Our Earth: Its Climate, History, and Processes

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About this course: Develop a greater appreciation for how the air, water, land, and life formed and have interacted over the last 4.5 billion years.

Created by:  University of Manchester

  • Taught by:  Prof. David M. Schultz, Professor of Synoptic Meteorology

    School of Earth, Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences

  • Taught by:  Dr Rochelle Taylor, Postdoctoral Research Associate

    School of Earth, Atmospheric & Environmental Sciences

  • Taught by:  Dr Jonathan Fairman, Postdoctoral Research Associate

    School of Earth, Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences
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About this course: Develop a greater appreciation for how the air, water, land, and life formed and have interacted over the last 4.5 billion years.

Created by:  University of Manchester

  • Taught by:  Prof. David M. Schultz, Professor of Synoptic Meteorology

    School of Earth, Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences

  • Taught by:  Dr Rochelle Taylor, Postdoctoral Research Associate

    School of Earth, Atmospheric & Environmental Sciences

  • Taught by:  Dr Jonathan Fairman, Postdoctoral Research Associate

    School of Earth, Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences
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WEEK 1


Building Blocks of Earth’s Climate System



15 videos, 7 readings expand


  1. Video: What's in store ...
  2. Reading: Course Guide
  3. Reading: Grading & Logistics
  4. Reading: Building Blocks of Earth’s Climate System
  5. Video: Video 1.0: Introduction and Philosophy
  6. Video: Video 1.1: How does science work?
  7. Video: Optional Video: How do scientific papers get published?
  8. Video: Video 1.2: Introduction to the Earth's climate system
  9. Video: Video 1.3: How do we measure geologic time?
  10. Video: Video 1.4: Geological Time Scale Song
  11. Video: Video 1.5: Minerals and Rocks
  12. Video: Video 1.5.1: Igneous Rock
  13. Video: Video 1.5.2: Sedimentary Rock
  14. Video: Video 1.5.3: Metamorphic Rock
  15. Video: Video 1.6: Using radioactivity to date rocks - Dr. Ray Burgess
  16. Video: Video 1.7: Using stable isotopes to understand Earth processes - Dr. Ray Burgess
  17. Video: Video 1.8: How do we know how old the Earth is?
  18. Video: Video 1.9: What are those rocks doing lying around?
  19. Reading: Google Earth Tour 1
  20. Reading: Activity 1: Introduction
  21. Reading: Eloquent Science
  22. Reading: Our Earth 001 Course Book

Graded: Assessment 1

WEEK 2


Formation, evolution, and processes of the solid Earth



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  1. Reading: Formation, evolution, and processes of the solid Earth
  2. Video: Video 2.1.1: How did the Moon form? - Dr. Katherine Joy
  3. Video: Video 2.1.2: Why is the Moon important to life on earth? - Dr. Katherine Joy
  4. Video: Video 2.2: What came before plate tectonics?
  5. Video: Video 2.3: How did plate tectonics get discovered?
  6. Video: Video 2.4.1: The Earth's magnetic field
  7. Video: Video 2.4.2: The magnetic poles flip? You're kidding me, right?
  8. Video: Video 2.5: How earthquakes happen
  9. Video: Video 2.6.1: What's inside the Earth?
  10. Video: Video 2.6.2: How do we know about the insides of the Earth?
  11. Video: Video 2.7: How do the plates move?
  12. Video: Video 2.8: How does magma form?
  13. Video: Video 2.9: How were the Himalaya formed?
  14. Video: Video 2.10: Supercontinent Pangaea
  15. Video: Video 2.11: The supercontinent cycle
  16. Reading: Google Earth Tour 2 and 3

