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Climate Change, Extinction and Adaptation

Professor(s)

Semester

2019 Summer Online - Term 2

About This Class

Human activities are causing a global mass extinction of plants and animals that rivals the five great extinction events over the earth’s geologic history.  Historically, habitat loss, overharvest, introduction of invasive species, and pollution have been the principal causes of this “”Sixth Great Extinction.”  There is now a strong scientific consensus that the greatest threat to global biodiversity is climate change caused by anthropogenic sources of greenhouse gases, primarily carbon dioxide.

Approved for JD credit.

Class Code

ENV 5336

Subject

Environmental Law