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Environmental Physics

Course code

MLJ6013.LT

old course code

MLJ6013

Course title in Estonian

Keskkonnafüüsika

Course title in English

Environmental Physics

ECTS credits

6.0

Assessment form

Examination

lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

lecturer of 2024/2025 Spring semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

Course aims

Provide opportunities for acquiring physical knowledge in connection with environmental problems;
To support the competencies for research by involving physical methods.

Brief description of the course

Introduction to environmental physics. Classical mechanics. Effects of rotational dynamics: Coriolis force, El Nino, Passat, the Ekman spiral. Heat phenomena. Thermodynamics laws. Atmospheric composition, the greenhouse effect. The ozone layer, UV radiation. Radioactivity. Natural background radiation, radon, the benefits and risks related to radioactive sources and radioactive pollution, nuclear power, fusion, fission, biological consequences of ionizing radiation, radiation induced cancer. Renewable, fossil and nuclear energy.

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
- has ability to describe and understood physical basis of various processes in environment;
- has ability to critically analyze the impact of physical processes on solving everyday life and special problems;
- has ability to choose between the most commonly used physical research methods.

Teacher

Astrid Rekker PhD

Prerequisite course 1

Basic Mathematics for Science (MLM6060.DT)

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