BIO 105 D TROUBLED WATERS: MARINE BIOLOGY IN THE 21ST CENTURY
Explore the largest ecosystem on earth and learn how it works. In this course we will try to unlock its secrets and examine issues critical to its and our future. We will learn about beautiful coral reefs, fascinating marine mammals, the oddities of the deep ocean in the larger context of our relationship with the sea. Are our fisheries dead? Have we learned anything? Will global warming leave some winners and some losers? Can we risk business as usual?