Resources

Carbon and Phosphorus

In the build-up to the Christmas Lectures in 2012, the Royal Institution published a new video for every day of advent revealing the elements that really excite and inspire people.

Nobel Laureate Sir Harry Kroto relives his discovery of the third form of carbon, the Buckminsterfullerene, before talking...

Carbon and the Carbon Cycle *suitable for home teaching*

This resource from Defence Dynamics assists students when learning about carbon and the carbon cycle. In the first activity they consider changes in the carbon cycle and imbalances caused by human activity. The second activity looks at how carbon cycles in the environment and how carbon, in oil, is obtained for...

Carbon Capture

A Catalyst article explaining how carbon capture and storage can reduce the amount of carbon dioxide entering the atmosphere and may reduce the effects of climate change. Burning fossil fuels releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. This is a major contributor to climate change but can CO2 be captured and...

Carbon Capture and Storage, Floods, CryoSat-2 *suitable for home teaching*

This podcast from the Planet Earth Online collection and the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) looks at how carbon capture and storage works, why it's here to stay, the effect of floodplains on water pollution, and how the thickness of polar ice can be measured from space. The venue for this Planet Earth...

This handy little book is printed on 100% recycled paper and includes:

• Introduction by Mark Lynas author of 'Hide tide'
• News from a warming world welcome to the greenhouse 
• Explains...

Carbon Cycle Caper

In this series of activities from the Science Museum, students understand the carbon cycle, how it has been affected by our use of fossil fuels since the Industrial Revolution and how this underlies current worries about climate change. Students gain an atom's eye view of the carbon cycle and play out how the...

Carbon Dioxide

A Catalyst article about carbon dioxide which can be used as a solvent in industry, or as a regulator of blood pH. This article looks at some other uses of carbon dioxide and considers its importance in global warming. It also explains how the greenhouse effect is a natural part of the operation of the Earth's...

Carbon dioxide levels

These diagnostic questions and response activities (contained in the zip file) support students in being able to:

• Explain why burning a fossil fuel adds carbon dioxide to the atmosphere.
• Recognise that carbon dioxide molecules produced from a combustion reaction may eventually spread...

Carbon Emissions

This opinion piece addresses the question "China and India are right to resist binding emissions targets" and was written to provoke debate and discussion about the issue of carbon emissions. It was written by an Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) funded researcher, for the Debating Matters competition....

Carbon emissions and surface warming

This short video from Liverpool University focuses on carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. It shows the complex inter-relationships between and among various climatic factors and human-induced carbon dioxide increases, resulting in ocean surface warming.

This video was produced by Dr Andy Heath...