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Course Index
- Introduction and the Scientific Method
- Systems and Feedbacks
- Our Solar System and Universe
- What Control's Our Planet's Temperature?
- Plate Tectonics
- Plate Boundaries
- Earthquakes
- Volcanoes
- The Rock Cycle and the Geological Timescale
- Atmosphere Formation and Evolution
- Water Vapor and Clouds
- Winds and Extreme Weather
- Global Circulation Patterns
- Freshwater, Part I.
- Freshwater, Part II.
- Cryosphere
- Oceans, Part I.
- Oceans, Part II.
- The Biosphere, Part I.
- The Biosphere, Part II.
- History of Life on Earth (and Mass Extinctions)
- Biogeochemical Cycles
- Human Population and Resource Demands
- Human Impacts on the Earth System
- The Climate System and Past Climates
- Why Climate Changes
- Future Climate Change
Course Description
This course introduces Earth System Science, which, at its core, involves viewing Earth’s environment in a holistic fashion. Topics covered in the course include: the origin and evolution of the Earth, its atmosphere, and oceans, from the perspective of biogeochemical cycles, energy use, and human impacts on the Earth system.
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