Week of

Topic

Presentations

Presenters

Aug 30

Risk and Benefit

none

none

Sept 6

Population

none

Sept 13

Global change

none

none

Sept 20

Plate Tectonics & Volcanoes

none

none

Sept 27

none

none

Oct 4

Earthquakes

Volcanic warning systems

Oct 11

none

 

Oct 18

Floods

California EQ readiness

Sacramento flooding risk

Earthquake Insurance

10/18: LoAn

10/20: Natalie

10/20:Nate

Oct 25

Hurricanes

Hurricanes & wetlands

Climate change & hurricanes

Katrina: Causes

Katrina: Social impacts

10/23: Yuvia

10/23: Katie H.

10/25: Rachel

10/25: Christa

Nov 1

Toilet to tap

California water and climate change

Water marketing in California

Colorado River water

Water & Salmon

Removing old dams

11/1: Vishal

11/1: Michael K.

11/1: Kagat

11/3: Olga

11/3: Billy

11/3: Brock

Nov 8

Coastlines

11/8: Courtney

Nov 15

Energy

BP Oil Spill

Regulation of Offshore Drilling

Tar sands of Canada

Oil shales in US

Fracking for Natural Gas

11/15: Tuongvy

11/15: Ashley

11/17: Katie J.

11/17: Emily

11/17: Toni

Nov 22

Geothermal energy

Ethanol subsidies

11/22: Kristen

11/22: Michael H.

Nov 29

Energy

Wind energy in US

Solar energy in US

Wave energy

Nuclear energy

Japanese nuclear disaster

Nuclear waste disposal

11/29: Ed

11/29: Daniel C.

11/29: Ferg

12/1: Michael A.

12/1: Jesse

12/1: Sharon

Dec 6

Minerals

& Garbage

Naturally occuring asbestos

Japanese Tsunami

Plastic shopping bags

E-waste

12/6: Matt D.

12/6: Dmytro

12/8: Alyssa A

12/8: Victoria L