Fall 2025 Earth and Environmental Sciences GU4835 section 001

WETLANDS & CLIMATE CHANGE

Call Number 11421
Day, Time & Location View Class Schedule & Location in Vergil
Points 3
Grading Mode Standard
Approvals Required None
Instructor Dorothy Peteet
Type LECTURE
Method of Instruction In-Person
Course Description Prerequisites: introductory biology or chemistry, or the instructors permission. Analysis of modern wetland dynamics and the important ecological, biogeochemical, and hydrological functions taking place in marshes, bogs, fens, and swamps, with a field emphasis. Wetlands as fossil repositories, the paleoenvironmental history they provide, and their role in the carbon cycle. Current wetland destruction, remediation attempts, and valuation. Laboratory analysis and field trips.
Web Site Vergil
Department Earth and Environmental Sciences
Enrollment 21 students (24 max) as of 2:05PM Monday, May 18, 2026
Subject Earth and Environmental Sciences
Number GU4835
Section 001
Division Interfaculty
Section key 20253EESC4835W001