| Course title | |||||
| 地球環境地学 [Environmental Geoscience] | |||||
| Course category | Requirement | Credit | 2 | ||
| Department | Year | 2～ | Semester | 3rd | |
| Course type | 3rd | Course code | 01go2002 | ||
| Instructor(s) | |||||
| 白木 克繁, 川端 良子, 橋本 洋平, 中嶋 吉弘, 水川 薫子 [SHIRAKI Katsushige, KAWABATA Yoshiko, HASHIMOTO Yohei, NAKASHIMA Yoshihiro, MIZUKAWA Kaoruko] | |||||
| Facility affiliation | Faculty of Agriculture | Office | Email address | ||
| Course description |
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"Environmental Geoscience" is a subject that treats a actual situation of the world. The environment in each of earth subsystems such as atmosphere, pedosphere (geosphere) and hydrosphere are lectured, including their formation, functions and histories. Students learn basic topics of agricultural and environmental sciences from the views of chemistry and physics and agriculture. This course, "Environmental Geoscience", give lectures on current environment of each of earth subsystems including geochemical cycles, while the other course "Geoscience" addresses broad spatial scales such as inner earth and the universe in broad time scales such as the evolution of the universe and the earth. |
| Expected Learning |
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Students who successfully completed the course of this lecture will be able to explain and consider the followings in the earth subsystems giving concrete examples together with abstract and comprehensive concepts. 1) components 2) structure 3) function 4) history 5) future Corresponding criteria in the Diploma policy: See the curriculum maps. https://www.tuat.ac.jp/campuslife_career/campuslife/policy/ |
| Course schedule |
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1) "Guidance, composition of the global environment, water cycle and surface water" (by Shiraki) I) Global water cycle, II) Distribution of global precipitation, III) Precipitation, evapotranspiration, soil water storage, IV) Water balance in catchment area, V) Hydrograph, VI) Groundwater: Recharge, runoff, groundwater use and water level 2) “Meteorology and Global Climate (Heat Balance / Atmospheric Circulation)” (by Shiraki) I) high pressure, low pressure, front, II) adiabatic expansion, adiabatic compression, cloud formation, condensation nucleus, III) typhoon, torrential rain, tornado, lightning, IV) Radiation equilibrium temperature, albedo, sensible heat, latent heat, V) Greenhouse effect, Earth energy balance, VI) Climate zone, monsoon 3) "Topography and erosion, renewal of surface material, disaster" (by Shiraki) I) Landform, II) Erosion and sedimentation, III) World rivers, IV) Water and wind erosion, Loess, V) Flood, VI) Denudation, Renewal of surface materials, VII) Landslide landform generation and natural disasters 4) Soil and soil forming processes (by Hashimoto) I）Elemental cycle in soils，II）Soil formation and reactions, III）Soils and sediments 5): Soil - a complex environmental material (by Hashimoto) I）Physical properties，II）Chemical properties，III）Biological properties 6): Anthropogenic impacts on soils (by Hashimoto) I）Ancient soils，II）Alternation of surface soils，III）Desertification 7): Construction and circulation of the terrestrial atmosphere (by Nakashima) I) Vertical structure of the terrestrial atmosphere, II) Formation and destruction of the ozone layer, III) Atmospheric circulation in troposphere (Hadley circulation, Coriolis force, westerly and trade winds), IV) Substance transport in the atmosphere (yellow sand, transboundary air pollution, troposphere-stratosphere exchange) 8)： Climate change and global warming (by Nakashima) I) Energy budget for the terrestrial atmosphere, II) Variation of the solar activity, III) Properties of the greenhouse gases, IV) Index of the global warming (radiative forcing and GWP), V) Effects of the aerosol and cloud on the radiative forcing 9)： Substance circulation for the atmosphere (by Nakashima) I) Budget for carbon compounds (carbon dioxide, methane, etc.), II) Budget for nitrogen compounds (nitrogen oxides, ammonia, etc.), III) Substance circulation for carbon compounds, IV) Substance circulation for nitrogen compounds, V) Substance circulation for other compounds (sulfur compounds, etc.), 10） to 12) by Kawabata Water Resources and Global Environmental Issues ①" 1) Water resources on the earth 2) History of the earth and evolution of life 3) Paleozoic 4) Mesozoic 5) Cenozoic "Water Resources and Global Environmental Issues (2)" 1) Climate and water resources 2) Water resources in arid lands 3) Population growth and water resources "Water Resources and Global Environmental Issues ③" 1) Water resources and pollution 2) Minamata disease 3) Water resources and agriculture 4) Aral Sea Problem 13): "Material cycle of the earth's surface"(by Mizukawa) 1) Ocean circulation 2) Biological pump 3) Carbon cycle 4) Nitrogen cycle 5) Phosphorus cycle 14)： History of the Anthropocene and Global Environmental Issues (by Mizukawa) 1) Definition of the Anthropocene 2) History of paleoenvironment 3) History of human activity 4) Recent global environmental problems. 15): Summary of lectures Term examination will be conducted. The order and content of classes may vary depending on the instructor's convenience. Please listen carefully to the announcement during class. |
| Prerequisites |
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Students who take “Geoscience”, “Geoscience Experiments”, “Organic/Inorganic chemistry”, “Physics”, and “Geography” etc. will be advantageous for understanding the contents of this class. In addition to 30 hours that students spend in the class, students are recommended to prepare for and revise the lectures, spending the standard amount of time as specified by the University and using the lecture handouts as well as the references specified below. |
| Required Text(s) and Materials |
| Teachers prepare for a print (or a document on web system), if necessary. |
| References |
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「地球環境論15講」東京教学社（1993,2004）、「風景の中の自然地理」古今書院（1993） “Environmental Geology” Wm.C.Brown Publishers(1992) 「地質学I」、岩波書店（2001）、「基礎地球科学」朝倉書店(2002,2005)、「地球環境化学入門」 シュプリンガー・フェアラーク東京(2005) “Principles of Terrestrial Ecosystem Ecology”, F.S. Chapin et al. (2011) Springer |
| Assessment/Grading |
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Judged from the results of examination. Questions are designed to assess the understanding of and the ability to explain the topics dealt in the lectures. |
| Message from instructor(s) |
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Students are hopefully required to understand that the material-energy circulation in each earth subsystem is caused by the characteristic relationship and movement between the sun and the earth in the universe, and the circulation is consequently closely related to our life. |
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| Please visit lecturer’s office after having pre-appointment by e-mail. |
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| Check carefully the "Classroom", in case the change of class schedule because of the new Corona situation. |
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| Lecture Language |
| Japanese |
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| Last update |
| 3/15/2022 1:18:56 PM |