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Jack Perks - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Jack Perks - Earth in Vision

...climate change and habitat loss? Some of the blue chips, I forget the last one, it might’ve been Frozen Planet or Planet… one of them did… they normally do the last episode or something like that and they will reflect a wider issue. So, it is addressed somewhat. So, I think they do cover it because they… a lot of people are well aware of the polar bears losing ice...
Biofuels
Science, Maths & Technology

Biofuels

...climate change - Plants capture carbon dioxide (CO2) during photosynthesis and store it in their tissues in a variety of carbon compounds (including both carbohydrates and oils). These are often energy stores for the plant but they can also be harvested and processed to provide energy for human use. Table 1 Comparison of the energy content of plant products Energy store...
Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
The science of nuclear energy
Science, Maths & Technology

The science of nuclear energy

...climate changed dramatically in the future and that region became wetter. They can go into the side of the mountain and still be well beneath the surface and well above the water table. Compacted volcanic ash produced by these large explosive eruptions is relatively easy to drill. It's also got some chemical attributes whereby there's a lot of a certain type of mineral...
Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
A short introduction to the English language
Languages

A short introduction to the English language

...climate emergency. And it became quite clear to me that changing the fashion industry is essentially it’s a bit is a waste of time, when the fashion industry is within a system that is broken. And it became more clear that system change is what we need. And then I heard about Extinction Rebellion, the fashion week protest they did. These guys are incredible. And I’m...
Teaching secondary geography
Education & Development

Teaching secondary geography

...climate change, development and regional geography have all changed through time and vary between different actors. This is explored in more depth in Part 2. Part 2 Listen to Doreen Massey’s (2006) lecture, ‘Is the world really shrinking?’ (from 2 minutes 30 seconds to 23 minutes 15 seconds). (Alternatively, you can read a transcript.) As you listen, note examples...
Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
Population ageing: a global health crisis?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Population ageing: a global health crisis?

...climate change that causes extreme weather on the other side of the world. Temporal changes: in addition to our experience of space, how we experience time is changing. Technology (for example, phones and aeroplanes) can connect people or take them from one place to another faster than before. On the other hand, life has slowed down in some respects – for example,...
Energy in buildings
Nature & Environment

Energy in buildings

...climate change and falling UK gas reserves has led to a renewed interest in electric heating, particularly using heat pumps...Energy in buildings: 3.3.1 Heat pumps - Instead of generating heat by burning a fuel, a heating system can use heat drawn from the outside environment, the air or the ground, using a heat pump. Small heat pumps are actually familiar objects. Every...
Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Harry Marshall - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Harry Marshall - Earth in Vision

...climate change. So if there’s ever a case, I think, where that archive should be freely available… I mean in effect it is, people are able to download pretty much anything anyway. But only those people who sort of go through the front door and are legitimate go to the trouble of clearing it. But yes, I think that if it’s being used for environmental purposes why...