The global environment
Studying the greenhouse effect .. Find out how a greenhouse works and what this might mean for our planet
Investigating the heat balance .. The earth's atmosphere is heating up as we produce more and more greenhouse gases
Kilograms of carbon .. Investigate the most common greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide
Investigating global warming and sea level .. Study what the greenhouse effect might mean for global sea levels
Predicting predicaments .. Consider some of the long-term predictions for global climate change
Turning down the heat .. Some ideas on what the world – and each of us – can do to fight global warming
Ozone layer depletion .. There's concern about the loss of ozone in the upper atmosphere, which protects us from the sun's radiation
Reducing the sunscreen .. Think about some of the consequences of a depleted ozone layer and how we might help to arrest it
Page last updated: 27 February 2011