Graded: Assessment 2

WEEK 3


Water in Earth’s Climate System: Oceans, Atmosphere, and Cryosphere



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  1. Reading: Water in Earth’s Climate System: Oceans, Atmosphere, and Cryosphere
  2. Video: Video 3.1.1: Where Did the Oceans Come From?
  3. Video: Video 3.1.2: Are the Oceans in Steady State?
  4. Video: Video 3.2.1: How the oceans work - Dr. Gregory Lane-Serff
  5. Video: Video 3.2.2: The oceanic conveyor belt - Dr. Gregory Lane-Serff
  6. Video: Video 3.3.1: What is the Atmosphere Made Of?
  7. Video: Video 3.3.2: What Controls the Temperature Profile of the Atmosphere?
  8. Video: Video 3.3.3: Three Radiation Laws
  9. Video: Video 3.3.4: What if the Earth had no Atmosphere?
  10. Video: Video 3.4.1: How does the Atmosphere Work?
  11. Video: Video 3.4.2: How do the Jet Streams Control the Weather?
  12. Video: Video 3.5: Extratropical cyclones
  13. Video: Video 3.6: The Rise and Fall of Ice on Earth
  14. Video: Video 3.7: How do Glaciers Control the Height of Mountains? – Dr. Simon Brocklehurst
  15. Video: Video 3.8: Why the Arctic is Crucial to Earth's Climate - Dr. Bart Van Dongen and Dr. Robert Sparks
  16. Reading: Google Earth Tour 4
  17. Reading: Activity 2: Further Exploration
  18. Reading: The Thinking Persons’ Guide to Climate Change
  19. Reading: The shaping of storm tracks by mountains and ocean dynamics

Graded: Assessment 3

WEEK 4


Life, and its Effect on Earth’s Climate System



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  1. Reading: Life, and its Effect on Earth’s Climate System
  2. Video: Video 4.3.2: The Earliest Life on Earth
  3. Video: Video 4.3.1 The Formation of Organic Molecules and the Tree of Life
  4. Video: Video 4.1: The Earth's primitive atmosphere
  5. Video: Video 4.2: Fossils
  6. Video: Video 4.4.1: Welcome to The Manchester Museum - Prof. Phil Manning
  7. Video: Video 4.4.2: Apex Chert and Stromatolites - Prof. Phil Manning
  8. Video: Video 4.4.3: Ediacaran Fauna - Prof. Phil Manning
  9. Video: Video 4.5.1: How Oxygen Changed the Earth Forever
  10. Video: Video 4.5.2: The Arrival of Multicellular Life and the Cambrian Explosion
  11. Video: Video 4.6.1: How Plants and Animals Came Onshore - Dr. Victoria Egerton
  12. Video: Video 4.6.2: Colonization of Land
  13. Video: Video 4.7.1: Devonian: From Fish to Tetrapod - Prof. Phil Manning
  14. Video: Video 4.7.2: Carboniferous - Prof. Phil Manning
  15. Video: Video 4.7.3: Jurassic Coast - Prof. Phil Manning
  16. Video: Video 4.7.4: Dinosaurs - Prof. Phil Manning
  17. Video: Video 4.7.5: Chemical Fossils - Prof. Phil Manning
  18. Video: Video 4.8: Controls on Life on Earth: Mass Extinctions
  19. Reading: Google Earth Tour 5

Graded: Assessment 4

WEEK 5


Build Your Own Earth and Conclusion



5 videos, 4 readings expand


  1. Reading: Build Your Own Earth
  2. Video: BYOE Video 1: Introduction to Build Your Own Earth
  3. Video: BYOE Video 2: How to Use Build your own Earth
  4. Video: BYOE Video 3: How to Interpret Climate Properties: Surface Temperatures, the Jet Stream, Clouds, and Precipitation
  5. Video: BYOE Video 4: Using Build Your Own Earth to Study Past Earth Climates
  6. Reading: Activity 1: Introduction
  7. Reading: Activity 2: Further Exploration
  8. Reading: Activity 3: Assessment
  9. Video: Video 5.0: Synthesis and Anthropogenic Climate Change

Graded: BYOE Assessment
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