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...climate change. The course begins by examining the environmental concerns that have caused a rise in interest in renewable energy, introducing the main sources and technologies, and describing global efforts to increase the share of renewables. The course then looks at each of the principal renewable energy technologies and the contributions they might make to global...

...Climate change, causing rainfall extremes which can cause bog bursts where the increased rainfall produces landslides, or lower rainfall especially in summer when dry friable peat is subject to erosion due to wind and footfall is a risk now and increasingly in the future. Here is an example of bog recovery in Fermanagh. West Fermanagh Scarplands Area of Special Scientific...

...climate or the atmospheric composition is drastically changed. For example, Venus is currently a high-pressure hothouse, a kind of extreme extrapolation of climate change. But it could have been very different, possibly more Earth-like, billions of years ago. Studying Venus shows us what's possible and more than that, it shows us how that kind of change happens; how a...

...climate change by releasing greenhouse gases unless powered entirely by renewable energy (Evode et al., 2021). [Plastic Christmas Lantern with Model Candle and Holly Sprig]Figure 2 Plastic Christmas Lantern with Model Candle and Holly Sprig (MoDiP, 2024) Bio-sourced plastics are more sustainable than fossil fuel-derived plastics since they are derived from renewable...