This is an archived course. A more recent version may be available at ocw.mit.edu.
Prof. Daniel Rothman
Christopher Follett
(Teaching Assistant)
12.009
Spring 2011
Undergraduate
This course analyzes cooperative processes that shape the natural environment, now and in the geologic past. It emphasizes the development of theoretical models that relate the physical and biological worlds, the comparison of theory to observational data, and associated mathematical methods. Topics include carbon cycle dynamics; ecosystem structure, stability and complexity; mass extinctions; biosphere-geosphere coevolution; and climate change. Employs techniques such as stability analysis; scaling; null model construction; time series and network analysis.
Daniel Rothman, and Christopher Follett. 12.009 Theoretical Environmental Analysis, Spring 2011. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare), https://ocw.mit.edu (Accessed). License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA
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