Burping fish are destroying the environment
Introductory Level
Duration 5 mins
Updated 11 Jan 2010
Are burping fish destroying our world?
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Where does outer space begin?
Introductory Level
Duration 5 mins
Updated 14 Aug 2009
We don't really know where space begins, as Dave Rothery explains
Breaking Science: Frozen clones, friendly bacteria, Dalmations...
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Introductory Level
Duration 30 mins
Updated 07 Nov 2008
How to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, clone a frozen mouse, and harness the elusive power of vitamins.
How many lightbulb jokes does it take to save the world?
Introductory Level
Duration 5 mins
Updated 14 May 2008
Humour has a part to play in getting the message about climate change across.
Challenge: Distillation of Seawater Using Solar Power
Introductory Level
Duration 15 mins
Updated 28 Jan 2008
Our Rough Scientists took a challenge to distill water using just the sun - here's how they did it...
OU on the BBC: Truth Will Out - Global warming is caused by human activity
Introductory Level
Duration 45 mins
Updated 19 Apr 2007
Truth Will Out spoke to a number of experts in the field of climate change to get their view of global climate change. These articles...
The climateprediction.net story
Introductory Level
Duration 10 mins
Updated 17 Jan 2007
As the results are announced, we look back at the rollercoaster ride of the experiment. Bob Spicer tells the climateprediction.net story
Venus craters
Introductory Level
Duration 10 mins
Updated 06 Apr 2006
Images provided by NASA of craters on the surface of Venus
Venus Express
Introductory Level
Duration 10 mins
Updated 06 Apr 2006
What are the aims of the Venus Express mission?
Venus's atmosphere
Introductory Level
Duration 10 mins
Updated 06 Apr 2006
What we know about the atmosphere on Venus - prior to the launch of Venus Express
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Watching the weather
Introductory Level
Duration 10 hours
Updated 20 Jun 2013
This unit describes how meteorological observations are made looking upwards from the surface of the Earth, looking downwards from satellites in space and from aircraft...
Climate change
Intermediate Level
Duration 18 hours
Updated 20 Jun 2013
Climate change is a key issue on today’s social and political agenda. This unit explores the basic science that underpins climate change and global warming.
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