Earth and Life - for iPad/Mac/PC
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SubscribersJames lovelock discusses the original Gaia theory and how it developed and led to the Daisy world model....
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- 16 years ago
06:44
James Lovelock continues to look at the idea of Daisy world and its links to nature and systems....
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07:27
James Lovelock talks about Gaia theory and predictions that tested the theory....
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- 16 years ago
06:21
John Kutzbach from the University of Wisconsin and Bill Ruddiman from the University of Virginia discuss modelling the effects that a high plateau has on climate using Tibet as an example....
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- 16 years ago
05:57
A look at Berner's model of the Carbon cycle and how it provided a basis for further research and experimentation into climate change by Maureen Raymo of MIT....
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03:13
A look at the geological history of Tibet and the Raymo Ruddiman hypothesis; that chemical weathering increased as the temperature dropped due to the rise in the plateau. Raymo and Ruddiman believed t...
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04:53
The importance of strontium isotopes in chemical weathering, a comparison of two models to assess the validity of the Raymo-Ruddiman hypothesis....
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- 16 years ago
03:38
Is there really a link between the uplift of Tibet and climate change? Investigating when the change from building a plateau to destroying a plateau took place....
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- 16 years ago
04:37
Did the scientists visiting Tibet reach any different conclusions about the Raymo Ruddiman hypothesis....
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- 16 years ago
00:54
The effect that the eruption of Mount Pinatubo had on the atmosphere and climate and how the type of eruption can also impact on the climate....
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- 16 years ago
03:21
A look at how volcanic eruptions effect the climate....
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- 16 years ago
01:10
A look at climatic effects that have occurred from the eruption of volcanoes through history....
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03:23
Investigating the impacts of magma eruptions on the environment....
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02:34
The importance of flood basalt provinces in earth science....
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A look at mass extinctions and whether they could be caused by flood basalts events....
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02:36
Description
This series of tracks focuses on geological phenomena, Gaia theory and volcanoes. Included is a discussion on Climate Change and whether the uplift of Tibet caused global cooling. Material is taken from The Open University Course S269 Earth and Life.
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