In this post you will find a list of links from my guest lecture in the Frontiers in Physics module from October 2024.
Sir David Mackay’s (free) book: http://withouthotair.com
Hannah Ritchie’s book: https://www.nottheendoftheworld.co.uk/
Johan Rockström and Owen Gaffney’s book: https://www.dk.com/uk/book/9780241466759-breaking-boundaries/
IOP physics careers page, including sustainability careers: https://www.iop.org/careers-physics/your-future-with-physics/career-paths
Blog post on climate anxiety: https://mentalhealth-uk.org/blog/what-is-climate-anxiety-and-what-can-you-do-about-it/
News article on climate anxiety: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-63516055
Our World In Data: https://ourworldindata.org
The University’s sustainability pages: https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/sustainability
IPCC special report on climate change: https://www.ipcc.ch/report/sixth-assessment-report-cycle
The Keeling Curve, a daily record of global atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration: https://keelingcurve.ucsd.edu
British Antarctic Survey, Ice cores and climate change: https://www.bas.ac.uk/data/our-data/publication/ice-cores-and-climate-change/
Link to the Paris Agreement: https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/paris-agreement
The UN Sustainable Development Goals: https://sdgs.un.org/
Our World In Data – specific graphs used:
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/temperature-anomaly
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/per-capita-energy-use
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/global-primary-energy
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/modern-renewable-energy-consumption
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/solar-pv-prices-vs-cumulative-capacity
Wiki pages on sustainable energy sources:
Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Facility
Matthias Loster’s page on solar energy and land area
NREL Best Research-Cell Efficiency Chart
European Chemical Society Periodic Table
Dr. Michael P. Weir 