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Bruce R. Clark Professor of Geology Professor of the Environment Ben van der Pluijm Bruce R. Clark Professor of Geology Professor of the Environment Director Global Change Program www.globalchange.umich.edu/Ben vdpluijm@umich.edu or globalchange@umich.edu Research: Structural Geology field areas: the northern Appalachians, the USA continental interior, North and South America’s Grenville, northern Spain’s Cantabria, East African Rift, US-Canadian Rockies, San Andreas (CA) and Alpine (NZ) faults. topical areas: brittle and ductile faults, deep-crustal architecture, fault gouge and pseudotachylyte, intraplate stresses, oroclines, clay microstructures and textures, magnetic anisotropy, X-ray goniometry, paleomagnetism, geochronology, physical oceanography Teaching Interdisciplinary undergraduate teaching (Global Change), Environmental Geology, concentrator and graduate level specialty classes, IT-supported classroom education (GeoPocket), IT-supported field-based education (GeoPad). Franz Josef glacier in NZ

The Universe and Stuff (start of term) We discuss .... Evidence and age of the Big Bang About electromagnetic radiation (“light”) Fundamentals of energy Matter (elements) Solar system and Early History of Earth

World of Hazards (end of term) http://www.munichre.com/

Global Change Curriculum and Minor http://www.globalchange.umich.edu/

The GC2 Wheel of Lectures (Winter Semester) Sustainability Transdiciplinarity Systems Thinking GLOBAL CHANGE Roadmaps (DA)1/5, 1/8 (RH)1/10 (TG)1/12 Systems and (TG) 1/17 and 1/19 Adaptation to Appropria-tion of Nature (DA) 1/22-26 ; (RH) 1/26-1/31 ( Colonialism to modern Resource Depletion (DA) 2/9-2/14 (RH) 2/16-2/23 Climate Change: Mechanisms And Impacts (VDP) 3/12, 3/14, 3/16 Biodiversity Conservation (DA)3/21 and 3/23 (RH) 3/26 Global Connectivity And Density (TG) 3/28, 3/30 Health (DA) 4/2 (RH) 4/4 Velocity, Scarcity Inequality, Extremity (TG) 4/6-4-16 How to read this slide: Clockwise from the “midnight” position: 1) First three basic Conceptual & Chronological Units preparing us to think about broad issues of past, present and future 2) The heart of the course is four theme-driven modules on relatively recent past and present issues: colonialism, energy, climate, and conservation 3) We conclude with a future-oriented series of lectures on global trends, including health Faculty, not wheel spins Energy past, Present, and policy (VDP)3/5, 3/7.3/9 DA=David Allan TG=Tom Gladwin RH=Rebecca Hardin VDP=Ben van der Pluijm

Interdisciplinary, Natural and Social Science Curriculum examining Dimensions of Global Change “To become better equipped to contribute to the important debates concerning global environmental change, resource management and societal adaptation strategies.”