Climate Change
Courses
The Ocean Makes Life Possible
Tentative description This course focuses on the ocean’s role in making Earth habitable. Learners examine oxygen production, phytoplankton, blue carbon...
Ocean, Weather and Climate in Southern Africa
Tentative description This course explains how the ocean regulates weather and climate, with a focus on Namibia’s arid conditions. Learners...
Baselines, change detection
This course is expected to focus on establishing baselines and detecting change over time in blue carbon ecosystems. Topics may...
Field and lab methods (MRV)
This course is expected to cover practical approaches to measuring, reporting, and verifying blue carbon, including field sampling, laboratory analysis,...
Blue Carbon Foundations
This course introduces the core concepts of blue carbon, including mangroves, seagrasses, and tidal wetlands, and their role in climate...
Introduction to Marine and Coastal Water Quality Management
About this course This course serves as an essential starting point for those wishing to continue to more advanced courses....
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Caribbean Water Quality
This online course offers a foundational introduction to the key concepts, challenges, and solutions related to marine and coastal water...
Resources
Surface water quality profiling using the water quality index, pollution index and statistical methods: A critical review
Surface water is heavily exposed to contamination as this is the ubiquitous source for most of the water needs. This situation...
Pollution in the Murchison Bay, Lake Victoria
At 68,800 km2, Lake Victoria is Africa’s largest freshwater lake, whose shoreline is shared by the East African states of...