Environmental Science Courses and Certifications

Tropical Forest Landscapes 101: Conservation & Restoration

101 ratings at Coursera

Explore tropical forest conservation and restoration with Yale University's 7-week course. Learn about ecosystem functioning, climate change, biodiversity, human dimensions, conservation theory, restoration strategies, agroforestry, and funding sources.

• Coursera
• 19 hours 57 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Sustainable Food Production Through Livestock Health Management

560 ratings at Coursera

Learn how to improve sustainable food production through livestock health management. Gain problem-solving skills and a scientific understanding of growth, immunity, and infection. Offered by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 6 weeks long.

• Coursera
• 19 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Introduction to Algae

1175 ratings at Coursera

Explore the diverse world of algae with UC San Diego's 5-week course. Learn about their importance, environmental benefits, commercial uses, and the challenges in algae bio-manufacturing.

• Coursera
• 10 hours 19 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

University of Canterbury

Exploring Volcanoes and Their Hazards: Iceland and New Zealand

6 reviews

Experience the science of volcanology whilst learning the skill set of a volcanologist on a virtual fieldtrip to volcanoes in Iceland and New Zealand.

• edX
• 7 weeks, 3-5 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Global Postharvest Loss Prevention: Fundamentals, Technologies, and Actors

162 ratings at Coursera

Explore postharvest loss prevention in this 4-week course by the University of Illinois. Learn about supply chains, economics, and global strategies to improve food security and sustainability.

• Coursera
• 13 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

University of Manchester

Our Earth: Its Climate, History, and Processes

5 reviews

Develop a greater appreciation for how the air, water, land, and life formed and have interacted over the last 4.5 billion years.

• Coursera
• 14 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Planetary Boundaries

5 reviews

Explore global environmental change and sustainability in this 8-week course by SDG Academy. Learn about planetary boundaries, resilience thinking, and strategies for global sustainability.

• edX
• 8 weeks, 2-4 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Energy, Environment, and Everyday Life

212 ratings at Coursera

Explore energy sources, environmental impacts, and everyday applications in this 8-week course by the University of Illinois. Learn about fossil fuels, renewables, nuclear power, and economics of energy.

• Coursera
• 1 day 23 hours 28 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Water and Wastewater Treatment Engineering: Physicochemical Technology | 水处理工程：物理化学方法

3 reviews

Learn the basic principles and characteristics of physicochemical technology in water and wastewater treatment engineering. This course mainly talks about the basic principles, process composition, operation characteristics, process calculation methods a…

• edX
• 10 weeks, 5-6 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Water in the Western United States

21 ratings at Coursera

This course combines an overview of the science behind water and climate in the Western United States with a survey of the major legal, political, and cultural issues focused on this precious resource.

• Coursera
• 24 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Urban Sewage Treatment

5 ratings at edX

Learn the basics of urban sewage treatment in a 7-week course from Delft University. Understand the treatment process, water quality, and make simple design calculations on treatment plants.

• edX
• 7 weeks, 6-8 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Nitrogen-related field measurements

Good measurements are key for tackling the nitrogen challenge. Our landmark course gives you guided training in everything from greenhouse gas flux measurements, through ammonia flux measurements, to a number of plant and soil nitrogen measurements.

• edX
• 4 weeks, 2-3 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Nitrogen Pollution - Threats to Tropical Coral Coasts

This course explores how nitrogen interacts with the marine environment and the associated threats of nitrogen pollution caused by human activity, using tropical coral reefs and seagrasses as model ecosystems.

• edX
• 5 weeks, 3-5 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

The Role of Social Sciences in Nitrogen Research

Humans play a key role in sustainable nitrogen management: how we contribute to nitrogen pollution, how we perceive it, and how we act on it. In this course, we present the exciting ways the social sciences can be used in the field of nitrogen research.

• edX
• 4 weeks, 2-3 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

McGill University

Natural Disasters

4 reviews

Learn the science behind different types of natural disasters and our ability, or inability, to control and predict these events.

• edX
• 11 weeks, 2-4 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)