Foundations of Environmental Science: Measuring and monitoring our planet
Offered By: Chalmers University of Technology via edX
Course Description
Overview
Boost your knowledge about the essential measurement techniques for observing the state of our planet. This professional certificate program covers how you can use data from various sensors to better understand our living planet and how it changes.
This entry level program takes you on a virtual journey covering different earth observation tools and techniques which objectives are to find the answers to questions like: Will this year be the hottest year ever? What is the current rate of global sea level rise? How fast is the rain forest disappearing? Where do we find water on our planet? Should we worry about rising sea levels? Can we predict climate change? Our experts will give you first-hand insights on why, where, and how those techniques are used and they will show you how sensors work in space, on aircrafts, and on the ground.
By the end of this program, you will be able to assess and evaluate statements made in research reports and in media. This means you will be able to take an active role in discussions and research that involve the environment and climate change.
Syllabus
Course 1: Sensing Planet Earth – From Core to Outer Space
Will this year be the hottest year ever? What is the current rate of global sea level rise? How fast is the rain forest disappearing? … Learn about the essential tools for measuring and monitoring our planet.
Course 2: Sensing Planet Earth – Water and Ice
Where do we find water on our planet? Should we worry about rising sea levels? Can we predict climate change? Learn how to measure and monitor the Earth’s water and ice masses.
Courses
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Global warming. Rising sea levels. Droughts. Flooding. The melting of the polar ice caps.
Join us, when we discover how continental water and ice masses are measured and monitored through remote sensing. Our experts give you first-hand insights how water and mass transport can be traced, and how this relates to the complex processes in the Earth‘s system.
Together with your fellow learners you will assess and evaluate statements made in relation to climate change. This will prepare you to make evidence-based decisions for a sustainable future.
Join us and let’s sense planet Earth together!
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In this course, we will take you on a virtual journey covering different Earth observation tools. In the course modules, we cover the most essential measurement tools for solid Earth, the atmosphere, and the biosphere. Our experts will give you first-hand insights why, where, and how those techniques are applied and they will show you how sensors work in space, on aircrafts, and on the ground.
You will be given insights on how you can use data from various sensors to better understand our living planet and how it changes. Together with your fellow learners all over the world, you will conduct joined experiments that demonstrate, how easy it is to sense the Earth’s environment. On top of that, world-renowned experts will be interviewed - telling you why they think it is so important that we study our planet.
Join us and let’s sense planet Earth together!
NOTE: This online course content has been updated in 2022.
Taught by
Karine Le Bail, Thomas Hobiger, Bo Galle, Johan Mellqvist, Rüdiger Haas, Donal Murtagh, Peter Forkman, Maciej Soja, Anders Berg, Gisela Carvajal and Leif Eriksson
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