Videos: Earth’s Climate, the Biosphere, and Geological Evolution

by TROP ICSU

A series of micro-lectures (videos) for an overview of the relationships between the Earth's climate, the biosphere, and the lithosphere.

Climate Science Education Series
A collection of micro-lectures  by Raghu Murtugudde, Professor, University of Maryland, USA
Developed by Science Media Center, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, India

Students will learn about topics such as

  • Plate tectonics, formation of mountains, climate and biological evolution
  • Plant responses to changes in atmospheric CO2
  • What determines the distribution of species on planet Earth?
  • How humans are affecting climate, and how climate influences human evolution

Use this tool to help your students find answers to:

  1. Are humans changing climate to such an extent that species cannot adapt?
  2. How have the Himalayas influenced climate and affected vegetation?
  3. What is the impact of mean temperature on leaf morphology?
  4. How does climate change affect competition between C3 and C4 plants?
  5. How does human migration affect species distribution?


Structure

Structure of the Earth


Geo-Biosphere

Introduction to the Geo-Biosphere


Tectonics

Plate Tectonics, Plate Movement and Plate Reconstruction


Indian Plate

Movement of the Indian Plate, Climate Change and Biological Response


Timescales

Geologic Timescales


Tree

Tree of Life


Allometric

Allometric and Isometric Scaling


Allopatric

Effect of Climate on Biology: Allopatric Speciation


Flowers

Evolution of Plants, Flowers and Seeds


Life

Life and the Evolution of Earth’s Atmosphere


Leaf

Climate Impacts on Leaf Morphology


Plants

Plant Response to Climate Change


Biodiversity

Environmental Variability and Biodiversity


Species

Environmental Variability and Distribution of Species


Biosphere

Climate, The Earth’s Atmosphere & The Biosphere


Evolution

Human Origins, Human Evolution and Climate


Extinction

Human Migration and Species Extinction


Species

Human Induced Change and Effect on Species


Sex Selection

Climate and Sex Selection

(Image Credits:
Encyclopedia Britannica, World Wildlife Fund, Quora, Smithsonian Mag, This Fish Info, NOAA, Amolife, LoveThisPic, Wikipedia, Simple Wikipedia, WikiMedia Commons, Nature, FreePNGImg, City University of Seattle)

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