This is an archived course. A more recent version may be available at ocw.mit.edu.

Theoretical Environmental Analysis

Advertisement for 12.009.

Course advertisement. (Image by Christopher Follett.)

Instructor(s)

MIT Course Number

12.009

As Taught In

Spring 2011

Level

Undergraduate

Course Features

Course Description

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.

Other OCW Versions

OCW has published multiple versions of this subject. Question_OVT logo

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


For more information about using these materials and the Creative Commons license, see our Terms of Use.


Close