Earth Sciences

Open Courseware and Resources (general)

- Earth Sciences: (also known as geoscience or the geosciences), an all-embracing term for the sciences related to the planet Earth.
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Earth Sciences - Resource Page

Prime Sites

  • Columbia University (US), Center for International Earth Science Information network (CIESIN) - mission to provide access to and enhance the use of info worldwide, advancing understanding of human interactions in the environment and serving the needs of science and public and private decision making, independent non-governmental organization

  • EnviroLink Network (US) - non-profit organization, grassroots online community uniting organizations & volunteers around the world, up-to-date environmental information and news.
  • Geology.com (US) - information about geology and earth science to visitors without charge: Articles, News, Maps, Satellite Images, Dictionary
  • US Geological Survey (US) - multi-disciplinary science organization that focuses on biology, geography, geology, geospatial information and water, dedicated to timely, relevant and impartial study of landscape, natural resources, and natural hazards that threaten: Maps, Imagery and Publications, Hazards, Newsroom, Education, Jobs
  • Intute (UK), Earth Sciences Gateway - target audience students, staff and researchers: Area Studies, Earthquakes & Seismology, General, Geochemistry, Geographical Information Systems, Geomorphology, Geophysics, History, Hydrology & Hydrogeology, Meteorology & Climatology, Minerals & Gemstones, Oceanography, Petrology, Planetary Geology, Sedimentology, Stratigraphy & Geochronology, Structural Geology & Tectonics, Volcanoes

Other Sites

Dynamic Landscapes of Hong Kong

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Modelling pollution in the Great Lakes

modelling with mathematics, centres on a mathematical model of how pollution levels in the Great Lakes of North America vary over a period of time, demonstrates that, by keeping the model as simple as possible extremely complex systems can be understood and predicted
 

Environmental Philosophy

materials from various disciplines bearing on our current environmental crisis, ways in which the crisis might be resolved, Disciplines to be consulted include ecology, thermodynamics, economics, value theory, and environmental history, integrative skills of philosophy to discern how materials from these disparate sources fit together: readings, discussion questions

Basics of Impact Cratering & Geological, Geophysical, Geochemical, Environmental Studies of Some Impact Craters of the Earth

basic principles of impact cratering, application of analytical tools, geological, geochemical and environmental studies: projects

Geodynamics

mechanics of deformation of the crust and mantle, with emphasis on the importance of different rheological descriptions (brittle, elastic, linear and nonlinear fluids, viscoelastic): readings

Climate change

how Earth’s global mean surface temperature is determined, natural greenhouse effect and how this contributes to a balanced global climate, human impact on the atmosphere including industrialisation & other sources of greenhouse gases that are connected to humans, means of measuring climate change available

Applications of Continuum Mechanics to Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences

practical applications of the continuum concept for deformation of solids and fluids, emphasizing force balance, stress tensor, infinitesimal and finite strain, rotation tensors, Constitutive relations applicable to geological materials, including elastic, viscous, brittle, and plastic deformation

Special Topics in Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences: The Environment of the Earth's Surface

combines aspects of geology, climatology, hydrology and soil science to present coherent introduction to surface of the Earth, emphasis on both fundamental concepts and practical applications, intelligent management of physical and chemical environment: production and movement of surficial materials, soils and soil erosion, precipitation, streams and lakes, groundwater flow, glaciers and their deposits

Introduction to Environmental Engineering

introduction, mass & energy fundamentals, physical chemistry & principles, organic chemistry, microbiology & microbial growth, erosion control & stormwater management, water, waste, air pollution, global events

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