ENVST 3250 - The Crystal Desert: Antarctica and Global Change

Meets with GEOG 5250. Graduate student should enroll in GEOG 5250 and will be held to higher standards and/or more work. Antarctica is the highest, driest, coldest, most remote, and least well-known continent on Earth. This course will explore all geographic aspects of the Antarctic environment, including climate, landforms, distribution of wildlife, and history of exploration, as well as examining the results of the latest research efforts on global climate change being conducted in this "crystal desert". Special attention will be focused on the impacts of Antarctica on the operation of the global climate system, and the potential outcomes from climate change on the Earth's largest repository of ice. This is an online course that does not meet in-class. For additional information, please visit http://uonline.utah.edu or call 585-5959.