GEO 002: Earth’s Climate Through Time

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Units: 4

Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; laboratory, 3 hours; one 2-day field trip

Catalog page 289

Prerequisites: none

Description: An introduction to the history of Earth’s changing climate and its relationship to the evolution of life on human to geologic time scales. Topics include the interrelationships among short- and long- term carbon cycling; plate tectonics; ocean and atmosphere circulation; and greenhouse gases through time.

Enrollment History (from UCR Banner, not catalog)
Year F W S Su Total
2025-26 248/287 11/25 259/312
2024-25 178/209 178/209
2023-24 234/234 234/234
2022-23 288/289 288/289
2021-22 225/231 225/231
2020-21 276/284 276/284
2019-20 275/284 275/284
2018-19 273/282 273/282
2017-18 280/282 280/282
2016-17 193/330 23/24 15/24 231/378