nexustandards.com/climate · 5 taught
Avhewa û Pergalên Erdê
NRS-H24 Vegetation and peat fire; NRS-H25 Forest and woodland stress
Illustrative: a fire front spreading fastest downwind over hill terrain, embers and the smoke plume
Risk Academy, led by the Nexus Consortium · Earth and Environmental Sciences · Department of Ecology and Land Systems
Taught in the Foundation stream
The discipline covers land degradation, desertification, deforestation and land-use change, soil health and erosion, and the role of land in carbon, water and food systems.
Courses in development extend the scope to further subjects: Land degradation, soils and land tenure; Amazon and tropical forest risk.
Search any place or open the world; the layers and generators follow land, forests and soils on the planet map, the globe and in 3D.
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Vegetation, land cover, fires and ocean productivity and warmth from NASA satellites, over the Nordic and Baltic region.
Nexşeya înteraktîf JavaScript hewce dike; lîsteya qatan û çavkanî li jêr in.
Qat 2
Habitat condition
Klavye, dema ku nexşe di fokusê de ye
Ctrl an ⌘ bigire û bizivirîne da ku nêzîk bikî
Ya herî dawî ya heyî
NASA GIBS / EOSDIS · ASTER GDEM (METI, NASA) · Blue Marble (NASA) · © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Natural Earth
Wêneyên herî nû yên NASA tê barkirin.
Bikişîne da ku bilivîne. Ctrl an ⌘ û zivirandin, pincandin an bişkojkan ji bo nêzîkkirinê; ji bo nirxên di bin nîşanderê de li ser bisekine; vegerandin vedigere herêmê.
Habitat condition, framed on the Nordic and Baltic region.Berhemên peyk û modelê wekî NASA diweşîne, her yek bi dîroka xwe. Nîşander in, ne nirxandinên tu cihî ne.
Qat û dîrok
For land managers, foresters, soil scientists, restoration planners and analysts of land-related risk who need to read a forest loss map, a soil carbon stock or a degradation indicator and know what it can support.
Each method is listed with what it assumes and where it fails.
Bodies and standards are named so learners can find and apply their published work; the Academy teaches their use and links to the publisher, and no affiliation is implied.
Rainfall erosivity, soil erodibility, slope and cover multiply into a soil loss rate; set against the slow rate at which soil forms, that rate gives the years until a topsoil is gone and the carbon it takes with it, and the comparison with a tolerable loss is the decision.
Sources: Borrelli et al., An assessment of the global impact of 21st century land use change on soil erosion (2017); Panagos et al., Global rainfall erosivity assessment based on high-temporal resolution rainfall records (2017); Montgomery, Soil erosion and agricultural sustainability (2007); Lal, Soil carbon sequestration impacts on global climate change and food security (2004); Cowie et al., Land in balance: the scientific conceptual framework for Land Degradation Neutrality (2018).
Risk Academy · Earth and Environmental Sciences
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Îmze
Cûrbecûrbûna jîndaran û hevkarên wê
Cûrbecûrbûna jîndaran tozkirin û axê dide xwarinê (0.6), rêkxistina hewzê avê dide avê (0.5) û derbasbûna zoonotîk û dermanan dide tenduristiyê (0.4).
W · E · I · F · H · B
Ew Nexus Standards the discipline teaches toward, grouped by master standard, with the disciplines that teach each.
nexustandards.com/climate · 5 taught
NRS-H24 Vegetation and peat fire; NRS-H25 Forest and woodland stress
nexustandards.com/hazards · 1 taught
NRS-H21 Erosion and sediment movement
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Research and preprints as they are published, by discipline, with the faculty’s other tools.
The hub lists the newest research and preprints for Land, forests and soils, each with its source and date. Open the research hub
From the Academy’s risk taxonomy: the discipline’s own entries and those of its primary courses, with how many courses teach each.
Recent developments in land, forests and soils, each with its source; sources checked on 16 October 2026.
Courses for this discipline are in development; until they open, study it through the connected courses and open lessons below.
The courses from connected disciplines below also teach this field.
Each course has its primary discipline elsewhere and teaches this field as part of its scope.
From connected disciplines1 course open
| Lab | What you do in it | Courses using it |
|---|---|---|
| Map lab | Read hazard, exposure and boundaries on real maps | 2 |
| Exposure lab | Overlay people and assets with hazard footprints | 1 |
| GeoAI lab | Apply Earth observation and machine learning to open imagery | 1 |
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Field platforms of the ecosystem where the subject is studied and applied.
Foundry system pages describe what each system and its rooms are designed to do; the courses teach the methods these systems apply.
Ji kî bûna xwe dest pê bike.
Start with Foley, then Hansen, then Curtis.
Têgehên sereke
A state in which the amount and quality of land resources stay stable or increase within an area and time.
Land degradation in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas caused by climate and human activity.
The conversion of land from one use to another, such as forest to cropland.
Carbon held in soil organic matter, linked to fertility, water retention and emissions.
Reports is the Consortium’s quarterly publication. What you know about this subject can become evidence, a case or a correction in the next edition, credited to you and published under CC BY 4.0 where it is your own work.
The catalogue lists each course with its outcomes, laboratuwarên, hours and level.