The course Balancing The Carbon Cycle: Environmental Justice in a Changing Climate focuses on educating climate change and how climate change impacts the carbon cycle. This course defines carbon, the carbon cycle, the impact of excess carbons in the atmosphere, carbon dioxides affect on climate, and the correlation between the carbon cycle, climate change, and environmental justice. The course objective is to explain the dynamics of the carbon cycle, analyze the impact of climate changes’ disruption of the carbon cycle, as well as discuss climate justice and the significance of environmental policy enforcement.
Course Features
- Lectures 6
- Quizzes 3
- Duration 50 hours
- Skill level All levels
- Language English
- Students 0
- Assessments Yes
Curriculum
- 5 Sections
- 6 Lessons
- 10 Weeks
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- Carbon and the Carbon CycleIn this lecture you will define carbon and where carbon can be found, assess the components of the carbon cycle, and analyze how carbon impacts the atmosphere.2
- Excess Carbon in the AtmosphereIn this lecture you will focus on understanding the causes of excess carbon dioxide emissions in the atmosphere, discuss the influence of excess carbon emissions on components of the carbon cycle, and analyze society’s role in the carbon index.2
- Carbon Dioxide's Effect on ClimateIn this lecture you will define and analyze climate, discuss the carbon cycles impact on climate, as well as examine excess carbon dioxide emissions on climate.2
- The Carbon Cycle and Climate Changes' Influence on Environmental JusticeIn this lecture you will analyze the correlation between the carbon cycle, climate change, and environmental justice. You will discuss how human activity influences the carbon cycle, climate change, and environmental justice. Finally, you will discuss how environmental policy enforces environmental justice and ways you can get involved in your own community.2
- The Carbon Cycle and Climate Changes' Influence on Environmental JusticeReference1
