All Environment articles
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NewsHow ancient Maya peoples made potable water
Use this starter slide to begin your lessons on drinking water and water treatment with some historical context
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Generating high value chemicals
Plastic waste could be upcycled into a chemical that is more valuable than the original plastic
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Packaging promise
From polymers to nanoparticles, the new technologies helping to reduce food and wrapper waste
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Human activity and climate change
Develop students’ speaking and listening skills with this debate activity
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Can seaweed-eating sheep curb methane emissions?
Seaweed may not be the silver bullet to farming’s methane problem
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Job profile
Laboratory analyst and higher degree apprentice, water
Joseph helps ensure there is clean, safe, water for 15 million people in the UK whilst studying towards his chemistry degree
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Job profile
Research 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
