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Waste management and environmentalism in China
Nature & Environment

Waste management and environmentalism in China

...carbon dioxide emissions, before it is landfilled. I also noticed that the MRF, the MBT plant and the in-vessel composter are all owned and operated by the same privately-run company. c.I can see that my waste is being recycled via the blue bin system, and there is recovery from waste via the composting system for green and food waste, but the material recovered seems to...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Voices from the Global South: an international field trip
Society, Politics & Law

Voices from the Global South: an international field trip

...carbonate, the Atacama Desert, Chile (right).] Image captions: Collaborating knowledge systems: Darren Martin (left) and Colin Saltmere (right) examine the qualities of native spinifex as part of a collaborative research project between the University of Queensland, Australia and the Indjalandji-Dhidanu (left); a lithium mine in the Atacama Desert, Chile (right). With a...
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Article 5 hrs
The Moon
Science, Maths & Technology

The Moon

...footprint in the lunar regolith[.] Right: a large fractured boulder flung out by a relatively recent impact and resting on the surface of the lunar regolith[.] The astronaut in the lower left provides the scale The highlands are the first lunar crust to have formed, probably by crystals rising to the surface of the 'magma ocean' thought to have covered the young Moon as a...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Animals at the extremes: hibernation and torpor
Nature & Environment

Animals at the extremes: hibernation and torpor

...carbon dioxide concentration of the inhaled air is increased, then hibernating mammals react by increasing their breathing rate. In the hedgehog, the CO2 threshold is 0.7–1.7%, at which point the periods of apnoea become shorter. Continuous breathing replaces periodic breathing at 5–9% CO2. The evidence suggests therefore, that the hibernator is sensitive to changes...
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Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs
Internships and other work experiences Badge icon
Money & Business

Internships and other work experiences

...footprint - The other aspect of social media that you need to be aware of is whether there are any posts/images from the past that could be detrimental to your work experience plans. Use your preferred search engine to look for your name and see what comes up. Grothaus (2018) offers the following tips for tidying up your digital footprint. Box 1 Tips for tidying your...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Talk the talk
Education & Development

Talk the talk

...carbon dioxide and methane gas, in unequal quantities - 19 years of this. And if you've been in that part of the country, this is what those piles of burning, smouldering coal waste look like. So then I decided to leave that part of the world, and I was going to go to the mid-west. OK, so I ended up in Louisville, Kentucky. Well, I decided to be neighbours to a place...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Succeed with maths: part 2 Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Succeed with maths: part 2

...Footprints from prehistoric human civilisations around the world have been found preserved in either sand or volcanic ash. From these tracks, it is possible to measure the foot length and the length of the stride. These measurements can be used to estimate both the height of the person who made the footprint and also whether the person was walking or running. This can be...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Eating for the environment
Nature & Environment

Eating for the environment

...footprint of what you eat. Eating for environmental sustainability will need us to explore these alternative sources of food and incorporate them in diets. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course SDT306 Environment: responding to change...Eating for the environment: References - Development Initiatives (2017) Global Nutrition Report...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs