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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