around the world. Impacts will focus on organismal, community, and whole ecosystem-scale responses, with an emphasis on how to detect these changes. In addition to in-class discussions of primary scientific literature in ecosystem ecology and global change, students will work in small groups to conduct research projects examining experimental modification of global change drivers over the course of the semester. Integrated lecture and field/laboratory work focuses on learning experimental techniques, data analysis, and future actions to reduce ecological impacts.