Course profile: Oceans and Our Global Environment part of Strong Geoscience Departments:Degree Programs:Courses
A course profile page for "Oceans and Our Global Environment" at Indiana University, detailing an introductory oceanography course for non-majors that integrates geology, chemistry, physics, and biology through web-based data exercises, with emphasis on climate, real-time data analysis, interdisciplinary learning, and development of scientific literacy and quantitative skills. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Climatology part of Courses
This course is designed to help students gain a scientific understanding of the physical aspects of Earth's climate system and the factors that influence climate change. We explore the global balance of energy ...

Biogeochemical Processes and Cycles part of Courses
An investigation into the various biogeochemical cycles (C,N,P,S, and metals), the microorganisms and the chemical reactions that take place during theses cycles, the environments in which theses processes occur ...

Introduction to Oceanography part of Introductory Courses:Courses
Principles and components of the dynamic ocean system. Formation of ocean basins, oceanic influences on climate; currents; waves and tides; human relationship to and impact on the ocean; resources. Designed for ...

The Earth's Climate System part of Courses
This course will be taught once per year. It provides an introduction to the climate system through lectures, labs, discussions and activities. It uses lecture and inquiry based activities to help students gain ...

Environmental Analysis part of Courses
Humans have had a dramatic impact on the chemistry of the earth's environment. In this course, we study the chemistry of molecules in the air, water, and soil. Emphasis will be placed on understanding the ...

Energy and the Environment part of Energy:Energy Courses
This course provides students not majoring in science with an opportunity to study world energy and environmental issues while learning basic concepts of physical science (physics, chemistry, earth science).

Geomorphology part of Course Design:Goals Database
Explores the shape of the land, and the various processes which are responsible for that shape.

Earth's Climate: Past, Present and Future part of Introductory Courses:Courses
Earth's climate has changed dramatically over its history moving between completely ice-free intervals to periods of global glaciation. This course will examine how and why these changes occurred by ...

Physical Geography part of Introductory Courses:Courses
This is a course introducing physical geography, which examines the processes and features that shape the Earth. We introduce the tools used by physical geographers to understand and analyze these Earth systems. We ...