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MOOC Global Warming I: The Science and Modeling of Climate Change - Université de Chicago, US

• Organisation : Coursera - on-line courses
• Way of training : Life-long learning - E-learning (mooc, spoc, wikis ...)
• Language(s): English
• Place: on-line course (French Regions: Organisme en ligne)
• Prepared diploma/grade/title: CES: Certificate of Advanced Studies (from a higher education institution)

Course Details

Objectives : Course proposed by the University of Chicago, US
This class describes the science of global warming and the forecast for humans’ impact on Earth’s climate. Intended for an audience without much scientific background but a healthy sense of curiosity, the class brings together insights and perspectives from physics, chemistry, biology, earth and atmospheric sciences, and even some economics—all based on a foundation of simple mathematics (algebra).

Admission requirements : beginner

Duration and terms : 31 h

Dedicated web site : https://fr.coursera.org/learn/global-warming

Disciplines

• Engineering Sciences
• Applications, Operations

Topics

• 15 - Earth Observation: Remote Sensing, Detectors, Radar, Synthetic Aperture, Lidar, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Distribution/Dissemination, Geomatics...
• 20 - Health and Society: Health, Aerospace Medicine, Biomedical, Life Sciences, Biological Engineering, Political Sciences, Ethics, Defense, Culture, Tourism...
• 21 - Resource and Risk Management: Protection of Natural Resources and Environment, Land Use Planning, Biodiversity, Risks, Safety of Property and People, Space Surveillance and Situational Awareness, etc.