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Extinctions: Past, Present, & Future

Курс от Emory University
Начальный≈ 16.6 чАнглийский
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This course introduces you to the five mass extinctions of the pre-human past, their causes and significance to the history of life on earth, and the current mass extinction happening during our time. We’ll also explore the history of paleontology and geological study and review the key players that influenced the science today. Regardless of your familiarity with the topic, you'll get portable handouts, lively demonstrations, and quizzes that bridge and enhance your knowledge.

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BiologyEnvironmental ScienceLife SciencesTimelinesPhysical ScienceEnvironmentWorld HistoryEnvironmental Resource ManagementAncient HistoryNatural Resource ManagementEnvironmental Issue

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5 модулей · 58 учебных материалов

01Introduction to Extinctions: Getting Started with the End12 материалов

Welcome & Course Overview

Welcome!ВидеоCourse Outline & Grading InformationЧтение

An Introduction to Extinctions

Extinctions As a Concern for the 21st CenturyВидео"Mass" Extinction vs. "Normal" ExtinctionВидео

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Anthony J. Martin

Professor of Practice

Extinctions: Past, Present, & Future
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Язык: Английский

Субтитры: Арабский, Французский, Украинский, Китайский (Китай), Греческий, Итальянский, Бразильский португальский, Нидерландский, Корейский, Немецкий, Русский, Тайский, Индонезийский, Шведский, Турецкий, Испанский, Хинди, Японский, Казахский, Польский

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When Is a Species Really Extinct? Exploring Lazarus, Elvis, & Zombie TaxaВидео
[Handout] Lazarus, Elvis & Zombie TaxaЧтение

The Importance of Studying Extinctions

How Extinctions Play a Role in EvolutionВидеоMass Extinctions & EvolutionЧтениеWhy Studying Extinctions Is Critical for Our SurvivalВидеоThe Insect Apocalypse & Our Present-Day ExtinctionsЧтение

Review

Practice: Week 1ЗаданиеGraded: Week 1Задание
02Human Awareness of Extinctions: A History9 материалов

Ancient Legends to Post-Enlightenment Theories

Legends from Ancient & Indigenous CulturesВидеоRenaissance & Post-Enlightenment Theories on Previous LifeВидеоFossil Myths, American Degeneracy, & Geology OriginsЧтение

Early-19th Century Ideas & Sciences

The Birth of Modern Geology & PaleontologyВидеоMary Anning & Her Fossil DiscoveriesВидеоVictorian Dinosaurs & ExtinctionsВидеоEarly Paleontological FindingsЧтение

Review

Practice: Week 2ЗаданиеGraded: Week 2Задание
03Mass Extinctions of the Pre-Human Past13 материалов

What Died, What Survived, & Probable Causes: 350+ Million Years Ago

Global Ecological Crises & Mass ExtinctionsВидеоThe End-Ordovician Extinction: 444 Million Years AgoВидеоThe End-Devonian Extinction: 360 Million Years AgoВидеоPrecambrian Life, the Rise of Oxygen, & Deadly PlantsЧтение

What Died, What Survived, & Probable Causes: 66+ Million Years Ago

The End-Permian Extinction: 252 Million Years AgoВидеоThe End-Triassic Extinction: 201 Million Years AgoВидеоThe End-Cretaceous Extinction: 66 Million Years AgoВидеоMammals, Asteroids, & Climate ChangeЧтение

Reviewing the Mass Extinctions Together

[Handout] Geological Time ScaleЧтение[Handout] Timeline of Mass ExtinctionsЧтениеMass Extinctions: Commonalities & DifferencesВидео

Review

Practice: Week 3ЗаданиеGraded: Week 3Задание
04Extinctions of Pre-History & Near-Present (Pleistocene Epoch & Late Holocene Epoch)11 материалов

Megafauna Extinctions

EuropeanВидеоNorth & South AmericanВидеоAustralianВидеоNew Zealand & MadagascarВидеоNeanderthals, Megafauna, & Theories on BiodiversityЧтение

What the Megafauna Extinctions Had in Common

The "Overkill" Hypothesis & Habitat AlterationВидеоAlternative Explanations: Climate Change, Diseases, & Meteorite ImpactВидеоThe Ecological After-Effects of Megafauna ExtinctionВидеоAfter-Effects of & Theories About Megafaunal ExtinctionЧтение

Review

Practice: Week 4ЗаданиеGraded: Week 4Задание
05Extinctions Since European Colonization & Going into the Future13 материалов

The Current Age & Local Extinction

The Anthropocene EpochВидеоColonization & Habitat AlterationВидеоThe New Geologic Epoch & Habitat AlterationЧтение

Conservation Biology

The Rise of Conservation BiologyВидеоSuccesses & Failures of Conservation BiologyВидеоThe "Rewilding" HypothesisВидео"De-Extinction" or Bringing Back Extinct SpeciesВидеоSilent Spring, Rewilding, & Bringing Back the DeadЧтение

Considering Our Not-So-Distant Future

Modern Climate Change & ExtinctionsВидеоThe Past Informs Our FutureВидеоModern Climate Change & the Human FactorЧтение

Review

Practice: Week 5ЗаданиеReflecting on the Human FactorВзаимная проверка