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12.885[J] Science, Politics, and Environmental Policy

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(Same subject as 11.373[J])
(Subject meets with 12.385)
Prereq: Permission of instructor
Units: 3-0-6
Lecture: F2-5 (14E-310)

Examines the role of science in US and international environmental policymaking. Surveys the methods by which scientists learn about the natural world; the treatment of science by experts, advocates, the media, and the public and the way science is used in legislative, administrative and judicial decision making. Through lectures, group discussions, and written essays, students develop a critical understanding of the role of science in environmental policy. Potential case studies include fisheries management, ozone depletion, global warming, smog, and endangered species. Students taking the graduate version complete different assignments.
S. Solomon, J. Knox-Hayes
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3.THU Undergraduate Thesis

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Prereq: None
Units arranged
TBA.

Program of research leading to the writing of an SB thesis; to be arranged by the student and an appropriate MIT faculty member. Instruction and practice in oral and written communication.
J. Hu
Textbooks arranged individually

12.808 Introduction to Observational Physical Oceanography

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Prereq: Permission of instructor
Units: 3-0-9
Link to clark 271. Lecture: TR1-2.30 (54-823)

Results and techniques of observations of the ocean in the context of its physical properties and dynamical constraints. Emphasis on large-scale steady circulation and the time-dependent processes that contribute to it. Includes the physical setting of the ocean, atmospheric forcing, application of conservation laws, description of wind-driven and thermohaline circulation, eddy processes, and interpretive techniques.
I. Le Bras, S. Ryan
No textbook information available

12.862 Coastal Physical Oceanography

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Prereq: 12.800
Units: 3-0-9
Lecture: TR10.30-12 (55-109)

Introduction to the dynamics of flow over the continental shelf, nearshore, and estuaries, emphasizing both theory and observations. Content varies somewhat according to student and staff interests. Possible topics include fronts, buoyant plumes, surface and bottom boundary layers, wind-driven upwelling, coastal-trapped waves, internal waves, quasi-steady flows, high-latitude shelf processes, tides, and shelf-open ocean interactions.
R. Todd, D. Ralston (WHOI)
No textbook information available

Total units: 33+

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