Science and Engineering of Climate Change
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Science and Engineering of Climate Change at Coursera Overview
Duration | 9 hours |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Difficulty level | Beginner |
Official Website | Explore Free Course  |
Credential | Certificate |
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Science and Engineering of Climate Change at Coursera Highlights
- Earn a Certificate upon completion
- Course 1 of 4 in the Climate Change and Sustainable Investing
Financial aid available
Science and Engineering of Climate Change at Coursera Course details
- The Science and Engineering of Climate Change course offers an introduction to the science of climate change and to the existing technologies to mitigate its effects
- By the end of this course, you will have the necessary conceptual tools to provide your own answers to these questions
- The last two modules introduce the main technologies that can be used to reduce carbon emissions and carbon concentration in the atmosphere, and, in the light of the facts explained in the first part of the course, explain how these technologies can be best combined
Science and Engineering of Climate Change at Coursera Curriculum
Current Climate Change in Context
Introductory video: The Big Questions - The Big Picture - The Big Plan
Units
Is Climate Changing?
What Was Past Climate Like? Part I
What Was Past Climate Like? Part II
What Is Abrupt Climate Change
Additional Material Module 1
Module 1 Graded Quiz
Modelling Climate Change
Is the Current Climate Change Anthropogenic?
The Carbon Cycle
The Earth?s Energy Balance
Black Body Radiation
A Simple Climate Model
A Simple Climate Model - The 1-Layer Model
A Simple Climate Model - The n-Layer Model
The Atmospheric Lifetime of CO2
Additional Material Module 2
Module 2 Graded Quiz
Technologies to Control CO2 Concentration
Energy Efficiency
Carbon Capture and Sequestration
Why are negative emissions technologies important?
Forestation and Deforestation
Additional Material Module 3
Module 3 Graded Quiz
Non-Fossil Energy Sources
Bio Fuels
Wind Energy
Solar Energy
How Nuclear Fission Works
The Safety of Nuclear Power Plants
Nuclear Energy - What Happened at Chernobyl?
Nuclear Energy - Fusion
Additional Material Module 4
Module 4 Graded Quiz
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