iSEE Fall 2020 Lecture Series: "Where Stuff Comes From: Earth's Resources and Sustainability""
3 videos • 26 views • by Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment at the University of Illinois Society uses an immense variety of materials that come from the Earth itself. In this lecture series, we examine some of these materials: How did they come into existence in or on our planet? How are they found and extracted? How do people transform them into useable forms? What are the environmental sustainability issues associated with resource extraction and use? Prof. Emeritus Stephen Marshak was on the faculty at the University of Illinois for 35 years. He has served as Geology Department Head and as School of Earth, Society & Environment Director. His research in structural geology and tectonics, and his interest in geologic photography, have taken him to all seven continents.