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Five missing kings and queens – and where we might find them
History & The Arts

Five missing kings and queens – and where we might find them

...carbon dating failed, isotopic tests confirmed that the remains were indeed Eadgyth’s. But what’s puzzling is that not all of Eadgyth was actually in the lead casket: her hands and feet were nowhere to be found and most of the skull was missing. What happened to these? Experts at the time of the exhumation suggested that thieves had struck in search of holy relics –...
What is Planetary Protection?
Science, Maths & Technology

What is Planetary Protection?

...carbon-rich asteroids, gas giant planets and some of their moons, some dwarf planets and Kuiper Belt objects III Flyby, orbiter Mars, Europa (moon of Jupiter), Enceladus (moon of Saturn) IV Lander Mars, Europa, Enceladus V ‘Restricted Earth return’ - Mars, Europa, Enceladus V ‘Unrestricted Earth return’ - Venus, Moon If the target body is of interest to the...
Climate change
Nature & Environment

Climate change

...carbon dioxide (CO2) 368 ppm methane (CH4) 1745 ppb nitrous oxide (N2O) 314 ppb ozone (O3) 10-100 ppb SAQ 7 Given the information in Table 1, how would you describe the bulk composition of the lower atmosphere? Answer 99% is nitrogen and oxygen (roughly in a 4 : 1 ratio), and most of the rest (0.93%) is argon. SAQ 8 Is any one of these major components a greenhouse gas?...
Level 2: Intermediate 18 hrs
Making social media work in Higher Education
Education & Development

Making social media work in Higher Education

...footprint can develop and take steps to avoid this understand how academic misconduct can arise through social media and how to avoid this...Session 4: Understanding risk and boundaries in the online environment: 1 The risks and potential negative impact of social media - For many students, social media can be a positive space to connect to peers and explore the world of...
Camille Parmesan - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Camille Parmesan - Stories of Change

...Carbon Brief Climate Communications, Aspen Global Change Institute Parmesan Videos: lectures and interviews video lecture: "Biodiversity and Climate Change", Linnean Society Lecture, Camille Parmesan ACCESS news interview, Camille Parmesan (presented in sign language) video: "Global Warming: Impacts on Wildlife and Society," University of Texas Environmental Science...
David Allen - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

David Allen - Earth in Vision

...footprint not absolutely trodden all over the natural world. And if you look at it in those terms, if you throw away this ideal of wilderness, you throw away this archaic idea of wilderness, then you can start to understand the earth, the animals within it and start to learn to live alongside them. Earth A New Wild: How I got the commission It came about because PBS...
In the night sky: Orion
Science, Maths & Technology

In the night sky: Orion

...carbon and oxygen the next heavier elements in the periodic table. NARRATOR 1: As the star begins to fuse helium it creates more energy, and that causes the outer layers of the star to expand. One day our sun will grow so large it will swallow up the inner planets of the solar system out as far as the Earth. It will become a red giant. For the sun, this will be the...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
The frozen planet
Nature & Environment

The frozen planet

...carbon, hydrogen and oxygen atoms, and breathe in air which contains mostly nitrogen atoms. Box 3 The chemical elements Every object on Earth is made of chemical elements. Most elements were created in the nuclear furnaces of exploding stars in the early Universe, so you and the Earth around us are made literally from stardust. There are 109 named elements, of which 92...
Level 1: Introductory 7 hrs