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Notes from a Large Planet: a citizen’s guide to the Earth

Professor Helen Czerski · Gresham College

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About

Planet Earth is an intricate and interconnected system, with some fundamental rules that we usually ignore. But we are part of our planet, not separate to it or just perched on top of it. This lecture will consider the two primary rules of Earth: that energy continually flows through the system (in from the Sun and then out again to space) and that matter/atoms must be continually recycled and use these to build up an outsider’s view of our planet.

Lectures

  1. Earth – Our Planetary Life Support System 2025-09-11 · Audio
  2. Ocean: The Liquid Engine That Dominates Our Planet 2025-10-30 · Audio
  3. An Ocean of Air 2026-01-22 · Audio
  4. The Ground We Stand On 2026-02-19 · Audio
  5. A Living Planet 2026-03-23 · Audio
  6. The White Knight: Ice 2026-05-21 · Audio

Credits and licence

Institution
Gresham College
Speaker
Professor Helen Czerski
Year
2025
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Physics, Biology, Earth and environment
Source
Gresham College
Licence
Educational use (Gresham College's terms), as Gresham College states it. Gresham College's terms
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