#tbt to the start of the 2018 Environmental Studies Problems Without Passports summer class! Professors David Ginsburg and Karla Heidelberg are introducing USC students to field and ecosystem management tools used to investigate environmental problems in coastal areas. . ENST 499 (Tropical Coastal Zone Sustainability) began at the USC Wrigley Marine Science Center on Catalina Island with study of underwater and coastal zone scientific methodology to prep for a trip to the Cape Eleuthera Institute in the Bahamas. . Students benefit from research opportunities with scientist mentors, to better understand how complex it is to implement ecosystem management strategies in real life! 📸: Karla Heidelberg . #maymester #dornsifelife #uscenst uscenvironmentalstudies uscwrigleyinst ginsbuda