Our Earth: Its Climate, History, and Processes

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A Course by University of Manchester

Our Earth: Its Climate, History, and Processes, Develop a greater appreciation for how the air, water, land, and life formed and have interacted over the last 4.5 billion years.

What Will You Learn?

  • Building Blocks of Earth’s Climate System
  • Formation, evolution, and processes of the solid Earth
  • Water in Earth’s Climate System: Oceans, Atmosphere, and Cryosphere
  • Life, and its Effect on Earth’s Climate System
  • Build Your Own Earth and Conclusion

Course Content

Our Earth Its Climate, History, and Proesses

  • A Message from the Professor
  • 003 01_whats-in-store.mp4
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  • 004 02_course-guide_instructions.html
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  • 005 03_grading-logistics_instructions.html
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  • 008 04_building-blocks-of-earths-climate-system_instructions.html
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  • 019 01_video-1-0-introduction-and-philosophy.mp4
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  • 023 02_video-1-1-how-does-science-work.mp4
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  • 027 03_optional-video-how-do-scientific-papers-get-published.mp4
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  • 031 04_video-1-2-introduction-to-the-earths-climate-system.mp4
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  • 035 05_video-1-3-how-do-we-measure-geologic-time.mp4
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  • 041 06_video-1-4-geological-time-scale-song.mp4
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  • 045 07_video-1-5-minerals-and-rocks.mp4
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  • 049 08_video-1-5-1-igneous-rock.mp4
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  • 053 09_video-1-5-2-sedimentary-rock.mp4
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  • 057 10_video-1-5-3-metamorphic-rock.mp4
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  • 061 11_video-1-6-using-radioactivity-to-date-rocks-dr-ray-burgess.mp4
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  • 065 12_video-1-7-using-stable-isotopes-to-understand-earth-processes-dr-ray-burgess.mp4
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  • 069 13_video-1-8-how-do-we-know-how-old-the-earth-is.mp4
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  • 073 14_video-1-9-what-are-those-rocks-doing-lying-around.mp4
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  • 074 01_google-earth-tour-1_instructions.html
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  • 080 02_our-earth-001-course-book_instructions.html
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  • 091 01_video-2-1-1-how-did-the-moon-form-dr-katherine-joy.mp4
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  • 094 02_video-2-1-2-why-is-the-moon-important-to-life-on-earth-dr-katherine-joy.mp4
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  • 098 03_video-2-2-what-came-before-plate-tectonics.mp4
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  • 102 04_video-2-3-how-did-plate-tectonics-get-discovered.mp4
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  • 106 05_video-2-4-1-the-earths-magnetic-field.mp4
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  • 110 06_video-2-4-2-the-magnetic-poles-flip-you-re-kidding-me-right.mp4
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  • 114 07_video-2-5-how-earthquakes-happen.mp4
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  • 118 08_video-2-6-1-whats-inside-the-earth.mp4
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  • 122 09_video-2-6-2-how-do-we-know-about-the-insides-of-the-earth.mp4
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  • 126 10_video-2-7-how-do-the-plates-move.mp4
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  • 130 11_video-2-8-how-does-magma-form.mp4
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  • 134 12_video-2-9-how-were-the-himalaya-formed.mp4
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  • 138 13_video-2-10-supercontinent-pangaea.mp4
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  • 142 14_video-2-11-the-supercontinent-cycle.mp4
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  • 156 01_video-3-1-1-where-did-the-oceans-come-from.mp4
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  • 160 02_video-3-1-2-are-the-oceans-in-steady-state.mp4
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  • 163 03_video-3-2-1-how-the-oceans-work-dr-gregory-lane-serff.mp4
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  • 166 04_video-3-2-2-the-oceanic-conveyor-belt-dr-gregory-lane-serff.mp4
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  • 170 05_video-3-3-1-what-is-the-atmosphere-made-of.mp4
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  • 174 06_video-3-3-2-what-controls-the-temperature-profile-of-the-atmosphere.mp4
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  • 178 07_video-3-3-3-three-radiation-laws.mp4
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  • 182 08_video-3-3-4-what-if-the-earth-had-no-atmosphere.mp4
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  • 186 09_video-3-4-1-how-does-the-atmosphere-work.mp4
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  • 190 10_video-3-4-2-how-do-the-jet-streams-control-the-weather.mp4
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  • 193 11_video-3-5-extratropical-cyclones.mp4
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  • 197 12_video-3-6-the-rise-and-fall-of-ice-on-earth.mp4
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  • 201 13_video-3-7-how-do-glaciers-control-the-height-of-mountains-dr-simon-brocklehurst.mp4
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  • 204 14_video-3-8-why-the-arctic-is-crucial-to-earths-climate-dr-bart-van-dongen-and-dr.mp4
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  • 205 01_google-earth-tour-4_instructions.html
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  • 211 02_the-shaping-of-storm-tracks-by-mountains-and-ocean-dynamics_instructions.html
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  • 219 01_video-4-3-2-the-earliest-life-on-earth.mp4
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  • 223 02_video-4-3-1-the-formation-of-organic-molecules-and-the-tree-of-life.mp4
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  • 227 03_video-4-1-the-earths-primitive-atmosphere.mp4
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  • 231 04_video-4-2-fossils.mp4
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  • 234 01_video-4-4-1-welcome-to-the-manchester-museum-prof-phil-manning.mp4
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  • 237 02_video-4-4-2-apex-chert-and-stromatolites-prof-phil-manning.mp4
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  • 240 03_video-4-4-3-ediacaran-fauna-prof-phil-manning.mp4
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  • 244 01_video-4-5-1-how-oxygen-changed-the-earth-forever.mp4
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  • 248 02_video-4-5-2-the-arrival-of-multicellular-life-and-the-cambrian-explosion.mp4
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  • 251 03_video-4-6-1-how-plants-and-animals-came-onshore-dr-victoria-egerton.mp4
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  • 255 04_video-4-6-2-colonization-of-land.mp4
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  • 258 01_video-4-7-1-devonian-from-fish-to-tetrapod-prof-phil-manning.mp4
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  • 261 02_video-4-7-2-carboniferous-prof-phil-manning.mp4
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  • 264 03_video-4-7-3-jurassic-coast-prof-phil-manning.mp4
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  • 267 04_video-4-7-4-dinosaurs-prof-phil-manning.mp4
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  • 270 05_video-4-7-5-chemical-fossils-prof-phil-manning.mp4
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  • 274 01_video-4-8-controls-on-life-on-earth-mass-extinctions.mp4
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  • 286 02_byoe-video-2-how-to-use-build-your-own-earth.mp4
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  • 289 03_byoe-video-3-how-to-interpret-climate-properties-surface-temperatures-the-jet.mp4
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  • 292 04_byoe-video-4-using-build-your-own-earth-to-study-past-earth-climates.mp4
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  • 293 01_activity-1-introduction_instructions.html
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  • 294 02_activity-2-further-exploration_instructions.html
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  • 296 03_activity-3-assessment_instructions.html
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  • 301 01_video-5-0-synthesis-and-anthropogenic-climate-change.mp4
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  • links.txt
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