The network’s peer-to-peer learning space, open to contributors of every background; it is not a university and grants no degrees. KCO’s peer-to-peer learning space, open to contributors of every background.
A group of related disciplines within a faculty; it is an arrangement of subjects, not an institution.
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
The solid earth, water, air and climate.
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Geology and seismology
Rocks, faults and earthquakes. The Zagros and Taurus ranges lie on active plate boundaries.
0 A set of lessons with an outline, written and reviewed by peers; it carries no academic credit.4 A narrower topic within a discipline.
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Hydrology and water resources
Rivers, groundwater and lakes, including the Tigris and Euphrates and the shrinking of Lake Urmia.
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Atmospheric and climate science
Weather, climate and air, including dust storms and extreme heat.
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Environmental science
How people and ecosystems change each other, from land degradation to pollution.
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Physical geography and remote sensing
Landforms and land cover, mapped and tracked from satellite images.
0 courses4 fields
02Courses
No course is listed in this department yet.
03Communities of practice
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Community of practice: Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Adaptation
A proposed A group of practitioners of one field who work together on courses, standards and toolkits; the charter calls it a Standards area. on disaster risk and climate adaptation across Kurdistan.
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Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Mathematics, statistics and the science of data.
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Department of Computing and Information Sciences
Computing, data and keeping information safe.
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Department of Physical and Chemical Sciences
Physics, astronomy and chemistry.
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Department of Life Sciences
Living things, from molecules to ecosystems.
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Department of Interdisciplinary Sciences
Science across fields, and science with the public.
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The Kurdish Cooperation Organization. (2026). Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences. kurds.global. https://kurds.global/learn/faculties/natural-sciences/earth-environmental-sciences/
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The Kurdish Cooperation Organization. 2026. “Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences.” kurds.global. https://kurds.global/learn/faculties/natural-sciences/earth-environmental-sciences/.
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@misc{kco2026_learn_faculties_natural_sciences_earth_environmental_sciences, author = {{The Kurdish Cooperation Organization}}, year = {2026}, note = {Licence: CC BY 4.0}, title = {Department of {Earth} and {Environmental} {Sciences}}, url = {https://kurds.global/learn/faculties/natural-sciences/earth-environmental-sciences/}, howpublished = {https://kurds.global/learn/faculties/natural-sciences/earth-environmental-sciences/}, }- RIS
TY - ELEC AU - The Kurdish Cooperation Organization DA - 2026/// PY - 2026 ID - kco2026_learn_facult N1 - Licence: CC BY 4.0 TI - Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences UR - https://kurds.global/learn/faculties/natural-sciences/earth-environmental-sciences/ ER -