AGU Courses

Dawn Mission Findings from Mapping Vesta - AGU Fall Meeting 2012

Explore Dawn mission's comprehensive mapping of Vesta, including impact basin morphologies, surface mineralogy, and large-scale troughs. Gain insights into asteroid differentiation and comparative planetology.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 8 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Cryospheric Contribution to Sea Level Rise - Current Estimates and Projections - Part 1

Explore current research on ice sheet mass balance, glacier melt, and sea level rise projections. Gain insights into cryospheric changes and their global impacts from leading climate scientists.

• YouTube
• 2 hours 7 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Ocean Acidification: Impacts and Challenges - Special Lecture

Explores the impacts of rising CO2 levels on ocean chemistry and marine life, discussing potential consequences for calcification, adaptation, and ecosystem survival in the face of rapid acidification.

• YouTube
• 55 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Using Historical Information to Improve Seismic Data Processing Methods I

Explore innovative seismic data processing techniques, including Bayesian methods, machine learning, and waveform cross-correlation, to enhance earthquake monitoring and location accuracy.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 51 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Lunar Science in the Wake of Human Exploration - Four Decades of Samples and Surface Data

Explore lunar science advancements since Apollo, covering geology, heat flow experiments, radiometer observations, highlands ages, regolith accumulation, volatile reservoirs, and implications for future exploration.

• YouTube
• 2 hours 14 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Deep Crustal Metamorphic Carbon Cycling in Collisional Orogens - Daly Lecture

Explore deep crustal metamorphic carbon cycling in mountain belts, examining CO2 release processes, flux rates, and potential impacts on global carbon cycles and climate change.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 4 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Mantle Plumes - What Do We Really Know?

Explore the latest research on mantle plumes, focusing on Hawaiian volcanoes, geochemical variations, and hotspot dynamics. Gain insights into deep Earth processes and their surface expressions.

• YouTube
• 2 hours 9 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

The Geophysics and Geochemistry of Terrestrial Environments

Explore cutting-edge research on fluid-mediated processes, devolatilization, and subduction zone dynamics in terrestrial environments through expert presentations at the 2012 AGU Fall Meeting.

• YouTube
• 59 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Successful Predictions in Climate Science - Tyndall Lecture

Explores climate science predictions, from early CO2 warming theories to modern planetary studies. Highlights key successes in forecasting global climate patterns and their implications for Earth and exoplanets.

• YouTube
• 57 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

The Transformation of Climate Models to Earth System Models - Schneider Lecture 2012

Evolution of climate models to Earth system models, incorporating interactive cycles and components. Discusses future research challenges and Steve Schneider's vision for interdisciplinary collaboration in global change science.

• YouTube
• 51 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Climate Change and Cryospheric Systems - Part I

Explore climate change impacts on cryospheric systems through expert presentations on mountain glaciers, ice caps, and permafrost. Gain insights into past climate reconstructions and future projections for Earth's frozen regions.

• YouTube
• 2 hours 3 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Interactions Between Tropospheric Chemistry and Climate - Part 1

Explore cutting-edge research on aerosols, ozone, and climate change. Discover new insights into atmospheric composition, radiative forcing, and the interplay between air quality and human health.

• YouTube
• 2 hours 4 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Particle Acceleration, Transport, and Loss in the Radiation Belts - 2012 AGU Fall Meeting

Explore particle dynamics in Earth's radiation belts and ring current through multipoint measurements, simulations, and data from cutting-edge instruments aboard the RBSP mission.

• YouTube
• 2 hours 1 minute
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Dust and Black Carbon in the Cryosphere - Session I

Explore the impact of dust and black carbon on Arctic and Himalayan cryosphere, including climate effects, radiative forcing, and hydrological implications in various regions.

• YouTube
• 2 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Geoeffectiveness of Space Storms - Fall Meeting 2012

Explore solar-wind/magnetosphere interactions, geospace variations, and storm effects on Earth's magnetic field. Gain insights into predictive modeling and understanding space weather impacts.

• YouTube
• 2 hours 2 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video