Sessional Lecturer I: ERS111H5 • Earth, Climate & Life

Sessional Lecturer I: ERS111H5

Faculty/Division: UofT Mississauga

Department: UTM: Chem/Phys. Sciences

Campus: University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM)

Position Type: Sessional Lecturer I

Course Title: ERS111H5

Course Description: Life as we know it is completely dependent on our planet. The Earth is an integrated system, where the ocean, atmosphere, life and planet interact with and affect one another. The evolution of the smallest organisms has drastically changed Earth’s climate, and small changes in Earth’s climate have a profound effect on the distribution of life. Understanding how organisms feed, breathe, grow, and reproduce is integral to mitigating large‑scale climate changes and organic cycles, and how this will affect the Earth as a system. Processes such as plate tectonics produce an ever‑changing surface and have been a major control on how and when life evolved and flour...