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Climate change
The phenomenon of climate's temperature and rainfall slowly changing year by year.
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Wind turbine
Natural environment; Climate change
All turbines use kinetic (movement) energy to cause a bladed rotor to turn and so generate electricity. A wind turbine is a machine that captures the force of the wind. Often seen in remote, exposed ...
Standby
Natural environment; Climate change
Standby, or 'sleep mode', is a mode in which electronic appliances are turned off but still drawing current and ready to activate on command. Although legislation has limited the energy new ...
Stratosphere
Natural environment; Climate change
The second lowest level of the atmosphere, extending from about 10km to about 50km altitude. The ozone layer, the part of the earth's atmosphere with the greatest concentration of ozone, forms part ...
Sustainability
Natural environment; Climate change
Sustainability - whether applied to energy, technology, industry, agriculture or just consumption of resources in general - refers to the concept of using things at a rate that, while meeting our own ...
Technology transfer
Natural environment; Climate change
The process whereby technological advances are shared between different countries. Developed countries could, for example, share up-to-date renewable energy technologies with developing countries, in ...
Silicon
Natural environment; Climate change
Silicon is a chemical element known as a 'metalloid' (because it has intermediate properties between a metal and a non-metal). It is used as a semiconductor, for example in microchips in computers, ...
Smart metre
Natural environment; Climate change
A smart metre is a more sophisticated version of your normal gas or electricity metre (in fact, a single smart metre may monitor both) that is linked to your energy provider and can also be linked to ...
