Future Learn's open online course on big data and the environment uses current examples to explore the potential benefits of environmental big data. Taking place over a duration of 3 weeks with free hours of study time, the course is recurrent and not continuously available, but frequently opens for new students.
Program
Week 1: Sources of big data, including satellites for looking at the surface of the Earth
Environmental analytics and the link to big data
Computing power, processing and storage for environmental data
Week 2: Open data
The challenges of working with data
The skills and knowledge of a data scientist
Week 3: Citizen science for climate simulation and ecology
Real-life examples of environmental analytics
Visualising data
Professionals seeking a better understanding of environmental big data and the potential these offer to address key questions and underpin novel solutions for business. It is also relevant to anyone studying environmental topics with a general interest in big data analytics and the complexities and issues surrounding the collection, curation and application of these vast data sets.
