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Beaghmore Stone Circle
OpenLearn Ireland

Beaghmore Stone Circle

...heritage of substantial buildings mainly castles and churches. The featured Inch Abbey near Downpatrick is a good example, but the video explains many other impacts the Normans had on landscape and biodiversity. Video Transcript VALERIE HALL: You look at the hawthorn hedge and it’s planted in straight lines. And it carves this landscape up into blocks. And this hedgerow...
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The geology of Northern Ireland
Science, Maths & Technology

The geology of Northern Ireland

...heritage as they were planted to define townland and parish boundaries and to demark agricultural fields. Species-rich hedgerows contain five or more native woody species within 30m length are extremely important habitats for biodiversity. Native hedgerow trees are hawthorn, blackthorn, gorse, holly, willow, hazel and birch and they support hundreds of species including...
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Climate change is triple risk to Europe
Nature & Environment

Climate change is triple risk to Europe

...world’s nations do fulfil a promise made in Paris in 2015 to contain global warming to no more than 2°C by 2100, temperatures will almost every year tip to 40°C in many parts of Asia, Australia, North Africa, and both North and South America, and in Europe there will each summer be a 30% probability of similarly strong heatwaves. And with such high temperatures comes...
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The West of Ireland: Dimensions of distinctiveness
Scotland Colleges

The West of Ireland: Dimensions of distinctiveness

...world’s diverse and most spectacular coastline’. It identifies points of interest for visitors to Ireland. [wild atlantic way logo] The official Wild Atlantic Way website. Terrain If you feel that remoteness and the physical environments have contributed significantly to the development of social coherence and distinctiveness in the West of Ireland, then a map of the...
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Soil could save Earth from overheating
Nature & Environment

Soil could save Earth from overheating

...world’s soils already hold 2.4 trillion tonnes of gases in the form of organic carbon, there’s room for more. Scientists from the US and Scotland report in Nature journal that with a few changes to agricultural practice, there would be room for another 8 billion tonnes. “In our fight to avoid dangerous climate change in the 21st century, we need heavyweight...
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Play families: Using toys to open up communication with your child
Education & Development

Play families: Using toys to open up communication with your child

...world and their feelings and give them a way to express themselves other than through talking. Professionals helping children to communicate use toys a lot. You can use this activity with your child any time, not just when you think there might be a problem. You will need A collection of small dolls which could represent family members and friends — don’t forget the...
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Introducing key global development challenges
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing key global development challenges

...world. Global issues such as climate change and poverty transcend national boundaries and affect everyone. This free course introduces four key ‘challenges’ as a spur to thinking critically and creatively about responding to development issues on a global scale. You will identify how the four challenges of conflict, governance, justice, and transformation cut-across...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Turning rebellion into money: The upstarts who sell out
Money & Business

Turning rebellion into money: The upstarts who sell out

...world that we’re different. The latest British company to go along this road trades very specifically on punk, to brand its most popular beer. BrewDog has been producing Punk IPA for almost a decade now. The idea of rebellion is central to this “postmodern classic” as an “inherently contradictory take on a classic style”. This branding draws on, and contributes...
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