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...Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand that in drinking water anions have a beneficial range of concentration above which they may have an adverse effect on either human health or the environment. Toxic elements and compounds often block essential biological processes explain how excess anions or cations in aqueous solution can...

...Learning outcomes - After studying this course you should be able to: understand what is meant by risk carry out a basic risk assessment understand how accidents can be caused use probability to assess risk and minimise the occurrence of undesirable outcomes...Assessing risk in engineering, work and life: 1 Risk and why it is important - Risk is a word that seems to be...

...Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: explain why fire is an important component of healthy ecosystems explain what is meant by a ‘fire regime’ and how changes in fire regimes can lead to changes in ecosystems describe some adaptive features of plants that have evolved in response to fire describe how some animals avoid fires and/or...

...Learn how to read and interpret social data with our Postcode Patterns interactive 1) What's changed on More or Less over the years? Are there less statistical mistakes in the news these days? Transcript: "I hadn't noticed that, but you're probably right. And if that's true, why is it true?" KEVIN MCCONWAY: Thanks for talking to me Tim Harford. It’s great to have been...