HYDROSPHERE

  the ocean world
marine life
coastlines
the water cycle and water quality
freshwater ecosystems

GEOSPHERE








inside the earth
plate tectonics
modeling the earth
earthquakes
volcanoes
avalanches
living at risk
planning for hazards

ATMOSPHERE

  the earth system
paleoclimates
the global carbon cycle
modeling the climate
global warming
el niño & la niña
climate & biodiversity
climate & society

Course Content
Geosphere: Planning for Hazards

ILLUSTRATED LECTURES

Earthquake and Volcanic Eruption Prediction and Hazard Mitigation
Thorne Lay, UC Santa Cruz

Geologic Hazards: Planning for Hazards
Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan

How to Prepare For and Survive a Quake
John Taber, Quake Trackers, Victoria University (Wellington, New Zealand); New Zealand Earthquake Commission

Monitoring Active Volcanoes
Robert I.Tilling, USGS General Interest Publications

Short Guide to Seismic Hazards
British Geological Survey

IMAGE BANKS, VIDEOS, AND INTERACTIVE RESOURCES

NewsOne Video
ABC News

Behncke, Michigan Tech/University of Catania, "Vesuvio Volcano, Italy"

EXERCISES AND LABS

Life Along the Fault Line
Exploratorium: The Museum of Science, Art, and Human Perception (San Francisco, California)

RESEARCH & POLICY

Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, June 1998-February 2001
International Association for Engineering Geology and the Environment

Disaster-Mitigation Bills in the 106th Congress
National Council for Science and the Environment

Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, 1997-present
Kluwer Academic Publishers

The Kingdome Implosion
Pacific Northwest Seismographic Network

Looking Back at the Loma Prieta Earthquake
Berkeley Seismological Laboratory, UC Berkeley

Planning for Hazards
Swiss Reinsurance Company

The Rose Canyon Fault: Why San Diegans Shouldn't Be Complacent
Patrick Abbott, Department of Geological Sciences, San Diego State University