Our Energetic Earth - University of Toronto
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Learn how our world’s energy forces – from wind and waves to storms and currents – animate the Earth’s surface and allow our planet to support life.
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- Energetic Earth
- Energy
- Earth Sciences
- Planetary Science
- Storms
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We live on the surface of a dynamic and yet paradoxically stable planet that experiences a remarkable range of energetic phenomena, from waves and currents in the ocean to wind and thunderstorms in the atmosphere. This course traces how the remarkable concept called energy is the natural way of describing, understanding and unifying these diverse phenomena. The course traces the cascade of energy from sunlight to its final destination in a thermal form, considering differential surface heating, the role of convection and buoyancy and the formation of the Earth’s circulation system, and the links to the ocean circulation system. We consider the curvature and rotation of the Earth as key constraints on a system driven by sunlight and energy transformations.
- How energy is transformed in its movement around the earth
- How energetic earth systems come to be dispersed or concentrated
- How the earth’s energy systems are connected/related to each other
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Our Energetic Earth - University of Toronto