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

Volcanic warning systems

EQ warning systems

EQ insurance: California, US and world

9/29:

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Oct 4

Earthquakes

California EQ readiness

Japanese Tsunami

EQ in developing countries: Haiti v. Chile

Oct 11

none

 

Oct 18

Floods

Sacramento flooding risk

Flood insurance

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Oct 25

Hurricanes

Hurricanes & wetlands

Climate change & hurricanes

Katrina: Causes

Katrina: Social impacts

10/23:

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Nov 1

Toilet to tap

California water and climate change

Water marketing in California

Colorado River water

Water & Salmon

Removing old dams

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Nov 8

Coastlines

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Nov 15

Energy

BP Oil Spill

Regulation of Offshore Drilling

Tar sands of Canada

Oil shales in US

Frakking for Natural Gas

11/15

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Nov 22

American coal

Geothermal energy

Ethanol subsidies

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Nov 29

Energy

Wind energy in US

Solar energy in US

Nuclear energy

Japanese nuclear disaster

Nuclear waste disposal

11/29:

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Dec 6

Minerals

& Garbage

Hazards from old mines

Naturally occuring asbestos

Plastic shopping bags

E-waste

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