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Golden Globe Ocean Race: Drifting continents and a stormy passage
Science, Maths & Technology

Golden Globe Ocean Race: Drifting continents and a stormy passage

...climate?...Drifting continents and the life and death of the Pacific Ocean How are oceans ‘born’ and how do they age and ‘die’? The Earth's face is changing all the time, but at very slow rates. It is now known that the Earth is a highly dynamic planet - far more so than the other terrestrial planets (Mercury, Venus and Mars) and the Moon - and one that has...
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Video 20 mins
Evolution
Science, Maths & Technology

Evolution

...climate of Svalbard, reindeer have adapted to their environment in different ways. The five video tracks in this album explore the key concepts of evolutionary science and investigate how these account for the characteristics of arctic reindeer. How do natural selection and other evolutionary processes produce changes in genes? How do new species originate? And how are...
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Audio 25 mins
SMEs and Net Zero – challenges and opportunities
Money & Business

SMEs and Net Zero – challenges and opportunities

...changes required to tackle the Climate Emergency?......there are around 6 million SMEs in the UK alone, and more than 200 million worldwide employing around 2 billion people. Given the scale of the Climate Emergency, you might reasonably ask why we’re bothered about small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Surely, they have a fairly minor impact? Shouldn’t we focus...
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Article 10 mins
Introducing professional practice
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing professional practice

...Changing Climate of Social Work Patrick Eyre, a social worker talks about 'the blame culture' in social work A Culture of Blame: Lack of Trust and a negative image Patrick talks about how the lack of a climate of trust has had a specific impact on child protection A Culture of Blame: The way forward Patrick looks to the future for members of the Child Protection teams and...
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Audio 54 mins
How are tiny air pollutants causing massive storms in the Amazon?
Nature & Environment

How are tiny air pollutants causing massive storms in the Amazon?

...climate patterns in the region and beyond, researchers have warned. Particles smaller than 50 nanometres in diameter have a substantial influence on cloud formation in the Amazon. In turn, the rainforest has a strong influence on climate regulation worldwide, and aerosol effects observed in this region could also trigger climate shifts globally, according to a study...
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Article 5 mins
Surviving the winter
Nature & Environment

Surviving the winter

...climate, such as that in Britain, are adapted to cope with winter. You will see that there is much diversity of adaptations among organisms, with different species coping with the demands of a fluctuating environment in quite different ways. As cyclic variations are a widespread feature of environments, the range of adaptations to them is an important source of biological...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Ecosystems: modelling the Earth
Science, Maths & Technology

Ecosystems: modelling the Earth

...climatic activity. Since everything is interconnected, Earth systems modelling can help our understanding of how the Earth's processes affect each other. For example, by increasing the rate of decay of leaf litter in North American forests, scientists can investigate the effect on global temperatures. The acid test is to see how well the model reflects reality, by...
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Audio 12 mins
Seeing the light
Science, Maths & Technology

Seeing the light

...climates design their homes differently to maximise the benefits of the Sun...This free course, Seeing the light, will teach you about how the Sun affects your home, both in terms of light and warmth and the energy it generates. You will learn about how it can affect your health and well-being, and how different climates design their homes differently to maximise the...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs