ESS505 GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMISTRY
| Course Code: |
8740505 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): |
3(3-0) |
| ECTS Credit: |
8.0 |
| Department: |
Earth System Science |
| Language of Instruction: |
English |
| Level of Study: |
Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: |
Prof.Dr. AYÞEN YILMAZ |
| Offered Semester: |
Fall or Spring Semesters. |
Course Content
The origin and history of life on Earth, life and evolution, production and fate of organic material, major biogeochemical cycles (C,N,P,O, and S) and their interactions with physical, chemical and biological components of terrestrial and aquatic systems, links between local and global cycles, biogeochemical transformations and microbial loops, aerobic and anaerobic processes, climatic forcing of biogeochemical processes, anthropogenic environmental change mediated through both perturbation of biogeochemical cycles (eutrophication, ocean carbon sequestration) and through the introduction of contaminants (toxic organic compounds, heavy metals, trace elements), reconstructing the history of environmental change using chemical markers preserved in sedimentary or biological archives.
