All Climate articles
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Frozen in time: hands-on evidence
Ask students to plan experiments, record data and draw conclusions in this practical activity
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Magnificent molecules
Sulfur hexafluoride
A gas widely used in electrical devices with 23,500 times the global warming potential of carbon dioxide
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Organic chemistry starters (16–18)
Starter for ten questions covering some of the main aspects of organic chemistry at GCSE and A level, including functional groups, nomenclature, isomerism and mechanisms
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The greenhouse effect demonstration
This is a demonstration in two parts. In the first, model the greenhouse effect in a greenhouse using transparent bottles containing air. In the second, demonstrate the role of carbon dioxide by comparing the effects in two separate vessels containing air and carbon dioxide respectively.
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Looking at climatic data from the past
Data analysis worksheet looking at ocean sediment and water temperatures.
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Mario Molina puts ozone on the political agenda
A set of resources on Mario Molina’s work on ozone and its impact on global politics.
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Collecting climatic data that is millions of years old
To investigate what the climate was like millions of years ago, geologists look to fossilised plants. By studying different types of plants they can gather climatic information, such as annual temperature range and water availability that corresponds to the time when the plant was living.
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Climate research heats up
Nina Notman meets some of the atmospheric chemists fitting the pieces of the climate change jigsaw together
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Bark beetles eat Beatle’s memorial tree
Nina Notman discovers at how bark beetles are destroying pine trees at an alarming rate
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The Mole
Trade secrets... making it rain
Secrets of the trade: How can we control the weather so it rains where we need it to? Jonathan Hare investigates cloud seeding
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It's a Gas: Part 1
A series of short videos of fun demonstrations about the chemistry of the gases in our atmosphere, taken from a lecture by Dr. Peter Wothers of the University of Cambridge. Video: It’s a Gas: 01 - Gases of the Atmosphere Part 1 ...
