University of Leeds - Atmospheric Chemistry: Planets and Life Beyond Earth

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Atmospheric Chemistry: Planets and Life Beyond Earth
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Overview

Learn about the atmospheric chemistry of planets and celestial bodies and explore the possibility of finding life beyond Earth

Duration	2 weeks
Mode of learning	Online
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Credential	Certificate

Atmospheric Chemistry: Planets and Life Beyond Earth
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Highlights

Earn a certificate from University of Leeds

Atmospheric Chemistry: Planets and Life Beyond Earth
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Course details

Who should do this course?

The course is for anyone with a general interest in atmospheric chemistry but it will be particularly useful for students at schools and colleges who want to study chemistry at university

What are the course deliverables?

Explore the diversity of planetary atmospheres across the solar system.

Investigate what scientific data on the composition of planetary atmospheres can be gathered from Earth and from space probes.

Reflect on the search for habitable planets.

Assess how the science of planetary atmospheres is presented in the media.

More about this course

In this course you will learn about planetary atmospheres across our solar system and beyond
You will discover what an atmosphere is, how it's formed, and how data collected from space missions is used to determine a planet's atmosphere.
You'll also look into the factors needed to support life, explore the possibility of life beyond Earth and start the search for habitable planets
You'll understand how atmospheric chemistry is communicated in the media and get a flavour of one of the most fascinating subjects explored during an undergraduate degree in Chemistry

Atmospheric Chemistry: Planets and Life Beyond Earth
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Curriculum

Planetary observation using active and passive space missions.

How scientists analyse the composition of planetary atmospheres.

How atmospheres are created and evolve.

The factors needed to support life.

The search for habitable planets outside our solar system.

Atmospheric Chemistry: Planets and Life Beyond Earth
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Faculty details

Julia Lehman

I'm a Senior Lecturer in the School of Chemistry, now at the University of Birmingham. I work with lasers to probe chemical reactions important in planetary atmospheres.