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Title	Summary	Post date
Hydro-Electric Dams	Keywords: dams, greenhouse gases, hydro-electricity, power Why is this beautiful valley in north-eastern BC about to be flooded? A look at the generation of power by a hydro-electric dam. Read More...	8 years 40 weeks ago
Volcanoes	Keywords: albedo, anthropogenic climate change, solar radiation, Stefan-Boltzmann law Will the Icelandic volcano cool us off? Using some straightforward physics to assess the possible impact of the Eyjafjallajökull eruption on the climate. Read More...	8 years 40 weeks ago
Wind Turbines	Keywords: kinetic energy, power, wind energy, wind turbines Can wind turbines actually be used to harness a substantial amount of power? The total energy available in wind and the power that can feasibly be extracted from it will be determined using the fundamentals of kinematics. Following, the limitations of location and machinery of wind turbines that restrict the amount of power that can be harnessed will be examined, before comparing the impact of wind energy with various other common sources of energy. Read More...	8 years 40 weeks ago
Energy and Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Calculations	Keywords: carbohydrates, energy, GHG production How much Chemistry and Biology do you need to understand to estimate energy and greenhouse gas production? Very little. Gain a basic understanding of energy and GHG production calculations. Read More...	8 years 40 weeks ago
Using spreadsheets	Keywords: absolute and relative cell references, chi-squared, Excel, formulas, graphing, model, OpenOffice Calc, simulating data, Solver, spreadsheets, trend line, uncertainties Want a quick way to do calculations, simulate data and draw graphs? Here are some quck tips on using spreadsheets to do this! In this activity, we will use an accepted physical model, that of an object falling in a vacuum, to create simulated data that could result from an experiment. We will then graph this data and fit a trend line to it. Read More...	8 years 41 weeks ago