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Environment: understanding atmospheric and ocean flows provided by OpenLearn is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 10 hours worth of material. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from OpenLearn. The course is taught in Englishand is Free Certificate. Visit the course page at OpenLearn for detailed price information.

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10 hours worth of material
Self Paced
Overview

  • What affects the atmospheric and ocean flows? This free course, Environment: understanding atmospheric and ocean flows, explores the mechanisms that are important; the most rapid carrier is the ...

Syllabus

    • Introduction
    • Learning outcomes
    • 1 An environmental icon
    • 1 An environmental icon
    • 1.1 Polar bears and pollutants
    • 1.2 Pollutants and bioaccumulation
    • 1.3 Summary of Section 1
    • 2 The atmospheric and ocean flows
    • 2 The atmospheric and ocean flows
    • 2.1 Albedo
    • 2.2 Specific heat capacity
    • 2.3 Russian tree trunks in the Arctic
    • 2.3.1 Nansen and the voyage of the Fram
    • 2.4 Pollutant pathways to the Arctic
    • 2.5 Summary of Section 2
    • 3 The ice time machine
    • 3 The ice time machine
    • 3.1 Ice cores and the atmosphere
    • 3.1.1 Powers of ten and scientific notation
    • 3.1.2 Interpreting a graph
    • 3.2 The past temperature of the planet
    • 3.3 Proxy data and past climates
    • 3.3.1 The central part of an atom
    • 3.4 Ice core going back 800 000 years
    • 3.5 Interglacial periods and sea levels
    • 3.6 The Milankovitch model
    • 3.7 The Keeling Curve
    • 3.8 Ice cores and past CO2 levels
    • 3.9 Global CO2 levels and Antarctic temperatures
    • 3.9.1 Scientific method
    • 3.10 Summary of Section 3
    • 4 The end of the last ice age: the Holocene
    • 4 The end of the last ice age: the Holocene
    • 4.1 Wally Broecker’s great ocean conveyor belt
    • 4.2 Stopping the ocean conveyor belt
    • 4.3 Carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4) and human activity
    • 4.4 Summary of Section 4
    • 5 The contemporary Arctic climate
    • 5 The contemporary Arctic climate
    • 5.1 Melting ice caps and sea ice extent
    • 5.1.1 Gradient of a straight-line graph
    • 5.2 Ice-albedo feedback loop
    • 5.2.1 Positive and negative feedback
    • 5.3 Permafrost
    • 5.4 Permafrost and tundra travel days
    • 5.5 Methane trapped in ice
    • 5.6 The Arctic and our environment
    • 5.7 Summary of Section 5
    • Conclusion
    • References
    • Acknowledgements

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