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Nature�s Sandbox: The History of Ancient Environments, Climates, and Life

Undergraduate course

Project description

Series of field adventures to survey Earth�s history and landscape through a combination of online and in-person instruction, with virtual field trips to Svalbard, Norway, the Death Valley area and Northern Minnesota. In these key sites, students explore the interactions between Earth�s surface environments and life, and critical transitions in each. Includes weekly in-class paper discussions and experiential exercises. Three optional one-day field trips provide opportunity to explore the amazing sedimentary record preserved close to MIT. Subject can count toward the 9-unit discovery-focused credit limit for first year students.