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Planet Earth: Understanding and Protecting our Environment 

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Planet Earth: Understanding and Protecting our Environment
 at 
University of Leeds 
Overview

Learn about the physical geography of Earth and discover how to use this knowledge to protect our natural environment

Duration

2 weeks

Total fee

8,364

Mode of learning

Online

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Course Level

UG Certificate

Planet Earth: Understanding and Protecting our Environment
 at 
University of Leeds 
Highlights

  • Earn a certification after completion
  • Learn from expert faculty
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Planet Earth: Understanding and Protecting our Environment
 at 
University of Leeds 
Course details

Who should do this course?
  • Anyone interested in understanding the earth system and exploring how to improve the relationship between humans and the environment
What are the course deliverables?
  • Explain the key process of the natural environment; the hydrosphere, biosphere and geosphere, and interpret them as a series of interlinked systems
  • Investigate the impact of human activity on natural environmental systems
  • Compare a range of approaches to environmental protection and management
  • Explore the academic and employment opportunities in physical geography and environmental science
More about this course
  • On this two-week course from the University of Leeds, you will discover the processes of the hydrosphere, the geosphere, and the biosphere and explore the impact of human activity and climate change on our planet
  • You’ll start by looking at the water cycle and the ways in which human activity and climate change affect it. You’ll learn how Leeds scientists monitor the quality of water and how this influences aquatic life and agriculture

Planet Earth: Understanding and Protecting our Environment
 at 
University of Leeds 
Curriculum

Week 1: The changing environment

The changing hydrosphere

The changing biosphere

The changing geosphere

Week 2: Protecting and managing a changing environment

Managing flood risk

Biodiversity: Ecosystems out of balance

Understanding the Earth’s systems

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Planet Earth: Understanding and Protecting our Environment
 at 
University of Leeds 
Faculty details

Tracy Aze
I am an Associate Professor of Marine Micropalaeontology in the School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds. My research interests are climate change and marine biodiversity.

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Planet Earth: Understanding and Protecting our Environment
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