Stuck at home? Free (or cheap) online weather courses you can take

Cheryl Santa MariaDigital Journalist

Published on Mar. 16, 2020, 6:04 PM

Use the time to grow your mind.

There are a lot of people at home right now and, over the next few weeks, some people will be spending more time in personal dwellings than they're accustomed to.

If you're a weather enthusiast and looking for something to do, some colleges and universities are offering free, or cheap, online courses.

Here's a selection:

METEOROLOGY

• Backyard meteorology: The science of weather (Harvard)

• Come rain or shine: Understanding the weather (Reading University)

• Weather and meteorology: A basic understanding (Udemy)

NATURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT

• Planet Earth and you (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

• Mountains 101 (University of Alberta)

• Introduction to water and climate (Delft University of Technology

• Sensing planet Earth: Water and ice (Chalmers University)

• Reservoir geomechanics (Standford)

• Understanding volcanoes (University of Iceland)

CLIMATE CHANGE, SUSTAINABILITY, AND NATURAL DISASTERS

• Disaster preparedness (University of Pittsburgh)

• Natural disasters (McGill University)

• Climate change and health (Yale University)

• The health effects of climate change (Harvard)

• Climate change solutions (University of Exeter)

• Introduction to sustainability (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

FROM THE WEATHER NETWORK

• The Weather Wise series

LEARN MORE ABOUT THE WEATHER FROM US: HERE'S HOW THE MELTING PROCESS WORKS

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