Earth Science Courses and Certifications

Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic

20 ratings at Coursera

Explore the Arctic through the MOSAiC drifting expedition: atmospheric energy budget, ocean circulation, sea ice formation, polar ecosystems, and how field data sharpens climate model projections.

• Coursera
• 7 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Climate Science for Everyone

29 ratings at Coursera

Learn the physical science of climate change: evidence of a warming planet, Earth's energy balance, carbon dioxide, methane and aerosol drivers, and future emission scenarios.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

NPTEL;  IIT Kanpur

Structural Geology

5 ratings

Explore how rocks deform and develop geological structures through introductory lessons on stereonets, strain, stress, rheology, and deformation mechanisms.

• YouTube
• 13 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Fundació Navegació Oceànica Barcelona;  University of Buckingham

Oceanography: a key to better understand our world

287 ratings at Coursera

Learn the foundations of oceanography: temperature, salinity and geostrophic circulation, satellite remote sensing, the carbonate system and ocean chemistry, and the formation of ocean basins.

• Coursera
• 7 weeks, 4 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Observing Earth From Space

Explore satellite imagery with a web tool to see how sensors, orbits and the electromagnetic spectrum reveal weather, oceans, ice, deforestation, pollution and climate change.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Meteorology

7 ratings

Introduces basic weather theory, patterns, and hazards pilots use to assess VFR conditions.

• YouTube
• 58 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Intro to the Arctic

39 ratings at Coursera

Explore the Arctic as a region: its peoples and exploration history, sea ice and ocean structure, permafrost, the Greenland Ice Sheet, and changing weather and climate.

• Coursera
• 5 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Deep Time: Discovering an Ancient Earth

24 ratings at Coursera

Trace Earth's history back billions of years through radiometric dating, the Precambrian basement, the Great Unconformity, and the rise and fall of the Rocky Mountains.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Career Certificate

Modeling and Predicting Climate Anomalies

16 ratings at Coursera

Evaluate global climate policies, model climate anomalies with statistical analysis in Python, and predict extreme weather behavior using machine learning.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 10 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course
• 3 courses

Fundació Navegació Oceànica Barcelona;  University of Buckingham

Strategies for winning. Meteorology in a round the world regatta

145 ratings at Coursera

Learn maritime meteorology for ocean racing: weather engines, numerical forecast models, troughs and ridges, satellite data delivery, and Southern Ocean routing strategy in the Barcelona World Race.

• Coursera
• 6 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Global Warming II: Create Your Own Models in Python

58 ratings at Coursera

Build climate models in Python: a time-dependent energy balance model, runaway ice-albedo feedback, ice sheet flow, rotating fluid dynamics, and the perturbed carbon cycle.

• Coursera
• 5 weeks, 7 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Global Warming Science

1 rating

Learn about the physics, chemistry, biology, and geology of the earth’s climate system.

• edX
• 14 weeks, 2-4 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

The History of Ancient Environments, Climate, and Life

1 rating

A survey of Earth's early history of life and environments through a combination of classroom lecture and virtual field trips to Northern Minnesota, Svalbard, Norway, and the Death Valley area. At the

• edX
• 8 weeks, 3-4 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Basic Hydrology

1531 ratings at Udemy

Creating hydrologic models of small watersheds for conservation bmps, leveraging the power of GIS.

• Udemy
• 2 hours 28 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Understanding Climate

1499 ratings at Udemy

Brush up concepts and learn tools, analysis and applications

• Udemy
• 1 hour 46 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course