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

*All profits donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement.* Lecture 3 - Weather Systems - temperate regions and global warming. Topics covered: North Western Europe, Southern Europe, Eastern Europe Recommended Reading included (some available for download in this module)

*All profits donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement.* Lecture Summary covering: the dynamic earth, weathering processes, climate and hazards. Also includes recommended reading (available for download in this module).

*All profits donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement.* Summaries of texts: Smith, (2012) 'Weathering', Chapter 7 in Holden, 'An Introduction to physical geography and the Environment', Goudie et al, (2012) 'Weathering and the global carbon cycle: geomorphological perspectives', Earth-science reviews, 113, 59-71

*All profits donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement.* Summaries of texts: Holden (2012) 'An introduction to physical geography and the environment', Glacial geological processes and glacial sediments', pp. 487-499 'Magnitude - frequency concepts in physical geography', pp. 22 Knight & Harrison, (2013) 'The impacts of climate change on terrestrial Earth surface systems', Nature Climate Change, 3, pp. 24-29

*All profits donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement.* Lecture 11 - Unstable landscape - slope processes and dynamics Topics covered: courses/catalysts of soil erosion, predictions for the Mediterranean Recommended Reading included (some available to download in this module) Lecture 12 - The Cryosphere - glacial systems and processes Topics covered: terminology, glacial formation, accumulation zone Recommended reading available at Lecture 12 continued

*All profits donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement.* Lecture 14 - River System - hydrological systems and their operations Topics covered: magnitude and frequency, morphological river types, river activity calculations Recommended reading included (some available for download on this module) Lecture 15 - River systems - human and climate impacts Topics covered: terminology, the impact of agriculture and landscape clearance Recommended reading available on Lecture 15 continued & Lecture 16

*All profits donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement.* Lecture 6 - Ecosystem stability - the concept of stability under changing conditions Topics covered: Reading Recommended reading included (some available to download in this module) Lecture 7 - Harvesting the ecosystem - carrying capacity and human needs Topics Covered: carrying capacity, Malthus' theory, terminology Recommended reading available at Lecture 7 continued & Lecture 8

*All profits donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement.* Lecture 7 - Harvesting the ecosystem - carrying capacity and human needs Topics covered: reading Recommended Reading included (some available to download in this module) Lecture 8 - Contemporary issues in the biosphere - natural and human interactions Topics covered: terminology, consequences of land degradation Recommended reading available at Lecture 8 continued & Lecture 9

*All profits donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement.* Reading summaries from texts: Pianka (1966) 'Latitudinal gradients in species diversity: a review of concepts', American Naturalist, 100, 33-46 Thomas (2008) 'The Biosphere', in Holden, 'An introduction to physical geography and the environment',