Long Term Environmental Changes Definition

The Environmental Systems concentration in Geography focuses on the processes that shape the physical features of the landscape. Climate, geology, and biology interact in complicated ways to issue in the weather, landforms, and life that characterize any place. The surface of the Earth as we see it today is the outcome of millions of years of gradual change and of past catastrophes. The long-term dynamics of natural systems provide the context for evaluating changes wrought by people over contempo times, while also acknowledging and evaluating potentially long history of people shaping and interacting with environments through time. Using remote sensing, spatial modeling, natural archives in lake sediments, and field survey methods, the research in the section includes:

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What kinds of jobs might a focus in Ecology Systems prepare you for?

These courses focus on developing skills in agreement the biological, climatological, and geomorphic processes that influence environments and landforms around the world. A spatial perspective will permit yous to understand how these processes play out in different places, and specifically how long-term processes, including climatic change, erosion, and species dispersal, shape the environments and resource that humans rely upon. Further, a spatial perspective focuses on understanding how global processes, including climate change and natural disasters, tin can influence local environments, and vice-versa. Physical geographers also rely on developing skills with remote sensing, Geographic Information Systems, and spatial modeling, which are highly valuable skills in today'due south economy.

More specifically, people with a focus in ecology systems might look for jobs that look at ecology alter in the context of the modern world, including:

Design plans to restore river systems;
Conduct field surveys of environmental change;
Develop plans for potential natural disasters;
Provide policy guidance for agricultural insurance programs;
Develop climate activeness plans for cities;
And more than!

Some jobs titles include:

Resource Manager
Environmental Field Technician
Restoration Ecologist
Hazard Planner
Hydrologist
Climatologist
Meteorologist
Country Use Planner
Agricultural Planner
Atmospheric Scientist

Check out the Jobs for Geographers page for a few examples of current jobs and resources to search for many more than!

If yous have more questions about what you tin do with a focus in Environmental Systems, contact Dr Leslie McLees, the Undergraduate Coordinator & Advisor at geogadvr@uoregon.edu

Courses:

Note: Occasionally GEOG 410 is also offered every bit a course that would count towards the Environmental Systems Concentration. Cheque the Grade Offerings (the "pink canvas") or e-mail the Undergraduate Counselor at geogadvr@uoregon.edu to clarify.

GEOG 321. Climatology. 4 Credits.
Energy and wet in the temper, atmospheric apportionment, controls of regional and microclimates, applied climatology, climatic variations, past and future climates.
Prereq: GEOG 141.

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GEOG 322. Geomorphology. 4 Credits.
Landforming processes with emphasis on mass movements, rivers, eolian, glacial, and coastal processes. Special fee.
Prereq: GEOG 141 or GEOL 102 or 202.

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GEOG 323. Biogeography. 4 Credits.
Relation of plants and animals to the surround, distribution of individual species, historical changes in plant distribution.
Prereq: one from GEOG 141, GEOL 103, 203, BI 370.

GEOG 360. Watershed Science and Policy. iv Credits.
Physical and biological processes of watersheds; problems of land use, h2o quality, riparian zones, aquatic environmental; scientific basis of watershed direction and policy. Special fee.
Prereq: GEOG 141, or GEOL 102 or 202, or BI 130 or 213.

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GEOG 361. Global Environmental Alter. 4 Credits.
Natural and human-induced environmental changes and their impact on different environmental systems. Non available to those who have taken GEOG 143.
Prereq: GEOG 141.

421/521 Advanced Climatology: [Topic] (4R) Topics in climatology, including concrete climatology, dynamic and synoptic climatology, and paleoclimatology. Prereq: GEOG 321.R when topic changes. Bartlein.

423/523 Advanced Biogeography: [Topic] (4R)Selected topics in biogeography including relation of plants and animals to their environment, historical changes in plant distribution, and palynological analysis. Special fee. Prereq: GEOG 323.Rwhen topic changes. Gavin.

425/525 Hydrology and H2o Resources (4)Emphasis on surface water including precipitation, evapotranspiration, surface runoff, and stream flow. Understanding and assay of processes. Management for water supply and quality. Special fee. Prereq: GEOG 321 or 322 and MATH 112. Fonstad.

427/527 Fluvial Geomorphology (iv)Hydraulics and hydrology of stream channels; channel morphology and processes; drainage network development; fluvial deposits and landforms; field and analytical methods. Required field trips. Special fee. Prereq: MATH 112; one from GEOG 322, 425, GEOL 334. McDowell.

430/530 Long-Term Environmental Change (four) Development of the physical landscape during the Quaternary catamenia. Elements of paleoclimatology, paleoecology, and geomorphology. Required field trips. Special fee. Prereq: GEOG 321 or 322 or 323. Bartlein, Gavin.

432/532 Climatological Aspects of Global Alter (4) Function of the climate system in global modify, the Earth's climatic history, and potential future climatic changes. Prereq: GEOG 321 or 322 or 323. Bartlein.

433/533 Fire and Natural Disturbances (4) Wildfire and other mural disturbance processes, historical and current patterns of burn down, use and direction of fire. Prereq: BI 307 or GEOG 323 or BI 370. Offered alternate years. Gavin.