Paleoclimatology Courses and Certifications

USC Information Sciences Institute

Paleoclimatology: Deep Insights From Broad Data

Explore Earth's past climates to validate climate models and predict future behavior. Learn about challenges in paleoclimate data analysis and efforts to standardize and analyze these unique archives.

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

History of the Earth

Why Did the Earth Totally Freeze for 100 Million Years? - The Snowball Earth Hypothesis

Explore the fascinating 100-million-year global freeze event, its causes, and Earth's eventual thaw. Uncover evidence, theories, and the profound impact on our planet's evolution and life.

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

Astrum

The Time It Rained For Over a Million Years - Earth History Series

Explore the fascinating Carnian Pluvial Event - a million-year rainfall period that dramatically transformed Earth's ecosystems and shaped the evolution of life as we know it today.

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

Astrum

Understanding Earth's 100,000-Year Ice Age Cycle

Explore Earth's frozen past and discover massive Ice Age creatures, their extinction causes, and whether another ice age could return to our planet.

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

Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology

Ancient Floras of Antarctica as Indicators of Past Climate

Explore Antarctic vegetation history and its role in revealing past climate changes, from greenhouse to icehouse conditions, through fossil records and sediment analysis.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 2 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

AGU

Emiliani Lecture - Triple Choice: Past, Present, and Future Climate

Explore paleoclimate insights, isotope fractionation, and climate sensitivity in this AGU lecture. Gain valuable perspectives on Earth's past to understand its future.

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

AGU

Paleoclimate Record Points to Potential Rapid Climate Changes - 2011 AGU Fall Meeting

Paleoclimate data suggests Earth may face rapid climate changes, with sea levels potentially rising several meters, even if global warming is limited to two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.

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

GEO GIRL

How We Study Earth's Ancient Temperature and Why It's Changed So Much

Discover how scientists use isotopes and multi-proxy methods to reconstruct Earth's 485-million-year temperature history and understand dramatic climate changes over geological time.

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

GEO GIRL

Studying Ancient Climate Through Stalagmites, Stalactites, and Other Cave Formations

Discover how cave formations like stalagmites reveal ancient climate secrets through expert interviews on paleoclimate research methods and Texas cave discoveries.

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

Seds Online

Paleotempestology - Using Sedimentary Deposits to Reconstruct Storm Impacts over Millennial Timescale

Explore paleotempestology: learn how sedimentary deposits reveal long-term storm impacts and climate patterns, offering insights beyond short-term instrumental records.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 1 minute
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Seds Online

Magnitude and Drivers of Short-Term Sea Level Fluctuations in the Cretaceous - A Review

Explore Cretaceous sea level changes, their magnitudes, and driving forces. Discover the impact of aquifer eustasy and the role of glacio-eustasy in shaping Earth's ancient oceans.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 3 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

AGU

Ice: Shells of an Ice-Less Past - Tracking Climate Change Through Foraminifera Fossils

Explore Earth's ice-free past through fossil evidence, uncovering climate changes and their implications for our future with Smithsonian climate detective Brian Huber.

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

AGU

Climate of the Common Era II - 2017 Fall Meeting

Explore climate changes during the Common Era through diverse research presentations, covering topics from ice cores to tree rings, offering insights into past climate patterns and their implications.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 48 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

AGU

Emiliani Lecture on Climate Change - 2017 Fall Meeting

Explore climate change impacts and challenges with Thomas F Stocker's insightful lecture on the latest research findings and future projections in paleoclimatology and Earth system science.

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

AGU

Trouble Upstairs: Reconstructing Permian-Triassic Climate during Siberian Traps Magmatism

Explore the impact of Siberian Traps magmatism on Permian-Triassic climate, examining its effects on atmospheric chemistry, ocean circulation, and potential extinction mechanisms.

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