ESSC 207 - Oceanography

3 Credit(s)

The world ocean covers 70 percent of the planet’s surface making it the most important physical feature on the planet. This course concentrates on the environmental issues that adversely affect the health of the ocean and the biological organisms that live there. These issues are usually a function of human interference and examples are ocean pollution, coral reef destruction, commercial fishing, planetary-scale destructive weather patterns, rising sea levels, loss of marine biodiversity, tsunamis, coastal erosion and dynamic shorelines, and economic resources in the marine environment. The unique biology from selected ecosystems of the ocean are also studied to emphasize the magnitude of marine biodiversity.
3 hours lecture.
Prerequisite(s): No Prerequisites.

(SAME AS ENVR 207)