Lancaster University - Soils: Introducing the World Beneath Our Feet
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Soils: Introducing the World Beneath Our Feet
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Duration | 4 weeks |
Total fee | ₹2,763 |
Mode of learning | Online |
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Credential | Certificate |
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Skills you will learn
More about this course
- Soils are a complex environment, teeming with life and supporting our most fundamental environmental processes.
- We will take a journey through the soil, learning about the basics of soil science and also about life in the soil.
- We will look at why soil is so important and investigate threats to soil - a topic relevant to the past and present.
- Finally we will learn about how and why soils are under threat at a local and global scale.
- You will also get the chance to get your hands dirty with some activities to give you practical experience of assessing soil properties and conditions.
- Soils are really important. How much do you know about the world beneath our feet? Take this
- and find out.
Soils: Introducing the World Beneath Our Feet at FutureLearn Curriculum
Soils: Introducing the World Beneath Our Feet
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What is soil?
Welcome
Introduction
Soil texture
Summing up
Test your knowledge
What lives in the soil?
What lives in the soil?
The variety of soil life
Soil invertebrates
Microbes and Fungi
The importance of plants
Summary
Test your knowledge
Why is soil so important
Introduction
The rise and fall of civilisations
Soil security
Soil erosion
Surface sealing
Soil contamination
Summary
Test your knowledge
Soils and Global Change
Introduction
Soils and climate change
Soils and air pollution
Invasive species
Soils and land use change
Summing up
Test your knowledge
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