An integrated lecture-laboratory course that introduces students to the environmental analysis of hydrogeology, mining and mineral resources, soils, and air pollution. These topics will be related to impacts resulting from natural disasters and how they affect all life on planet Earth. Coverage includes the cause and aftermath of earthquakes, volcanology, flooding, mass wasting, subsidence, climate destabilization and climate change, tsunamis, and wildfires. (6 billable contact hrs)