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This course examines carbon cycle science and greenhouse gas management, including carbon cycling in natural systems, anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions by sector, measurement and monitoring, and mitigation opportunities. Students will explore all aspects of carbon cycle science in several types or organization: energy, manufacturing, service, natural resource management, transportation, land use, and waste sectors.
Upper division coursework in biology, ecology or chemistry
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9704911919 | rich.conant@colostate.edu
Richard Conant is Professor and Department Head of the Ecosystem Science and Sustainability department. He is a soil biogeochemist and his work is focused on understanding carbon and nitrogen cycling in soils to help us understand how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and sequester carbon. He feels lucky to be working in a field that is so important and with so much to learn at a time when new analytical tools can quickly generate insights never before imagined. To expand the reach of their work, he worked with other ESS faculty to create the graduate-level Carbon Management program that’s impacting students across campus. He has helped launch startup companies in the sustainability arena and is a leader of the CSU Carbon Management Thematic Unite of Excellence. Dr. Conant earned his Ph.D at Arizona State University in 1997.