Learning outcomes
Water is arguably the most important physical resource as it is the one that is essential to human survival. Understanding the global water cycle and how we use water is essential to planning a sustainable source of water for the future. In the UK there area areas where water supplies are limited, shown by recent droughts. Globally, there are many areas that do not have enought water to support the currently population adequately. Decisions will have to be made on the best way to use water in a
UCL Spirit
UCL was established in 1826 in order to open up education in England for the first time to students of any race, class or religion. The idea was bold, radical, and responsive to the needs of the world; three qualities that we believe passionately in to this day. Maybe it's down to our location in one of the world's most cosmopolitan cities, but we've always believed that excellence should go hand-in-hand with enriching society. Whether we're designing the iconic parks or buildings of tomorrow, o
Mini project : staff and student guides : document transcript
This document includes a student and a staff guide to mini projects. The student guide covers key points, module and project format and document submission. The staff guide covers key objectives, project description template, contact time and assessment outcomes and agreed peer review criteria.
In addition to this document and specific mini project documentation, there are other supporting documents which should be used in combination with this resource. Please see: Mini Projects - E-Log. Min
Tornado Documentary Part 3/4
Learn about Tornadoes! How do they form? Where to they affect? What can you do to prepare?
Measuring the Immeasurable: The Costs & Benefits of Climate Change Mitigation
Decisions on whether and how much mitigation of the risks of dangerous climate change is justified raises exceptional challenges. In this lecture Professor Garnaut discusses the issues that arise when…
21L.705 Major Authors: John Milton (MIT)
In 1667, John Milton published what he intended both as the crowning achievement of a poetic career and a justification of God's ways to man: an epic poem which retold and reimagined the Biblical story of creation, temptation, and original sin. Even in a hostile political climate, Paradise Lost was almost immediately recognized as a classic, and one fate of a classic is to be rewritten, both by admirers and by antagonists. In this seminar, we will read Paradise Lost alongside works of 20th centu
How can you adapt?
Some climate change is inevitable, Megan Gawith talks about the need for organisations and individuals to adapt to climate change.
Introduction to the UK Climate Impacts Program
Chris West, Director of the UK Climate Impacts Program, gives an introduction to UKCIP, its history and the reason why it stresses the importance of climate change adaptation, rather than climate change mitigation
The Politics of Climate Change: Problems and Solutions
Lord Anthony Giddens gives the opening keynote address to the Oxford Climate Forum, talking about the politics of climate change.
Panel debate: Have activists added to the climate change problem?
Neil Bowerman gives the opening talk to the debate, have activists added to the climate change problem?
Ways out of the Climate-Finance-Energy Triple Crunch
Jeremy Leggett (Founder and CEO, Solar Century) presents the closing keynote speech for the Oxford Climate Forum 2010
Sands of Time: A Google Earth Approach to Climate Change Education
This e-publication provides a case study that employs Google Earth in examining climate change impacts and sustainable development issues in North Africa.
Coarse clastic shorelines and climate
Coarse clastic shorelines and climate.
Environment. Treading lightly on the Earth
This unit focuses on the problem of green-house gas emissions, especially carbon dioxide, and explore what you can do to lighten those emissions to help reduce the rate of climate change.
Climatic and Oceanic Influences on Human Ecology
The Module is organised around three parts, namely, Oceanography and Climatology/ Meteorology’. In the third part we shall study Climate Change in some detail – what the research currently tells us, and the intervention of human agency. Each part is broken into several units which build sequentially and progressively, and earlier ones have concepts and content which will be revisited from time-to-time and in increasing complexity. Given the essential connectedness of environmental systems, c
Sea ice and clouds: albedo and climate change
The effect that reflective land and ocean surfaces have on climate
A Powerpoint Presentation with links to videos on YouTube
Sea ice, clouds, albedo and climate change
Professor Haslett takes advantage of a flight over the North Atlantic and a visit to eastern Canada to discuss sea ice, clouds, and their albedo effect on climate, and contribution to climate change.
Carbon, Climate and Greening Business Session Outline
Part Two of Greening Business: Much of the current emphasis on the environment and sustainability revolves around climate change and the impact of human activities on rising CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere. In order to place the applied business-related content in the context of the environmental problems that we face, tutors may find it useful to provide an introduction to the core Earth System Science concepts of the Earth’s energy balance, the carbon cycle, and systems terminology su
Water: Groundwater
Water is arguably the most important physical resource as it is the one that is essential to human survival. Understanding the global water cycle and how we use water is essential to planning a sustainable source of water for the future. In the UK there are areas where water supplies are limited, showin by recent droughts. Globally, there are many reas that do ot have enough water to support the current population adequately. Decisions will have to be made on the best way to use water in a world
15.023J Global Climate Change: Economics, Science, and Policy (MIT)
Introduces scientific, economic, and ecological issues underlying the threat of global climate change, and the institutions engaged in negotiating an international response. Develops an integrated approach to analysis of climate change processes, and assessment of proposed policy measures, drawing on research and model development within the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change.
