Earth Science Courses

Once, only cartographers made maps. Today anyone can. Still, cartographers can teach people to make better maps, just as chefs can show people how to cook better meals. With coaching from experienced cartographers and practical, hands-on exercises using…

• Independent
• 6 weeks long
• 22nd Feb, 2023
• Free Online Course

• Best of All Time

Cardiff University

Extreme Geological Events

48 reviews

Explore how extreme geological events have shaped Earth and what challenges future events might pose to our planet.

• FutureLearn
• 4 hours a week, 3 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

• Best of All Time

Reservoir Geomechanics

11 reviews

This interdisciplinary course encompasses the fields of rock mechanics, structural geology, earthquake seismology and petroleum engineering to address a wide range of geomechanical problems that arise during the exploitation of oil and gas reservoirs.

• edX
• 3-6 hours a week, 10 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Unconventional Reservoir Geomechanics

This course covers the geophysical and engineering concepts needed to understand the recovery of hydrocarbons from extremely low permeability unconventional oil and gas reservoirs.

• edX
• 6-8 hours a week, 10 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

NPTEL;  IIT Kharagpur

Engineering Geology

8 reviews

This course consists of 40 lectures which provide an introduction to Engineering Geology, dealing with topics: Geologic Mapping and Remote Sensing, Mineralogy, Classification of Soil and Rock, Igneous Rock, Metamorphic Rock, Sedimentary Rock, Soil Format…

• YouTube
• 40 hours worth of material
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Deep Time: Discovering an Ancient Earth

Ever since our ancestors ventured onto the African savanna, human beings have searched, explored, and wondered about the world. Nowadays, and certainly for most, science is the vehicle that takes us along a path towards understanding nature. It can bri…

• Coursera
• 10 hours worth of material, 4 weeks long
• 20th Feb, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

NPTEL;  IIT Kanpur

Structural Geology

2 reviews

The subject deals with the deformation of rocks and their architecture and development through geological time scales. Deformed rocks and structures conceal a series of tales, decoding of which is the challenge of a structural geologist in presenting the…

• YouTube
• 13 hours worth of material
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Geography Now

Geography Now! Central and Western Asia

1 review

Syllabus: Geography Now! Bahrain.Geography Now! Azerbaijan.Geography Now! Armenia.Geography Now! Afghanistan.Geography Now! Georgia.Geography Now! Iran.Geography Now! IRAQ.Geography Now! ISRAEL.Geography Now! Jordan.Geography Now! Kazakhstan.Geography No…

• YouTube
• 4-5 hours worth of material
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Geography Now

Geography Now! Europe

1 review

Syllabus: Geography Now! Albania.Geography Now! Andorra.Geography Now! Austria.Geography Now! Armenia.Geography Now! Azerbaijan.Geography Now! Bulgaria.Geography Now! Bosnia and Herzegovina.Geography Now! Belarus.Geography Now! Belgium.Geography Now! Cro…

• YouTube
• 10 hours worth of material
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Matthew E. Clapham;  UC Santa Cruz

Earth 120 (Sedimentology/stratigraphy)

1 review

Syllabus: 1 - Fluvial type.2 - Sediment transport.3 - Unidirectional bedforms.4 - Unidirectional sedimentary structures.5 - Facies models.6 - Fluvial sequence stratigraphy.7 - Provenance.8 - Alluvial fans.9 - Basin Analysis.10 - Aeolian environments.11 -…

• YouTube
• 5 hours worth of material
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Australian Water School

Climate change impacts on extreme event hydrology

1 review

Syllabus: ​ - Introductions. ​ - Global focus - David Curtis. - Atmosphere effects- Jason Evans. - Selecting design events - Janice Green. - Q&A. ​ - Wrap-up.

• YouTube
• 1-2 hours worth of material
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

NPTEL;  IIT Bombay

Environmental Geotechnics

1 review

A Consideration of technical and scientific aspects of key geo-societal issues. Case studies and analysis of current and historic databases will be used to illustrate topics including, but not limited to, impact of climate change, energy resources, water…

• YouTube
• 28 hours worth of material
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Planet Earth...and You!

511 ratings at Coursera

Earthquakes, volcanoes, mountain building, ice ages, landslides, floods, life evolution, plate motions—all of these phenomena have interacted over the vast expanses of deep time to sculpt the dynamic planet that we live on today. Planet Earth presents a…

• Coursera
• 42 hours worth of material, 5 weeks long
• 13th Feb, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

NPTEL;  IIT Delhi

Geoenvironmental Engineering (Environmental Geotechnology): Landfills, Slurry Ponds & Contaminated Sites

The courses discuss the following in detail: • Concepts and principles of Geoenvironmental Engineering. • Geotechnical aspects of planning and design of MSW and Hazardous waste Landfills • Geotechnical aspects of planning and design of slurry ponds - ash…

• YouTube
• 33 hours worth of material
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Earth Stories

Can Scientists Save Our Earth? | Earth's Survival | Earth Stories

Syllabus: - Intro - Water Crisis - Changing Ecosystems - Rise of Oceans - Rate of Change - Human Health - Renewable Energy - Window of Opportunity

• YouTube
• Less than 1 hour of material
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course