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Introduction lecture
Defining the anthropocene 1,
What defines an epoch 2,
When did the anthropocene begin 3
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Lecture 1: Natural climatic variation
Key uk info on biomass energy gen...,
Topics covered in this and the fo...,
Current climate change 3
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Lecture 2: Natural climatic variation and its causes (part 2)
Our records are limited 1,
Fluctuations in solar energy 2,
Solar fluctuations in the past su...
15
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Lecture 3a: Effects of rising CO2 - terrestrial
Terrestrial topics covered 1,
Free air carbon dioxide enrichmen...,
Effects of our current atmosphere...
18
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Lecture 3b: Effect of rising CO2 Aquatic
Ocean acidification 1,
Impacts of anthropogenic co2 on o...,
Increase in seawater hydrogen and...
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Lecture 4a: species level climate change impacts: population
Anthropogenic climate change exti...,
The size of the area covered by a...,
How do we monitor populations 3
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Lecture 4b: species level climate change impacts: phenology
Define phenology 1,
What triggers phenology events 2,
Photoperiodic trigerring 3
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Lecture 4c: species level climate change impacts: plasticityasticity
Key questions in relation to dist...,
Species responses to climate chan...,
Monitoring distribution a questio...
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Lecture 4d: species level climate change impacts: micro-evolution
Plasticity micro evolution and lo...,
Micro evolution local adaptation 2,
Comparatively in phenotypic plast...
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Lecture 5: Land use change at a global scale
Lecture aims 1,
Land cover definition 2,
Biome definition 3
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Lecture 6: Habitat loss, fragmentation and edge effects
Lecture aims 1,
Land conversion land degradation 2,
Human footprint index hfi 3
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Lecture 7: Overexploitation 1
Lecture aims 1,
Define overexploitation and compa...,
The iucn red list 3
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Lecture 8: Overexploitation 2
Lecture outline 1,
Defining wildlife trade vs overex...,
Global patterns of wildlife trade 3
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Lecture 9: De and reforestation
Lecture outline 1,
How might primary and secondary f...,
Deforestation in the tropics 3
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Lecture 10: Consequences of climate change upon the southern boreal forest
Lecture outline 1,
Earth s boreal forests circle our...,
Forest of se russia transitions t...
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Lecture 11a: invasive ecology 1
Lecture outline 1,
Biogeographic barriers and evolut...,
Continental drift summary from pa...
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lecture 11b: invasive ecology 2
Ipbes global assessment report on...,
Main types of impact 2,
Ecological impacts of invasives a...
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Lecture 12: Atmospheric N pollution
Main anthropogenic sources of n i...,
Atmospheric pollution n decomposi...,
The layers of the atmosphere arou...
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Lecture 13: Organic pollutants in the Arctic
Persistent organic pollutants pops 1,
Pops regulation 2,
Chemical substances that have bee...
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Lecture 14:Interactions between global change drivers and invasions
Darwin Plus: Antarctic Research in South Georgia
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