General information

Course type AMUPIE
Module title Introduction to Earth and Environmental Sciences
Language English
Module lecturer prof. Jiri Chlachula
Lecturer's email paleo@amu.edu.pl
Lecturer position Professor
Faculty Faculty of Geographical and Geological Sciences
Semester 2025/2026 (summer)
Duration 30
ECTS 3
USOS code 18-IEES-24las2en

Timetable

Timetable:

23.03. Monday 14:00-16:30 (room 1.50)
26.03. Thursday 12.30-15:00 (room 3.92)
13.04.  Monday 14:00-16:30 (room 1.50)
16.04. Thursday 12.30-15:00 (room 3.92)
04.05. Monday 14:00-16:30 (room 1.50
07.05. Thursday 12.30-15:00 (room 3.92)
the following classes upon arrangements with students.
Place of classes: Faculty of History
Address: Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 7

Module aim (aims)

The aim of the course is to present: 1. the elements, structure and functioning of the Earth's system and its subsystems, 2. the spatial differentiation of the Earth's physical and geographic environment, 3. the cause-and-effect relationships between individual environmental elements and subsystems on a global scale

Pre-requisites in terms of knowledge, skills and social competences (where relevant)

Syllabus



The structure of the Earth system: Earth as a planet (the origin of the Earth, solar energy and Earth's energy balance, etc.)


Planetary subsystems and their functioning: atmosphere, hydrosphere and cryosphere, lithosphere


Phenomena in the atmosphere: global atmospheric circulation; weather and climate; global ocean circulation and ocean-atmosphere interactions


The global hydrological cycle


Geological cycle and plate tectonics, modern morphogenetic processes


 Soil-forming processes and soil cover


Components of the natural environment, relations between them


The evolution of the Earth's system and its subsystems

Reading list