Carbon Cycle Courses and Certifications

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Disentangling the Controls and Orbital Pacing of SE Atlantic Carbonate Deposition Since the Oligocene

Explore 30 million years of Southeast Atlantic carbonate deposition through XRF core scanning, revealing climate, cryosphere, and carbon cycle interactions since the early Oligocene.

• YouTube
• 56 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

AGU

New Findings in Carbon Cycle Science

New research on carbon cycle science, focusing on carbon-climate dynamics in atmosphere, oceans, land, and soils. Explores management implications and carbon sequestration potential of soils in light of recent findings.

• YouTube
• 46 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

AGU

The Global Carbon Cycle and Human Impact - AGU Fall Meeting 2001

Explore the global carbon cycle, human impacts, and key processes affecting atmospheric CO2 levels in this comprehensive overview of Earth's carbon budget and climate change dynamics.

• YouTube
• 32 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Urban Sewage Treatment

9 ratings at edX

Learn about urban water services, focusing on basic sewage treatment technologies.

• edX
• 7 weeks, 6-8 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Global Warming - Understanding Climate Change and the Carbon Cycle

Explore the carbon cycle, atmospheric CO2 trends, and their impact on global warming. Learn about carbon reservoirs, greenhouse gas emissions, and climate change over geological time.

• YouTube
• 47 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Energy and Matter Flow in Ecosystems - Lecture 30

Explore energy and matter flow in ecosystems, from producers to consumers, and learn about biogeochemical cycles of vital compounds like carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus in this comprehensive lecture.

• YouTube
• 50 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Modeling Climate Change

Intended for non-specialists, this course starts with basic principles and builds to more complicated, realistic models of the Earth's climate.

• edX
• 4 weeks, 3-5 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

An introduction to energy resources

7 ratings at OpenLearn

Energy resources are essential for any society, be it one dependent on subsistence farming or an industrialised country. There are many different sources of energy, some well-known such as coal or ...

• OpenLearn
• 8 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Certificate

Introduction to ecosystems

2 ratings at OpenLearn

If we don't grasp why ecosystems function, it becomes harder to determine possible reasons for when they don't, and makes it difficult to identify possible environmental threats to humans. In this ...

• OpenLearn
• 12 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Certificate

Serious Science

Earth Science

1 review

Explore Earth's systems, climate change, and human impacts through expert lectures on topics like carbon cycles, freshwater ecosystems, climate modeling, and glaciology.

• YouTube
• 4 hours 30 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Climate and Energy: An Interdisciplinary Perspective

10 ratings at FutureLearn

Explore climate change issues from an interdisciplinary perspective to find innovative solutions for a better future.

• FutureLearn
• 4 weeks, 3 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

The Mother of Mass Extinctions: How Life on Earth Nearly Ended 250 Million Years Ago

Explore the greatest biodiversity crisis in Earth's history, examining causes and consequences of the end-Permian mass extinction through global research and geological evidence.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 13 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Evolution and Development of the Earliest Land Plant Rooting Systems

Explore the evolution of plant rooting systems, from ancient unicellular rhizoids to complex multicellular structures, and their impact on Earth's climate and ecosystems over 400 million years.

• YouTube
• 54 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Fungi, Forests, and Group Selection - Ecological Mutualism and Competition

Explore mutualism and competition in ecosystems, focusing on plant-microbe communities. Discover how group selection in patchy environments can lead to optimal resource allocation and discuss societal implications.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 7 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

TED-Ed

Our Changing Climate

Explore diverse environmental topics, from plastic waste to renewable energy, biodiversity, and climate change. Gain insights into ecological challenges and potential solutions.

• YouTube
• 5 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Video