This free course is a general introduction to the frozen planet, including the temperature in the polar regions; the energy from the Sun and the seasons; reading and understanding graphs and maps; and how the Arctic and Antarctic regions are defined.
Overview
Syllabus
- Introduction
- Learning outcomes
- 1 Views of the frozen planet
- 1 Views of the frozen planet
- 2 The temperature in the polar regions
- 2 The temperature in the polar regions
- 3 A flat map of a spherical world
- 3 A flat map of a spherical world
- 4 The energy balance
- 4 The energy balance
- 4.1 What is energy?
- 4.2 The importance of albedo and heat capacity
- 5 Energy from the Sun
- 5 Energy from the Sun
- 5.1 The seasons
- 6 Defining the Arctic and Antarctic
- 6 Defining the Arctic and Antarctic
- 6.1 Habitats and temperatures: defining the Arctic
- 6.2 A line in the ocean: defining the Antarctic
- 7 Summary
- 7 Summary
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgements
