GEOL 12L — Environmental Science Lab
This lab course is a companion to the Environmental Science Lecture, GEOL-12. This lab course examines the earth as an ecosystem composed of biological, chemical, and physical processes, with an emphasis on human impacts. Topics include air and water pollution, the structure and function of ecological systems, agricultural pesticide use, waste disposal, climate change, natural resource use, and environmental laws and policies. Emphasis on the environmental hazards and mitigation of hazards using case studies in the Central Valley of California. Field trips may be required. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)