Natural Sciences 191CNS65 - FYS- Hot Mess:Temperature/Life

Temperature influences the world as we know it, shaping individual molecules, vast landscapes, and everything in between. From Antarctic fish that circulate anti-freeze proteins in their blood, to desert jackrabbits that use their ears as cooling factories, earth's organisms have evolved fascinating adaptations to survive in their thermal habitat. In this course, we will explore how temperature shapes the evolution and ecology of the natural world around us. We will consider how cells, species, communities, and whole ecosystems are affected by temperature, and how different our planet might look under a different climate.

Open to Natural Sciences Freshman with a declared major or on the Natural Sciences Exploratory Track.