Geology 302P Readings
Assigned readings are from the 2004 edition of Living With a Planet
| Topic | Reading Assignment |
| Topic 1: Problems with Planet Earth | pg. 3-16 |
| Topic 2: Science vs. Non-Science vs. Non-Sense | pg. 17-29 |
| Topic 3: The Tragedy of the Commons | TOC Essay (link) |
| Topic 4: Earth's Atmosphere I | pg. 35-64 |
| Topic 5: Earth's Atmosphere II | pg. 35-64 |
| Topic 6: Climate Change through Time I: Time Scales and Processes | pg. 65-102 |
| Topic 7: Climate Change Through Time II: Greenhouse-Icehouse to Milankovitch Hypothesis | pg.103- 148 |
| Topic 8: Climate Change Through Time III: Rapid Climate Change | pg. 149-160 |
| Topic 9: Lithosphere I: The Structure of the Earth | pg. 161-194 |
| Topic 10: Lithosphere II: Plate Tectonics | pg. 161-194 |
| Topic 11: Biosphere I: History of Life on Earth | pg. 195-212, 123-148 |
| Topic 12: Hydrosphere & Cryosphere I: Where is the water? | pg. 213-240 |
| Topic 13: Hydrosphere and Cryosphere II: The Oceans | pg. 213-240 |
| Topic 14: Human Impacts on the Hydrosphere I: Freshwater | pg. 243-284 |
| Topic 15: Biosphere II: Life Processes on Earth | pg. 285-316 |
| Topic 16: Human population | pg. 317-374 |
| Topic 17: Resources and Consumption | pg. 375-404 |
| Topic 18: Human Impacts on Terrestrial Habitats, Domestic Terrestrial Habitats | pg. 405-464 |
| Topic 19: Science and the Media | no readings |
| Topic 20: Human Impacts on the Hydrosphere II: The Oceans | pg. 405-464 |
| Topic 21: Biogeochemical Cycles | pg. 469-496 |
| Topic 22: Human impacts on the Atmosphere | pg. 497-564 |
| Topic 23: Alternative Energy | pg. 565-622 |
| Topic 24: Environmental Policy & Society | pg. 625-654 |
| Topic 25: The Human Dimension to Global Environmental Change | pg. 655- 684 |