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CHRISTMAS LECTURES Climate

Planet Earth: A user's guide – Engine Earth (2020)

Chris Jackson shows us how the planet’s oldest rocks and fossils tell a story of radical climate changes throughout history.

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What’s the solution to plastic pollution?

Our digital media intern, Kathy Grenville, questions the effectiveness of recent bans on single use plastics and looks at

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Video Sea Level Rise Can No Longer Be Stopped, What Next? - with John Englander
Climate

Sea Level Rise Can No Longer Be Stopped, What Next? - with John Englander

Sea level rise can no longer be stopped, so it is urgent that we commence intelligent adaptation as a high priority, argues John

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Blog 'Wednesday 18 May; Experimented all day; the subject is completely in my hands!', extract from John Tyndall's journal, 1859
Climate

Who discovered the greenhouse effect?

John Tyndall set the foundation for our modern understanding of the greenhouse effect, climate change, meteorology, and weather

Who discovered the greenhouse effect? Read more

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