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Glasgow Science Centre – What is Net Zero?
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Glasgow Science Centre – What is Net Zero?

You might hear the term Net Zero on news programmes and documentaries about climate change. Science Communicator Jennifer explains what Net Zero means and why it’s an important target in the fight against climate change. For more Live sessions and fantastic content, go to the…

Marine Habitats
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Marine Habitats

Aberdeen Science Centre Highlands and Islands team have produced this thirty-minute podcast exploring habitat mapping, blue carbon storage, and nature based solutions. Includes inspiration for careers in science, biology, and technology related to the monitoring, and future care of the planet.

Can we adapt to a changing climate?
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Can we adapt to a changing climate?

Throughout history, humanity’s survival has depended, in part, on our ability to adapt to natural fluctuations in our environment. And now, as our planet faces unprecedented shifts in the climate, it has never been more important for us to change with it. While global efforts…

Adventures in Antarctica: drilling for ancient ice
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Adventures in Antarctica: drilling for ancient ice

Join Professor Eric Wolff on his field trip to the snowy wonderland of Antarctica. In this short film we follow Professor Wolff and his team as they drill 650 metres into the West Antarctic ice sheet, unlocking the secret of Earth’s past climate, and allowing…

Seeing the air you breathe
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Seeing the air you breathe

We can’t see air but we know it surrounds us and that we rely on it to survive. Therefore, unsurprisingly, the quality of this life-giving mixture of gases has become of increasing concern. Atmospheric physicist Dr Mark Richards joins explains how we can monitor this…