All Environment articles
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Job profileResearch innovations manager
Margot is at the cutting-edge of science developing ways to make plastic biodegrade quickly and explaining this to others
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Job profile
Sustainability manager
Mike discusses his vital role in advising businesses and chemists about how to be more green and sustainable
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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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Assessing the life cycle of fashion
Examine the environmental impact of our clothing with these resources
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Freeing the world from chemical weapons
Chemists have helped destroy 97% of declared banned substances, finds Andy Extance, and are pushing to get the rest
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2D synthetic clay sheets could create easy to recycle crisp packets
Inorganic nanosheets could lower the carbon footprint of food packaging
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Reef-safe sunscreens
Nina Notman investigates the science behind UV-absorbing sunscreens and ‘reef-friendly’ formulations
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Water found in asteroid dust
Water detected in samples from an asteroid’s surface for the first time
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Recycling plastic bottles into jet fuel
A new process converts plastic waste into hydrocarbon fuels
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Chemical analysis reveals origin of Pompeian mosaic tiles
Portable spectrometers shed light on the materials used in ancient Roman mosaics
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Carbon dioxide gets stoned
Locking Earth’s excess carbon dioxide away by turning it into rock
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Sustainable development and green chemistry
The Inspirational chemistry chapter ‘Sustainable development and green chemistry’. This chapter suggests games, activities, practicals and demonstrations that prompt students to think critically about how to make every day processes more environmentally friendly and sustainable.
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Rock and soils
The rocks and soils chapter from That s Chemistry! This chapter looks at key ideas and activities that can be used to help students learn that different types of rocks and soils have different properties.
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The massive problem of microplastics
As plastics fill up and pollute our oceans, recognising their value rather than thinking of them as disposable could help us deal with what has turned into a large, global problem
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Review
Service learning and environmental chemistry: relevant connections
Solving real-world problems
