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Introduction to Earth System Science
This course covers 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. Topics covered are: plate tectonics, earthquakes, volcanoes, atmosphere, clouds, winds, global circulation patterns, freshwater, oceans, history of life on Earth, the biosphere, human impacts on the Earth system, and climate change.
Instructor
Dr. Julie Ferguson.
Earth environment
2013
Record ID
recWkMXRit4ELAA24Lecture 01 - Introduction and the Scientific Method
