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Indian summer monsoon amplified global warming 130,000 years ago, helping end ice age
Nature & Environment

Indian summer monsoon amplified global warming 130,000 years ago, helping end ice age

...climate change. This is especially important for places where extreme weather has been the norm for a long time, such as the Indian subcontinent. Being able to reliably predict summer monsoon rainfall is critical to plan for the devastating impact it can have on the 1.7 billion people who live in the region. The onset of India’s summer monsoon is linked to heat...
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Article 15 mins
Book, comic and animation - What is the fear collection?
Science, Maths & Technology

Book, comic and animation - What is the fear collection?

...climate change so I used that as my point of focus but I was quite clear with myself – my research was about fear in general with climate change fear as a lens. To make my research real and to some extent to force me to treat it as a bit more than a personal thought experiment I approached a publishing house – Cambridge Scholars – hoping that they would support my...
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Managing coastal environments
Nature & Environment

Managing coastal environments

...climatic change merely reinforces the need to provide ‘softer’ forms of protection (such as saltmarsh rather than sea walls) in the hope that creation of new marshlands will compensate for those that are lost through erosion. [Figure 6] Figure 6 Recharging protects the coast by creating offshore barriers. [Figure 7] Figure 7 Reinforced sea walls...Managing coastal...
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Why grow a tree? Barriers and boosters for landowners to adopt agroforestry
Society, Politics & Law

Why grow a tree? Barriers and boosters for landowners to adopt agroforestry

...climate change In this video Dr Aiora Zabala explores the benefits of planting trees in productive ecosystems. She explores the motivations behind planting trees on a community and individual level and how they can lead to meeting climate pledges. She draws from her research of agroforestry in Mexico. Transcript Exploring the potential of forest landscape restoration In...
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Our top OpenLearn hubs to get you started
Miscellaneous

Our top OpenLearn hubs to get you started

...climate change and sustainable communities, to tackling poverty and hunger, it’s the perfect hub from which to begin your OpenLearn journey. Resources for Schools Hub This hub was made for secondary school-age pupils and educators. Filtered by the subjects you will recognise, every hand-picked item will relate to the school curriculum, offering content to support and...
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Bill McKibben - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Bill McKibben - Stories of Change

...climate change documentaries and I’d like to record your thoughts for those. They are looking at climate science, climate politics and climate energy solutions. And then I’m also – separately but with a major overlap – doing some what the Open University call ‘legacy interviews’, long-form interviews, in which we talk to key players round the world on energy...
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Climate of fear: culture of hope
Languages

Climate of fear: culture of hope

...climate change’ itself, for example. This is a very clear example of the way that the language we use to refer to something can influence how we perceive that thing. And not only how we perceive it, but how we react to it. This is known as linguistic framing. All words have not only a core meaning, but also a set of associations related to the way they’re normally...
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'Can anybody hear us?' The Day After, 40 years on
History & The Arts

'Can anybody hear us?' The Day After, 40 years on

...climate change today that have a strong resemblance to those around nuclear weapons in the early 1980s. In both cases we have fears of the destruction of humankind and of the planet. Q: Did the fact the film was broadcast on TV, rather than in the cinema, affect its impact? Mark: The 1970s saw an explosion of what they call the ‘made for TV film’ and by 1983 network...
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