Our Earth: Its Climate, History, and Processes
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Our Earth: Its Climate, History, and Processes
University of Manchester
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Develop a greater appreciation for how the air, water, land, and life formed and have interacted over the last 4.5 billion years.
Programme du cours : ce que vous apprendrez dans ce cours
1
Section
Building Blocks of Earth’s Climate System
15 vidéos (Total 98 min), 7 lectures, 1 quiz
15 vidéos
What's in store ...2 min
Video 1.0: Introduction and Philosophy7 min
Video 1.1: How does science work?6 min
Optional Video: How do scientific papers get published?10 min
Video 1.2: Introduction to the Earth's climate system8 min
Video 1.3: How do we measure geologic time?9 min
Video 1.4: Geological Time Scale Song2 min
Video 1.5: Minerals and Rocks2 min
Video 1.5.1: Igneous Rock3 min
Video 1.5.2: Sedimentary Rock6 min
Video 1.5.3: Metamorphic Rock5 min
Video 1.6: Using radioactivity to date rocks - Dr. Ray Burgess7 min
Video 1.7: Using stable isotopes to understand Earth processes - Dr. Ray Burgess6 min
Video 1.8: How do we know how old the Earth is?5 min
Video 1.9: What are those rocks doing lying around?10 min
7 lectures
Course Guide10 min
Grading & Logistics10 min
Building Blocks of Earth’s Climate System10 min
Google Earth Tour 110 min
Activity 1: Introduction10 min
Eloquent Science10 min
Our Earth 001 Course Book10 min
1 exercice pour s'entraîner
Assessment 120 min
2
Section
Formation, evolution, and processes of the solid Earth
14 vidéos (Total 107 min), 2 lectures, 1 quiz
14 vidéos
Video 2.1.2: Why is the Moon important to life on earth? - Dr. Katherine Joy 3 min
Video 2.2: What came before plate tectonics?5 min
Video 2.3: How did plate tectonics get discovered?6 min
Video 2.4.1: The Earth's magnetic field7 min
Video 2.4.2: The magnetic poles flip? You're kidding me, right?6 min
Video 2.5: How earthquakes happen14 min
Video 2.6.1: What's inside the Earth?6 min
Video 2.6.2: How do we know about the insides of the Earth?6 min
Video 2.7: How do the plates move?3 min
Video 2.8: How does magma form?11 min
Video 2.9: How were the Himalaya formed?7 min
Video 2.10: Supercontinent Pangaea9 min
Video 2.11: The supercontinent cycle4 min
2 lectures
Formation, evolution, and processes of the solid Earth10 min
Google Earth Tour 2 and 310 min
1 exercice pour s'entraîner
Assessment 220 min
3
Section
Water in Earth’s Climate System: Oceans, Atmosphere, and Cryosphere
14 vidéos (Total 124 min), 5 lectures, 1 quiz
14 vidéos
Video 3.1.2: Are the Oceans in Steady State?13 min
Video 3.2.1: How the oceans work - Dr. Gregory Lane-Serff9 min
Video 3.2.2: The oceanic conveyor belt - Dr. Gregory Lane-Serff12 min
Video 3.3.1: What is the Atmosphere Made Of?6 min
Video 3.3.2: What Controls the Temperature Profile of the Atmosphere?5 min
Video 3.3.3: Three Radiation Laws4 min
Video 3.3.4: What if the Earth had no Atmosphere?7 min
Video 3.4.1: How does the Atmosphere Work?9 min
Video 3.4.2: How do the Jet Streams Control the Weather?7 min
Video 3.5: Extratropical cyclones8 min
Video 3.6: The Rise and Fall of Ice on Earth12 min
Video 3.7: How do Glaciers Control the Height of Mountains? – Dr. Simon Brocklehurst10 min
Video 3.8: Why the Arctic is Crucial to Earth's Climate - Dr. Bart Van Dongen and Dr. Robert Sparks 7 min
5 lectures
Water in Earth’s Climate System: Oceans, Atmosphere, and Cryosphere10 min
Google Earth Tour 410 min
Activity 2: Further Exploration10 min
The Thinking Persons’ Guide to Climate Change10 min
The shaping of storm tracks by mountains and ocean dynamics10 min
1 exercice pour s'entraîner
Assessment 320 min
4
Section
Life, and its Effect on Earth’s Climate System
17 vidéos (Total 116 min), 2 lectures, 1 quiz
17 vidéos
Video 4.3.1 The Formation of Organic Molecules and the Tree of Life13 min
Video 4.1: The Earth's primitive atmosphere10 min
Video 4.2: Fossils6 min
Video 4.4.1: Welcome to The Manchester Museum - Prof. Phil Manning min
Video 4.4.2: Apex Chert and Stromatolites - Prof. Phil Manning 3 min
Video 4.4.3: Ediacaran Fauna - Prof. Phil Manning 5 min
Video 4.5.1: How Oxygen Changed the Earth Forever11 min
Video 4.5.2: The Arrival of Multicellular Life and the Cambrian Explosion11 min
Video 4.6.1: How Plants and Animals Came Onshore - Dr. Victoria Egerton7 min
Video 4.6.2: Colonization of Land3 min
Video 4.7.1: Devonian: From Fish to Tetrapod - Prof. Phil Manning7 min
Video 4.7.2: Carboniferous - Prof. Phil Manning2 min
Video 4.7.3: Jurassic Coast - Prof. Phil Manning3 min
Video 4.7.4: Dinosaurs - Prof. Phil Manning 4 min
Video 4.7.5: Chemical Fossils - Prof. Phil Manning 4 min
Video 4.8: Controls on Life on Earth: Mass Extinctions12 min
2 lectures
Life, and its Effect on Earth’s Climate System10 min
Google Earth Tour 510 min
1 exercice pour s'entraîner
Assessment 420 min
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par SS•Mar 22nd 2018
It was a really nice, and interesting course, which will definitely help me in my career. Thanks University of Manchester!
par JQ•Dec 6th 2017
A great course with some interesting and educational concepts. I really enjoyed this course. Thanks so much.
Enseignants
Prof. David M. Schultz
Professor of Synoptic MeteorologySchool of Earth, Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences
Dr Rochelle Taylor
Postdoctoral Research AssociateSchool of Earth, Atmospheric & Environmental Sciences
Dr Jonathan Fairman
Postdoctoral Research AssociateSchool of Earth, Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences
À propos de University of Manchester
Tracing its roots back to 1824, the University of Manchester is home to almost 40,000 students. The University has three Nobel laureates among its current staff – more than any other British university - and a total of 25 Nobel laureates have come from our past and present students and staff. We have three main goals: to undertake world-class research; to deliver an outstanding learning and student experience; and to be socially responsible.
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