The living earth6/6/2023 ![]() We will explore the relationship between physical, chemical, geological and biological factors through time, covering topics that will examine how internal/intrinsic factors (e.g., changes in plate tectonics, the atmosphere, oceans and climate) and external/extrinsic factors (e.g., meteorite impacts, etc.) have driven evolution and extinction, and how various global systems and cycles have developed through geological time. The Big Picture: the module content will span the entirety of Earth history, progressing form the formation of the Solar System to a projection of Earth’s future several billion years from now. Identify fossilized organisms and how they become preserved in the rock record.Subject-Specific Skills: an understanding of Earth System history and how specific groups of fossils can both be used to date the rock record and act as proxies that can be used to interpret past environmental conditions and perturbations.Describe and explain the significance of major events in the history of life, and their causes/consequences for the Earth and its environment.Understand and explain the role of biological processes during the evolution of the Earth system.Having successfully completed this module you will be able to: View the Bios of Conference Participants.Module overview Aims and Objectives Syllabus Learning and Teaching Assessment Module overview Aims and Objectives Aims and Objectives Learning Outcomes Learning Outcomes Open Book Publishers released interview videos featuring contributors to the volume. Interview Videos of Contributors with Mary Evelyn TuckerĮach Monday and Wednesday during May 11 - July 6, 2020, ~ Olga Tokarczuk, Nobel Lecture, December 7, 2019 “That is why I believe I must tell stories as if the world were a living, single entity, constantly forming before our eyes, and as if we were a small and at the same time powerful part of it.” This anthology is essential reading not only for researchers and students, but for anyone interested in the ways in which humans interact with the community of life on Earth, especially during this current period of environmental emergency. Living Earth Community: Multiple Ways of Being and Knowingsynthesizes insights from across a range of academic fields, and highlights the potential for synergy between disciplinary approaches and inquiries. ![]() Innovative, informative, and highly accessible, this interdisciplinary anthology of essays brings together scholars, writers and educators across the sciences and humanities, in a collaborative effort to illuminate the different ways of being in the world and the different kinds of knowledge they entail – from the ecological knowledge of Indigenous communities, to the scientific knowledge of a biologist and the embodied knowledge communicated through storytelling. ![]() Living Earth Community: Multiple Ways of Being and Knowingis a celebration of the diversity of ways in which humans can relate to the world around them, and an invitation to its readers to partake in planetary coexistence. Official Page at Open Book Publishers (buy a copy or download for free here) Read this online open source book for free here. A collection of the “Living Earth Community” conference papersĮdited by Sam Mickey, Mary Evelyn Tucker, and John Grim Open Book Publishers, 2020
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