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Department of Geosciences 
217 Guyot Hall 
Princeton University 
Princeton, NJ 08544
Phone: (609) 258-5150
Fax: (609) 258-0796
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Classes

Environmental Science, Policy and Management (ENV202),  sponsored by the Princeton Environmental Institute): Environmental consequences of human activities and their interactions with natural systems, focusing on climate, air pollution, toxics and biodiversity/extinction.

Environmental Microbiology(GEO 417): The study of bacteria and their role in the marine and terrrestrial ecosystems with emphasis on biochemistry and biogeochemistry. Upper division undergraduate/graduate level.

Biological Oceanography (GEO428): Fundamentals of Biological Oceanography, with an emphasis on the ecosystem level.  We will consider the organisms in the context of their chemical and physical environment; the properties of seawater, atmosphere and ocean dynamics that affect life in the ocean; primary production and marine food webs; global cycles of carbon and other elements; current research approaches.  In addition to lectures by the professors, the course will delve deeply into the current and classic literature of oceanography and students will be expected to participate in seminar type presentations and discussions.  Two lectures/seminars per week.