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Introduction to Astronomy
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Life in the Universe
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Introduction to the Earth's climate
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Climate Change: Past and Future
Introduction to Astronomy
Life in the Universe
How Science is Done
The Test for Credibility
Where Scientists Find Information
Measuring Things
How to Make H, He (Big Bang)
Elements as Star Dust
The Discovery of the Galaxy and the Vastness of Space
The Age of the Solar System
Origin of the Solar System: Clues from Meteorites
Origin of the Solar System: Clues from Comets
The Life-Giving Sun
The Nuclear Generator
The Planets of the Solar System
The Onion Structure of the Earth
Origin of the Earth
History of the Earth
The Water Planet
Drifting Continents
Plate Tectonics
The Earth from Space
The Earth in Space
Earth, Planet of Life
Water on Mars?
From Mars with Love, Mars Meteorites, ALH84001
Planets of "Nearby" Stars
How to Make a Galactic Civilization
Universe Endgame
Life in the Universe
The Essence of Life
Life is All Around Us
What People Say About Life
Life's Origins
What Living Things Have in Common
The Elements of Life
The Faint Young Sun Paradox
When Did Life on Earth Arise?
What Were the Conditions?
Panspermia?
Host Star and Distance
Environmental Limits of Life
Water, Do We Need It?
Carbon and Oxygen
Do We Need Carbon?
Suddenly, Life!
The Blueprint Problem
Life Is as Life Does
Clues from Development
Lateral Gene Transfer - Crossing the Species Barrier
How Life Became Complicated Through Symbiosis
The "Tree" of LIfe
Classification, Natural Selection, and the Quanta of Inheritance
Evolution, the Central Concept
The Nature of Fossils
Discovery of Extinction
Disturbance and Mass Extinction
The Genetic Record
The Nature of Fossil Record
The Stratigraphic Record
The Rules of Evolution
Why Brains?
What to Look For, Biomarkers
Life in the Solar System
Strategies of Searching
Looking for Life in All the Right Places - Revisiting the Drake Equation
Where is Everybody? The Fermi Paradox
What if There is Contact?
Other Worlds, Other Life
Discovery of the Solar System
Comets, Asteroids and Other Debris
Origin and Fate of the Solar System
Origin of Earth and Moon
Impacts
Solar System Creation Stability
Giant Impacts
Solar Radiation Trends
Is Earth Special?
Much Ado About Mars
Mars, Was There Ever Life on Mars?
Student Mars Information Project
Mars Surface Chemistry is Now a Barrier
Jupiters - Good or Bad?
Life's History
The Biological Record
The Major Extinctions
Ecological Factors
The Gaia Hypothesis
Gaia Theory: How Much Life is There Here?
Extinction Factors
Time Scales
Tree of Life: Five Kingdoms, Three Domains
Life Expands to Fill Every Available Niche
Extremophiles; Nature's Risk-Takers
How Life Got Complicated
Elements, Planets, HZ, Water, Energy
Living on an Energy Gradient
Do We Need Time?
The Miller-Urey Experiment
Golem Hypothesis (Clay Templates)
Closing the Gap from Amino Acids to RNA
Your Own Planetarium
Volcanism
Timescales
Plate Tectonics and Volcanism
The Origin of Knowledge
The Rise of Science
The Power of Mythos
The Mythos of Creation
Beliefs, Delusions and Fraud
Science and Belief: Astrology
Introduction to the Earth's Climate
Is the Climate Changing?
Pundits, Advocates and Apocalpyse
The Spectrum of Scientific Opinion
How to Tell Science from Rubbish
The Greenhouse Effect
Why the Earth is a Nice Place to Live
The Radiative Balance
The Importance of Water
More on the Role of Carbon Dioxide
The Role of Methane
The Link to the Ozone Problem
Major Uncertainties with the Greenhouse Effect
Human Emissions of Carbon Dioxide
How Much Carbon in the Ground
Different Concerns of Rich and Poor
Introduction to Biogeochemistry
Why is the Atmospheric Carbon Reservoir So Small?
The Breathing of Gaia
The Physical Carbon Pump
The Biological Carbon Pump
The Marine Carbon Cycle
The Terrestrial Carbon Cycle
Climate and Weather
Trade Winds and the Hadley Cell
The Highs and Lows of the Westerlies
The Vital Importance of Monsoon Rains
Why are there Seasons?
Cloud Formation and Climate
Hurricanes and Global Warming
Ocean Circulation and Climate
Strawberries in Norway
The Icelandic Whirlpool
Origin of the Gulf Stream
El Niño and its Effects
Upwelling and Climate
The Deep Atlantic Conveyor
Outlook for the Future
Advances in Computer Modeling
Physics versus Fudge Factors
Climate Change: Past and Future
Climate in the Spotlight
Is the Climate Changing?
Carbon Dioxide Through Geologic Time
Carbon Dioxide Through the Ice Ages
General Overview of the Ice Ages
The Mystery of the Mammoth Teeth
Discovery of the Great Ice Age
Discovery of Multiple Ice Ages
Discovery of the Ice Age Record of the Deep Sea
Discovery of the Ice Age Climate Cycles
Milankovitch Theory Supported
Ice Core Science and Fluctuating Temperatures
The Marvelous Speed of Deglaciation
Lessons from the Ice Ages?
The Last Millenium
A Tale of Viking Exploration
The Riddle of The Little Ice Age
Volcano Weather
Sun Cycles and Climate Change
Reconstructing Past Climate Change
Stories Told by Trees and Corals
Warming Since A.D. 1850
The Statistics of Change
Regional Problems Ahead
Attempts to Guess the Future
Future Energy Use
The Future of Methane
The Future of Nitrous Oxide
The Ozone Problem, CFC's and Alternative
How Much Carbon in the Ground?
Kyoto and Den Haag: What is (not) Happening?
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
The Humpty-Dumpty Problem
Lurking Monsters
Strategies for Coping
Strategies for Technologic Fixes
Business as Usual
The Good News
The Role of Research
Introduction to Astronomy
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Life in the Universe
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Introduction to the Earth's climate
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Climate Change: Past and Future
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