An Introduction to Physical Geography and the Environment notes (4th edition)

*All profits donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement.* Lecture 18 - Arid zone geomorphology - processes and landscapes Topics covered: distribution of drylands, desert soils, dryland processes, dryland fluvial processes Recommended reading available in Lecture 18 continued & Lecture 19.

*All profits donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement.* Lecture 7 - Tectonic Processes - The Dynamic Earth. Topics Covered: Defining the geosphere, evidence of plate tectonics, key drivers in Britain compared to Southern Spain. Recommended reading included (some available for download in this module)

*All profits donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement.* Lecture summary on atmosphere and oceans including topics on: the Earth's climate systems, climate change, temperate weather systems, hurricanes, ENSO. Includes recommended readings (available to download in this module).

*All profits donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement.* Lecture 2 - Ecosystem Dynamics - Primary and secondary productions Topics covered: endotherms, what is a sustainable biome, human manipulation Recommended Reading included Lecture 3 - Ecosystem succession and human disturbance Topics covered: ecosystem change, internal factors Recommended Reading available at Lecture 3 continued & Lecture 4

*All profits donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement.* Lecture 5 - Ecosystems and environmental change Topics covered: predicted future impacts on ecosystem processes, ecosystem responses Recommended Reading Lecture 6 - Ecosystem stability - the concept of stability under changing conditions Topics covered: terminology, resilience

*All profits donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement.* Summaries of texts: Watt, Pyle, Mather (2013) 'The volcanic response to deglaciation evidence from glaciated arcs and a reassessment of glacial eruption records', Earth-Science Review, 122, 77-102 Holden, (2012) 'An Introduction to physical geography and the environment', Sediments and sedimentation, pp 244-267

Lecture 10 - Geosphere - key concepts in surface processes Topics covered: principles of mass flow processes, magnitude/frequency events Recommended reading included (some available to download from this module) Lecture 11 - Unstable landscape - slope processes and dynamics Topics covered: mass flow processes, slope processes Recommended reading available at Lecture 11 continued & Lecture 12

*All profits donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement.* Lecture 11 - Unstable landscape - slope processes and dynamics Topics covered: main causes, basic principles of slope stability, factors affecting shear strength, factors affecting shear stress, hortonian (overland) flow Recommended reading available at Lecture 12 continued & Lecture 12

*All profits donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement.* Lecture 16 - Tides and waves - an introduction to coastal systems Topics covered: beach morphology, deltas Recommended reading included (some available to download) Lecture 17 - Coastal systems - the impacts of humans and climate Topics covered: structure of cliffs, changing rates of coastal erosions Recommended reading available in Lecture 17 continued & Lecture 18

*All profits donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement.* Lecture 6 - ENSO (El Nino Southern Oscillation) Topics covered: Key factors in ENSO operation, El Nino, Impacts of ENSO Recommended Reading included (some available for download in this module)