Habitability
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Habitability at FutureLearn Overview
Habitability
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Duration | 3 weeks |
Total fee | ₹900 |
Mode of learning | Online |
Credential | Certificate |
Habitability at FutureLearn Highlights
Habitability
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- Weekly study 3 hours
Habitability at FutureLearn Course details
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- Guide you through what these environments have in common with other planets, how life can survive various harsh conditions, and whether that means we could see life on other planets too
- Start here on Earth by examining how our planet has managed to maintain its habitability while other planets have not
- Take a trip into outer space to classify different galaxies in the Universe and discuss the circumstellar habitable zone (CHZ), the zone around a star where liquid water can be stable on the surface, and thus maintain life
Habitability at FutureLearn Curriculum
Habitability
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Habitable vs Habitability
Welcome to the course
What do we mean by habitability?
Galactic habitable zones
Maintaining habitability for life
Weekly wrap-up
What makes Earth so special?
Welcome to Week 2
The greenhouse effect
Plate tectonics
The Moon
Weekly wrap-up
Alien worlds on Earth
Welcome to Week 3
Uninhabited habitats
Extremophiles
Planetary analogues
Course wrap-up
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