Quantum. Series 1, Episode 5
Description
The latest developments in health, medicine, environmental issues, space and technology feature in this exciting and thought-provoking package of science stories. This episode discusses new research on the sun by solar and atmospheric physicists have found that the sun is partly responsible for climate change; obsolete extra body parts still hanging around and what that means as our environment changes more quickly; data about the surface features of Mars prompting new view of the icy north polar cap, and the identification of geological formations which were probably made by flowing water in the distant past; and what Australian scientists are doing to contain the astonishing 14% of Australia's total greenhouse gas emissions caused by livestock burping.
Runtime
25 min
Series
Subjects
Geography
Genre
Date of Publication
2013
Database
Alexander Street
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