The Modern Scholar: Darwin, Darwinism, and the Modern World | Date: 22 April 2011, 16:43
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The issue of global warming has captured the attention of people worldwide over the past 20 years. Scientists studying the effects of human activities on the global environment today believe we are changing the climate of the planet on a global basis. We are warming the Earth, but are we risking the health of our planet? What are the negative consequences of these actions? This course will discuss the complex interdependent systems that regulate the environment of Earth. Also, this course offers listeners a comprehensive overview of the essential environmental issues of our time. Some of the issues discussed include: air pollution, acid rain, depletion of the stratospheric ozone, destruction of tropical forests, and impending climate changes. We will learn how greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O) and industrial chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) have all played a significant role in what is happening to our world. At the end of this course, listeners will better understand the overwhelming impact of industrial pollutants on the planet.
The history of Western civilization can be divided neatly into pre-Darwinian and post-Darwinian periods. Darwin's 1859 treatise, On the Origin of Species, was not the first work to propose that organisms had descended from other, earlier organisms and the mechanism of evolution it proposed remained controversial for years. Nevertheless, no biologist after 1859 could ignore Darwin's theories and few areas of thought and culture remained immune to their influence.
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The issue of global warming has captured the attention of people worldwide over the past 20 years. Scientists studying the effects of human activities on the global environment today believe we are changing the climate of the planet on a global basis. We are warming the Earth, but are we risking the health of our planet? What are the negative consequences of these actions?
This course will discuss the complex interdependent systems that regulate the environment of Earth. Also, this course offers listeners a comprehensive overview of the essential environmental issues of our time.
Some of the issues discussed include: air pollution, acid rain, depletion of the stratospheric ozone, destruction of tropical forests, and impending climate changes. We will learn how greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), and industrial chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) have all played a significant role in what is happening to our world.
At the end of this course, listeners will better understand the overwhelming impact of industrial pollutants on the planet.
Lecture 1 Perspective on Earth History
Lecture 2 Man as a Global Influence
Lecture 3 Industrial Revolution and Fossil Fuels
Lecture 4 The Greenhouse Effect
Lecture 5 The Efficiency of the Greenhouse Effect
Lecture 6 Carbon Dioxide Changes in Atmosphere
Lecture 7 Carbon Dioxide Continued
Lecture 8 Methane, Nitrous Oxide and other Greenhouse Gases
Lecture 9 Total Climate System
Lecture 10 The Role of the Ocean
Lecture 11 Past Climate Changes
Lecture 12 Contemporary Climate Changes
Lecture 13 Policy and Climate Changes
Lecture 14 Summary
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