Geology and the Environment

1. Humans, Geology, and the Environment.2. The Earth System and Climate Change.3. The Solid Earth.4. Earthquakes and Human Activities.5. Volcanoes.6. Weathering, Soils, and Erosion.7. Mass Wasting and Subsidence.8. Freshwater Resources.9. Hydrologic Hazards at the Earth's Surface.10. Coastal Environments and Humans.11. Glaciation and Long-Term Climate Change.12. Arid Lands, Winds, and Desertification.13. Mineral Resources and Society.14. Energy and the Environment.15. Waste Management and Geology.

Trent, Dee
Dr. D.D. Dee" Trent has been working at, or teaching, geology since 1955. After graduating from college he worked in the petroleum industry where his geologic skills were sharpened with projects in Utah, Arizona, California, and Alaska. When the company decided to send him to Libya he decided it was time to become a college geology teacher. He has taught for 28 years at Citrus Community College in Glendora, California, and along the way has worked for the National Park Service, done field research on glaciers in Alaska and California, visited numerous mines in the United States and Germany, picked up a Ph. D. from the University of Arizona, appeared in several episodes of the PBS telecourse, The Earth Revealed, and served as an adjunct faulty member at the University of Southern California, where he taught field geology. He and his wife raised two children in Claremont, California and when not involved with geology he's either skiing or playing banjo in a dixieland band."Hazlett, Richard
Richard W. Hazlett is the winner of 1996 and 2001 Wig Awards for teaching excellence at Pomona College. He is the first Stephen M. Pauley Chair in Environmental Analysis at the college, receiving this appointment in 2001. His main research interests involve volcanic stratigraphy, igneous petrology and resources, but most recently has been exploring land use issues focusing on the American West. Dr. Hazlett styles himself as transitioning from hard-core geology to environmental studies with a land use/natural resource emphasis. He is a co-author with Bernard Pipkin and Dee D. Trent on GEOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT and the script author of the EARTH REVEALED telecourse series.