Tentative Topics

85.306 Environmental Problem Solving

 

Note, other topics may be added to this list.

 

Analytical and Numerical Modeling

Calculus and Real Problems

Units and Numbers

Counting Cobblers

Measuring Molecules

The Size of Ancient Asteroids

Exhausting Fossil Fuel Resources (I)

Global Emission of CO2

Getting Denser

The Greens We Eat

Sulfur in Coal

Steady-State Box Models and Residence Times

            School as a Steady-State Problem

            The Water Above

            Carbon in the Biosphere

            Natural SO2

            Anthropogenic SO2

            A Polluted Lake

            The Flow of Atmospheric Pollutants between Hemispheres

            A Perturbed Phosphorous Cycle

Thermodynamics and Energy Transfer

            Electricity and Junk Mail

            Milk and Muscle

            Debunking a Dynamo

            Calories in Junk Food

            0.5 degree rise in Temperature

            Wind Chill Factor

            How much Energy is there in a Nor-Easter?

Interpolation of data

            Atmospheric Soundings

Computer Assisted Mathematics

            Remote Sensing of the Ionosphere

Non-Steady-State Box Models

            Exhausting Fossil Fuel Resources (II)

            Pollution Buildup in a Lake