Explore the basic processes behind weather, from storms to climate.
Ever wondered what the difference between a hurricane, cyclone and typhoon is? Or what a ‘front’ is? Or asked how weather warnings are issued? Maybe you’ve even spoken about the weather today. The weather is one of the most popular topics of conversation, yet not many of us actually know how it works.
On this course you’ll explore all things weather, learning about the basic processes that result in the weather that we experience and how the weather affects people like photographers, gardeners and walkers.
Learn about the science, the effects, and the risks of climate change.
Explore the challenges of our journey towards a more sustainable food future.
- Lead Educator: Dan Bebber
- Lead Educator: Anja Djordjevic
- Lead Educator: Natalia Lawrence
Welcome to the Arctic Ecosystems and Climate Change course! This course is delivered by the Increased Carbon Accumulation in Arctic Peatlands (ICAAP) project at the University of Exeter. The course will introduce the ecosystems that currently exist in the Arctic and how climate change is likely to affect them. All other ecosystems on Earth are likely to shift to higher latitudes as the climate warms, but the Arctic will just “shrink”. We will explain what ecosystems are there now, why they are important and how they may change in the future. A particular case study will be focused on peatland ecosystems and their carbon storage.
- Lead Educator: Karen Anderson
- Lead Educator: Richard Fewster
- Lead Educator: Angela Gallego-Sala
- Lead Educator: Josephine Handley
- Lead Educator: Rebecca Parker
Learn how Earth’s invisible life-support systems can help tackle climate change.
Explore the UN's SD goals and the potential solutions to climate change.
Learn how critical raw materials are found, extracted and can circulate for a more sustainable future.
Learn how the Earth's future is shaped by rapid changes to its natural systems.
Explore how we value the natural world.
