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Overview
Learn about the global nitrogen challenge, how nitrogen has helped human civilization to develop, and how its misuse now threatens us.
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What you'll learn
- Learn about the global nitrogen challenge, how nitrogen has helped human civilization to develop, and how its misuse now threatens us
- Discover how fundamental nitrogen is to agriculture and food security
- Understand the role of nitrogen in air pollution and its impact on human health
- Learn how nitrogen can pollute our water and the risks that then arise
- Examine the solutions to the global challenges of nitrogen and how we can better manage this precious element
Syllabus 10
- Week 1: Global Nitrogen Challenge
- Introduction to nitrogen, its uses, and overview of its role in global food production, pollution and climate change
- Week 2: Nitrogen and Agriculture
- Introduction to the nitrogen cycle, history of nitrogen use for food production, interactions with climate change, future challenges for food security
- Week 3: Nitrogen and Air Pollution
- How nitrogen causes local and global air pollution, its impacts, trends and future challenges
- Week 4: Nitrogen and Water
- How nitrogen gets into our water, impacts on freshwater and the oceans, risks to ecosystems and human health
- Week 5: Nitrogen Solutions
- Improving nitrogen use in agriculture, smart food choices, tackling air and water pollution, integrated management
Skills you'll practise
Advantages and disadvantages
Advantages
- University courses you can audit for free, with lectures, readings and practice quizzes.
- A verified certificate from the university if you pay for it.
- From University of Edinburgh, a well-regarded name.
- Self-paced: start any time.
- A clear syllabus (10 parts) you can see before you start.
Disadvantages
- Graded assignments and the certificate need the paid track.
- Audit access can expire a few weeks after the course ends.
- Learning is free, but the certificate costs money.
- Some parts (graded work, certificate) are paid.
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Free to audit
- Free: Choose "Audit this course" when you enrol: lectures, readings and practice are free.
- Paid: Graded assignments and the verified certificate (Certificate: $59). Audit access may end after the course closes.
Before you start
None
Taught by
- Dave ReayProfessor of Carbon Management & Education
- Andrea MoringPost-doctoral Research Assistant
- Hannah RitchieJunior Researcher
University of Edinburgh is in Tier 2: excellent universities and the companies that build the technology of our institution ranking (86/100).
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