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ESS 1: Introduction to Earth System Science

ESS 1: Introduction to Earth System Science (Fall 2013, UC Irvine). Instructor: Dr. Julie Ferguson. 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.

Lecture 04 - What Controls Our Planet's Temperature?


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Lecture 01 - Introduction and the Scientific Method
Lecture 02 - Systems and Feedbacks
Lecture 03 - Our Solar System and Universe
Lecture 04 - What Controls Our Planet's Temperature?
Lecture 05 - Plate Tectonics
Lecture 06 - Plate Boundaries
Lecture 07 - Earthquakes
Lecture 08 - Volcanoes
Lecture 09 - The Rock Cycle and the Geological Timescale
Lecture 10 - Atmosphere Formation and Evolution
Lecture 11 - Water Vapor and Clouds
Lecture 12 - Winds and Extreme Weather
Lecture 13 - Global Circulation Patterns
Lecture 14 - Freshwater, Part I
Lecture 15 - Freshwater, Part II
Lecture 16 - Cryosphere
Lecture 17 - Oceans, Part I
Lecture 18 - Oceans, Part II
Lecture 19 - The Biosphere, Part I
Lecture 20 - The Biosphere, Part II
Lecture 21 - History of Life on Earth (and Mass Extinctions)
Lecture 22 - Biogeochemical Cycles
Lecture 23 - Human Population and Resource Demands
Lecture 24 - Human Impacts on the Earth System
Lecture 25 - The Climate System and Past Climates
Lecture 26 - Why Climate Changes
Lecture 27 - Future Climate Change