Peak Oil, Global Warming and Resource Scarcity

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Credits 3. 3 Lecture Hours. The concept of peak oil, resource depletion, and human-induced climate change and the broad consequences for food and water supplies, mortality rates, conflict, migration, and political stability; scientific/social/political debates surrounding these issues, and the individual/local/national/global options for living in a globally-warmed world with declining natural resources. Prerequisites: Any two from GEOL 101 , GEOL 102 , OCNG 251 , MARS 280 , or approval of instructor.