Paleoclimatology Courses and Certifications

Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology

Ancient Floras of Antarctica as Indicators of Past Climate

Explore Antarctic vegetation history and its role in revealing past climate changes, from greenhouse to icehouse conditions, through fossil records and sediment analysis.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 2 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Seds Online

Paleotempestology - Using Sedimentary Deposits to Reconstruct Storm Impacts over Millennial Timescale

Explore paleotempestology: learn how sedimentary deposits reveal long-term storm impacts and climate patterns, offering insights beyond short-term instrumental records.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 1 minute
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Seds Online

Toasty Coasts in High-CO2 Worlds - Marine Mollusks as Paleo-Weathermen?

Explore how mollusk shells serve as archives for past climate and ecosystem changes, revealing insights into extreme weather patterns and seasonality in high-CO2 environments.

• YouTube
• 59 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Seds Online

The Evolution of the Patagonian Ice Sheet from 35 ka to the Present Day

Explore the evolution of the Patagonian Ice Sheet over 35,000 years, examining its diverse environments, sediment-landform assemblages, and the climatic factors influencing its recession.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 18 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

History of the Earth

Why Did the Earth Totally Freeze for 100 Million Years? - The Snowball Earth Hypothesis

Explore the fascinating 100-million-year global freeze event, its causes, and Earth's eventual thaw. Uncover evidence, theories, and the profound impact on our planet's evolution and life.

• YouTube
• 49 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Seds Online

El Niño-Southern Oscillation Imprints in Southwest and Central Pacific Caves

Explore multi-proxy paleoclimate reconstruction from Niue Island speleothems, revealing past climate changes linked to South Pacific Convergence Zone and ENSO in the tropical Pacific.

• YouTube
• 34 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Polar Peril

Explore Arctic climate change, its visible indicators, and cascading impacts. Examine past climates, current trends, and future projections to understand the region's environmental transformation.

• Coursera
• 6 hours 45 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Isotope Evidence for Climate Change - Lecture 26

Explore how isotopes in ice cores and sediments reveal past climate changes, including temperature fluctuations and ice ages, through fractionation processes and the Milankovitch theory.

• YouTube
• 47 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Ice and Climate Change - The Atmosphere, the Ocean and Environmental Change

Explore ice's role in climate change, recent Greenland trends, and Earth's climate history over 5 million years, including paleoclimate periods and geomorphological evidence of past ice extent.

• YouTube
• 50 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

AGU

Clumped Isotope Geochemistry

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Explore the principles, applications, and challenges of clumped isotope geochemistry, a powerful technique for paleothermometry and understanding Earth's temperature history.

• YouTube
• 29 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

International Centre for Theoretical Sciences

The Story of Climate Change

Explore the history of climate science, from early discoveries to modern models, and understand the current global climate crisis and its ethical implications.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 30 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

APS Physics

Earth's Climate History from Glaciers and Ice Cores

Explore Earth's climate history through glaciers and ice cores, uncovering insights into past environmental changes and their implications for our planet's future.

• YouTube
• 34 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

AGU

Climate Change and Its Impact on Ancient Civilizations

Explore how climate change influenced ancient civilizations in the Middle East and Indian subcontinent, examining archaeological evidence and climate records to understand societal shifts.

• YouTube
• 26 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

AGU

Early Agriculture: Land Clearance and Climate Effects - The Tyndall History of Global Warming Lecture

Explores early agriculture's impact on greenhouse gases and climate, challenging traditional views of anthropogenic effects. Updates evidence from ice cores, archaeology, and land-use histories to support the early anthropogenic hypothesis.

• YouTube
• 1 hour
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

AGU

Mechanisms of Past and Future Droughts in the Southwest United States

Explore past and future drought mechanisms in the Southwest US, covering precipitation patterns, climate proxies, water availability projections, and global climate factors influencing regional hydrology.

• YouTube
• 2 hours 8 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course