Upcoming Lectures

All lectures 1pm - 1:45pm EST

Thursday, April 30, 2020

• 7.1-7.4 Air Pollution, Smog, Thermal Inversion, and Atmospheric CO2

Friday, May 01, 2020

• 7.5-7.8 Air Pollutants, Acid Rain, and Noise Pollution

Past Lectures Available to Watch Now!

Unit 1

1.1, 1.8-1.11 Ecosystems, Energy Flow, and Food Chains

1.4-1.7, 6.7 Carbon, Nitrogen, Phosphorous, and Hyrdologic Cycles

1.2-1.3 Terrestrial and Aquatic Biomes

Unit 2

2.1-2.4 Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services, Island Biogeography, and Ecological Tolerance

2.5-2.7 Natural Disruptions to Ecosystems, Adaptations, and Ecological Succession

Unit 3

3.1-3.4 Generalist and Specialist Species, K-selected and r-selected species, Survivorship Curves, Carrying Capacity

3.6-3.9 Age Structure Diagrams, Total Fertility Rate, Human Population Dynamics, Demographic Transition

Unit 4

4.1,4.4-5,4.7-8 Plate Tectonics, Earth's Atmosphere, Global Wind Patterns, Solar Radiation and Earth's Seasons, Earth's Geology and Climate

4.2, 4.3, 4.6, 4.9 Soil Formation and Erosion, Soil Composition and Properties,Watersheds, El Nino and La Nina

Unit 5

5.1, 5.3, 5.4, 5.12 Tragedy of the Commons, The Green Revolution, Impacts of Agricultural Practices, Introduction to Sustainability

5.5-7, 5.14-15 Irrigation Methods, Pest Control Methods, Neat Production Methods, Integrated Pest Management, Sustainable Agriculture

5.2, 5.8, 5.16-17 Clearcutting, Impacts of Overfishing, Aquaculture, Sustainable Forestry

5.9-11, 5.13 Impacts of Mining, Impacts of Urbanization, Ecological Footprints, Methods to Reduce Urban Runoff

Unit 6

6.1-6.4 Resources, Global Energy, Fuel, and Natural Energy

6.8-6.12 Solar/Geothermal Energy, Hydroelectric Power, and Wind

6.5-6.6, 6.13 Fossil Fuels, Nuclear Power, and Energy Conservation

Unit 7

7.1-7.4 Air Pollution, Smog, Thermal Inversion, and Atmospheric CO2

7.5-7.8 Air Pollutants, Acid Rain, and Noise Pollution

Unit 8

8.1 Sources of Pollution

8.2 Human Impacts on Ecosystems

8.3 Endocrine Disruptors

8.9-8.11 Waste Disposal, Reduction, and Treatment

8.12-8.15 LD50, Pollution, Pathogens, and Infectious Diseases

Unit 9

9.1-9.2 Ozone Depletion

9.3-9.5 The Greenhouse Effect and Climate Change

9.6-9.7 Ocean Warming and Acidification

9.8-9.9 Invasive and Endangered Species

9.10 Human Impacts on Biodiversity