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

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

This Series consists of the following video lecture:

1. Structure of the Earth
2. Introduction to the Geo-Biosphere
3. Plate Tectonics, Plate Movement and Plate Reconstruction
4. Movement of the Indian Plate, Climate Change and Biological Response
5. Geologic Timescales
6. Tree of Life
7. Allometric and Isometric Scaling
8. Effect of Climate on Biology: Allopatric Speciation
9. Evolution of Plants, Flowers and Seeds
10. Life and the Evolution of Earth’s Atmosphere
11. Climate Impacts on Leaf Morphology
12. Plant Response to Climate Change
13. Environmental Variability and Biodiversity
14. Environmental Variability and Distribution of Species
15. Climate, The Earth’s Atmosphere & The Biosphere
16. Human Origins, Human Evolution and Climate
17. Human Migration and Species Extinction
18. Human Induced Change and Effect on Species
19. Climate and Sex Selection

Students will learn about topics such as plate tectonics, formation of mountains, climate and biological evolution. They will also be introduced to how plant responses to changes in atmospheric CO2, what determines the distribution of species on planet Earth, and 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?

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About the Tool:-

Tool Name	Earth’s Climate, the Biosphere, and Geological Evolution
Discipline	Biological Sciences, Earth Sciences
Topic(s) in Discipline	Climate Change Overview
Climate Topic	Climate and the Biosphere; Climate Literacy
Type of Tool	Video/Microlectures
Grade Level	Undergraduate
Location	Global
Language	English
Translation
Developed by	Raghu Murtugudde for TROP ICSU
Hosted at	YouTube Channel of the Science Media Center, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, India
Link	Structure of the Earth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lV7KPVUSNb0  Introduction to the Geo-Biosphere https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EKTPqjQHo4  Plate Tectonics, Plate Movement and Plate Reconstruction https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrBWmeJIBVk  Movement of the Indian Plate, Climate Change and Biological Response https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3agnBrKcqAE  Geologic Timescales https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlC5K1naXDc  Tree of Life https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfFukoR7074  Allometric and Isometric Scaling https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JePQNb7jVlY  Effect of Climate on Biology: Allopatric Speciation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rleizWoYnR4  Evolution of Plants, Flowers and Seeds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0T5qeOJ0_-M  Life and the Evolution of Earth’s Atmosphere https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifLcT5YJLnk  Climate Impacts on Leaf Morphology https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZN71YgzqYdw  Plant Response to Climate Change https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ti09qMaLZU  Environmental Variability and Biodiversity https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hb6BSY6paEI  Environmental Variability and Distribution of Species https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wc8L-y4eO1Y  Climate, The Earth’s Atmosphere & The Biosphere https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuK9k-xGxJM  Human Origins, Human Evolution and Climate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dTqZCUXrqo  Human Migration and Species Extinction https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucFPpeKM7bc&feature=youtu.be  Human Induced Change and Effect on Species https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMsseu9jRP4  Climate and Sex Selection https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcLLVKl1vps
Access	Online
Computer Skills	Basic