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

Eathquakes in Developing Countries

10/11: Shane

Oct 18

Floods

California EQ readiness

Sacramento flooding risk

Flood insurance

10/18: Alyssa C.

10/20: Marlene

10/20: Alyssa D.

Oct 25

Hurricanes

Hurricanes & wetlands

Climate change & hurricanes

Japanese Tsunami

10/27: Eria

10/27: Jenna

10/27: Jordan M.

Nov 1

Toilet to tap

California water and climate change

Earthquake insurance

11/1: Alyssa T.

11/1: Edward

11/3: Yvonne

Nov 8

 

11/8: Ben

11/8: Kasey

11/8: Jennifer

Nov 15

Coastlines

Living on California beaches

Disappearing Atlantic beaches

BP Oil Spill

11/17: Sean

11/17: Micah

11/17: Elizabeth H.

Nov 22

Fracking for Natural Gas

Tar sands of Canada

11/22: Josh A

11/22: Tim N.

Nov 29

Energy

Wind energy in US

Solar energy in US

Wave energy

American coal

Geothermal energy

Ethanol subsidies

11/29: Isandre

11/29: Jordan Z.

11/29: David

12/1: Gilbert

12/1: Annalee

12/1: Ryan

Dec 6

Minerals

& Garbage

Nuclear energy

Japanese nuclear disaster

Hazards from old mines

Naturally occuring asbestos

Plastic shopping bags

E-waste

12/6: James K.

12/6: Ivan

12/6: Josh L.

12/8: Brittny

12/8: Elizabeth R

12/8: Nai