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...Open University in collaboration with the British Council. They form part of Darwin Now, a global initiative celebrating the life and work of Charles Darwin and the impact his ideas about evolution continue to have on today’s world. © British Council 2009... Darwin's world-wide web A brief introduction to this album. The Darwin Correspondence Project An initiative set...

...Open University course. This material forms part of The Open University course T210 Environmental control and public health... Air pollution Keeping watch on the invisible. The Clean Air Act banished smog from our cities in the 1950s, but today there are new types of air pollution . Pollution: shipping How do we measure pollution in the air and what vehicles have the...

...Open University, explains how Darwinian theory uses the concept of niche specialisation to account for the diversity of flora and fauna on Earth. If it were not for environmental niches, Darwinian 'demons', might emerge, powerful species whose evolutionary fitness makes them all conquering. However, according to Darwin, the natural world is infinitely complex and...

...Open cast mines A fault is an underground hazard. By drilling a series boreholes, miners start the safe development of an open cast mine. Oil in sand and shale How to get crude oil from the Athabasca oil sands and from Colorado oil shale - among the world's largest deposits of oil. Hidden oil reserves Describing what the Athabasca oil sands look like and the unique...