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8 hours

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Online

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  • Earn a shareable certificate upon completion.
  • Flexible deadlines according to your schedule.
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  • Our Earth?s Future is about the science of climate change and how to talk about it. You will learn from scientists in the fields of climatology, oceanography, Earth science, and anthropology who study how climate change is affecting people, populations, and ways of life. Explore the multiple lines of evidence for the human-induced climate change that is happening today, and consider what that means for the future of our planet. At the end of this course you will be able to understand key scientific principles, identify and address misconceptions, and contribute confidently to conversations about climate change.

Our Earth's Future
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Curriculum

Climate Change Is Happening: See It

Welcome to Our Earth's Future

What is science? What is climate?

Communicating Climate Change

Scientists at Work: Greenland Ice Core

Syllabus

Resources

Educator Resources

Energy Balance and the Greenhouse Effect

Week One: Check Your Climate Knowledge

It All Comes Down to the Ocean

Welcome to Week Two

Melting Ice, Rising Seas

Oceanography 101

Arctic Sea Ice: The New Normal

The Role of the Ocean in Climate Change

Week Two: Check Your Climate Knowledge

Climate Change is Happening: Model It

Welcome to Week Three

Climate Change: Understanding the Forecast

What are Feedback and Forcings?

Connecting Drought in Africa's Sahel to Climate Change

Climate Models

Week Three: Check Your Climate Knowledge

Living with Climate Change

Welcome to Week Four

Patterns

Climate Change: A View from the Pacific

Declining Sea Ice Affects Caribou

Protecting Wildlife in a Changing Climate

The Impact of Climate Change on Pacific Island Peoples

Consequences of Climate Change

Week Four: Check Your Climate Knowledge

Mitigate, Adapt, or Suffer?

Welcome to Week Five

Climate Change Risk in and Unknowable Future

Hurricane Sandy in NYC

Risk, Uncertainty, and the Future

Resources

Educator Resources

Opportunities for Educators

Support AMNH

Video Credits

Week Five: Check Your Climate Knowledge

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Admission Process

    Important Dates

    May 25, 2024
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