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Our Earth: Its Climate, History, and Processes
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Reviewed on Aug 20, 2019
an excellent course, it size me at perfeccion becouse i am an bioclimatic architect and i need to know how the climate work
Reviewed on Jan 19, 2022
My BA 45 years ago is major in Geography and Geology. I am very happy to re-visit many of the topics with the new discoveries and theories and presentation of them in modern technology.
Reviewed on Oct 1, 2024
The course on "Our Earth - Its Climate, History, and Processes" is very informative and interesting. The videos and text are engaging, and I was able to understand the depth of the subject.
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