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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
Climate change: island life in a volatile world
Society, Politics & Law

Climate change: island life in a volatile world

...carbon into the atmosphere, which scientific evidence suggests is contributing to an enhanced greenhouse effect that is warming the planet as a whole. Defining the enhanced greenhouse effect The greenhouse effect is a natural part of the functioning of the earth. It involves certain atmospheric gases (termed ‘greenhouse gases’) absorbing solar energy which has...
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
Galaxies, stars and planets
Science, Maths & Technology

Galaxies, stars and planets

...Carbon 0.2 0.1 0.1 23 26 Iron 0.1 32 5.1 10 Neon 0.1 12 Magnesium 0.1 15 2.1 7 Nitrogen 0.1 2.6 14 Silicon 0.1 16 28 16 Sulfur 0.6 0.1 0.2 28 Nickel 1.8 20 Calcium 1.7 3.7 1.4 13 Aluminium 1.6 8.1 11 Sodium 0.2 2.8 0.1 24 Chromium 0.5 15 Phosphorus 0.1 0.1 1.1 25 Manganese 0.2 0.1 17 Chlorine 0.1 0.1 27 Cobalt 0.1 19 Potassium 2.6 0.2 22 Titanium 0.1 0.6 Footnotes *...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Returning to STEM Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Returning to STEM

...footprint - The previous two sections invited you to focus on personal reflection. This section looks at the identity you are already presenting to the world. Throughout the course you will need to make decisions about what aspects of your life and experience you include or exclude in your applications and CV, and how best to describe the things you have achieved so far....
Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs