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An introduction to geology
An introduction to geology

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4.1 Breaking and fixing our planet

Most of us have heard of global climate change. The overriding consensus is that the burning of fossil fuels, such as oil and gas (that you looked at in Week 3), releases greenhouse gases which are warming up our planet.

But what about the effects of other types of Earth resources?

In this final week you are going to look at this in more depth. Watch the following video, which introduces this week.

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