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?


About the Tool:-

Tool NameEarth’s Climate, the Biosphere, and Geological Evolution
DisciplineBiological Sciences, Earth Sciences 
Topic(s) in DisciplineClimate Change Overview
Climate TopicClimate and the Biosphere; Climate Literacy
Type of ToolVideo/Microlectures
Grade LevelUndergraduate
LocationGlobal
LanguageEnglish
Translation
Developed byRaghu Murtugudde for TROP ICSU
Hosted atYouTube Channel of the Science Media Center, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, India
LinkStructure 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
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