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Nature-based Solutions for Disaster and Climate Resilience
by Nathalie Doswald , Mikhail Fernandes , Xinyue Gu- 0.0
7 Weeks
How can they help build resilience to disasters and climate change impacts? Nature offers many solutions for reducing the impacts from disasters and climate impacts. How can they help build resilience to disasters and climate change impacts? First touching upon the “why”, the course provides an introduction to nature-based solutions for disaster and climate resilience, the benefits and potential opportunities....
$49
Climate Change: Solutions
by Tim Lenton , Damien Mansell , Liam Taylor- 0.0
4
Explore the potential solutions to climate change and how they relate to the UN's sustainable development goals. Climate Action Responding to climate change Sustainable agriculture and land-use Sustainable cities and communities...
Free
Biosphere 2 Science for the Future of Our Planet
by Kevin E. Bonine, PhD- 4.8
Approx. 29 hours to complete
In this course, you will delve into a world of innovative science and learn from a team of Biosphere 2 and University of Arizona researchers. From plants and soils, to oceans and rainforests, the Moon, Mars, and more, this course is an exciting opportunity for anyone interested in science and Earth stewardship....
The Age of Sustainable Development
by Jeffrey SachsTop Instructor- 4.8
Approx. 30 hours to complete
The Age of Sustainable Development" gives students an understanding of the key challenges and pathways to sustainable development - that is, economic development that is also socially inclusive and environmentally sustainable. Gender Inequality and Solutions Curbing Climate Change The Basic Science of Climate Change Policies and Global Cooperation for Climate Change QUIZ: The Basic Science of Climate Change and Consequences...
Global Warming II: Create Your Own Models in Python
by David Archer- 4.2
Approx. 32 hours to complete
This class provides a series of Python programming exercises intended to explore the use of numerical modeling in the Earth system and climate sciences. The scientific background for these models is presented in a companion class, Global Warming I: The Science and Modeling of Climate Change. Code Tricks: Heat Capacity, Time Steps, and Equilibration Time...
Wood Science: Beyond Building
by Lawrence Osborn , Jeffrey Slahor- 4.6
Approx. 11 hours to complete
-identify wood's positive role in boosting the world economy and ability to lead to unexpected vocations. Welcome and Global Use Forest Cover and Harvests: Part A Forest Cover and Harvests: Part B Characteristics and Availability of Commercially Important Woods Basic Wood Science Wood Challenges and Solutions Wood Decay and Preservation: Part A...
Urban Nature: Connecting Cities, Nature and Innovation
by Prof. Harriet Bulkeley , Dr. Kes McCormick , Dr. Bernadett Kiss , Prof. Christine Wamsler , Dr. Yuliya Voytenko Palgan , Dr. Helen Toxopeus- 4.7
Approx. 13 hours to complete
How can we work with nature to design and build our cities? This course explores urban nature and nature-based solutions in cities in Europe and around the world. And we analyse the potential of nature-based solutions to help respond to climate change and sustainability challenges. Climate change and nature-based solutions Business models and nature-based solutions (Helen Toxopeus)...
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Water in the Western United States
by Eric Gordon , Anne U. Gold- 4.8
Approx. 24 hours to complete
This course combines an overview of the science behind water and climate in the Western United States with a survey of the major legal, political, and cultural issues focused on this precious resource. [OPTIONAL] Climate Change in Colorado: A Synthesis to Support Water Resources Management and Adaptation [OPTIONAL] Climate Change and the Colorado River: What We Already Know...
Sustainable Energy
by Michael Golay- 0.0
13 Weeks
Learn to critically analyze modern energy technologies from engineering and socio-political perspectives, and gain the skills necessary to help the world meet rising energy demand while reducing carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions driving climate change Climate change is an urgent global challenge demanding engineering solutions and large-scale, systems-oriented coordination....
$149
Sustainable Energy
by Michael Golay- 0.0
13 Weeks
Learn to critically analyze modern energy technologies from engineering and socio-political perspectives, and gain the skills necessary to help the world meet rising energy demand while reducing carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions driving climate change Climate change is an urgent global challenge demanding engineering solutions and large-scale, systems-oriented coordination....
$149