Podcasts by Environmental Science in the Field - for iPad/Mac/PC
This is a one-week residential course which introduces a range of practical skills appropriate to the study of environmental science. You visit a variety of sites where you apply your knowledge of biology, chemistry, earth sciences and physics to study interactions and feedback in the environment, including landforms, soils, water and vegetation. These field studies are supported by tutorials and laboratory sessions in which you analyze your observations and the data that you have gathered; the course includes an introduction to statistical analysis. This material is taken from The Open University course SXR216 Environmental Science in the Field.
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Transcript -- Environmental Science in the Field from 2010-04-13T00:15:37
Transcript -- A short introduction to this album.
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Transcript -- Environmental Science in the Field from 2010-04-13T00:15:37
A short introduction to this album.
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Transcript -- Introduction to Environmental Science field work from 2008-05-27T23:59:14
A lecturer explains what is involved in environmental field work; aims, objectives and the assessment of a field study.
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Conducting a field study from 2008-05-27T23:58:15
Carrying out a field study in a predominantly limestone-rich environment, identifying the depositional and erosional environments associated with a particular area and annotating to sketches.
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Transcript -- Conducting a field study from 2008-05-27T23:58:14
Carrying out a field study in a predominantly limestone-rich environment, identifying the depositional and erosional environments associated with a particular area and annotating to sketches.
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Habitat Study from 2008-05-27T23:57:15
Habitat Study Phase One: indentifying the underlying geology using the vegetation cover, and describing the relationship between grass species and the underlying soils.
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Transcript -- Habitat Study from 2008-05-27T23:57:14
Habitat Study Phase One: indentifying the underlying geology using the vegetation cover, and describing the relationship between grass species and the underlying soils.
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Measuring the rate of Evapotranspiration from 2008-05-27T23:56:15
Steps taken in calculating the amount of evapotranspiration between two points, and the instruments involved.
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Transcript -- Measuring the rate of Evapotranspiration from 2008-05-27T23:56:14
Steps taken in calculating the amount of evapotranspiration between two points, and the instruments involved.
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Water quality and flow rates from 2008-05-27T23:55:15
Measuring the water-flow rate between a set of given points, assessing the water quality and estimating the water budget.
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Transcript -- Water quality and flow rates from 2008-05-27T23:55:14
Measuring the water-flow rate between a set of given points, assessing the water quality and estimating the water budget.
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An Introduction to Soil Studies from 2008-05-27T23:54:15
Assessing the soil types from the vegetation cover and the nutrients gradient across a slope.
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Transcript -- An Introduction to Soil Studies from 2008-05-27T23:54:14
Assessing the soil types from the vegetation cover and the nutrients gradient across a slope.
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Transcript -- An insight into grass species from 2008-05-27T23:53:14
Transcript -- Understanding and identifying different grass species from different soil backgrounds
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Transcript -- An insight into grass species from 2008-05-27T23:53:14
Transcript -- Understanding and identifying different grass species from different soil backgrounds
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Transcript -- An insight into grass species from 2008-05-27T23:53:14
Understanding and identifying different grass species from different soil backgrounds
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