EAE1022 The Earth system: Changing environments and climates

When you finish this unit, you should be able to:

1. 1

   Synthesise and explain how the fundamental physical, chemical, and biological processes change the earth's surface over time, including how they affect and shape landforms, ecosystems, weather and climate.

2. 2

   Identify, evaluate and describe the relative contributions of natural and human processes to changes in the Earth's lithosphere, pedosphere, biosphere, cryosphere, atmosphere, and hydrosphere and describe the implications for ecosystem productivity.

3. 3

   Analyse the natural resources required to support ecosystems, the human impact on these natural resources and ecosystems, and their sustainable management.

4. 4

   Collect and use observations to examine, visualise and map how the processes regulating the Earth System operate in the real world.

5. 5

   Describe the role of modelling for understanding how natural and human processes influence the Earth System and evaluate the utility of modelling for prediction for a variety of applications.

6. 6

   Describe the science involved in modelling future environments, based on our past and present understanding of Earth's surface processes.