{"id":306,"date":"2020-10-02T15:59:50","date_gmt":"2020-10-02T14:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk\/physics\/?p=306"},"modified":"2021-09-30T15:27:02","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T14:27:02","slug":"physics-talk-from-cosmology-to-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk\/physics\/2020\/10\/02\/physics-talk-from-cosmology-to-climate-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Physics talk: From cosmology to climate change"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a recording of a talk given over Zoom in summer 2020. We organised four of these webinars for students who had received offers to join us as physics undergraduates. They’re all delivered by our lecturers on areas of their research.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

From Cosmology to Climate Change<\/h2>\n

How do you go from looking for dark matter to researching the carbon footprint of your breakfast? Cosmologist Prof. Sarah Bridle explains.<\/p>\n

Speaker bio – Prof. Sarah Bridle<\/h2>\n

\"Professor<\/p>\n

Professor Sarah Bridle is a cosmologist who’s researching climate change. She says: “I have been studying dark matter and dark energy for the last 20 years, but when my kids started school I started to think about our own planet in the next 20 years and beyond. I learned about climate change properly for the first time, how it threatens worldwide food production, and how food causes about a quarter of all global warming. I wanted to know how much each of my food choices was contributing, and why.”<\/span><\/p>\n

In addition to her research, Prof. Bridle teaches UoM’s Physics of Energy Sources module. This is a first year Physics course introducing solar energy and the greenhouse effect, our energy requirements, and the renewable and nuclear energy sources that can help address them.<\/span><\/p>\n

Watch the video<\/h2>\n

You can see the talk at the University’s video page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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You can also check out her TedX talk, ‘Eating Our Way Out of Climate Change’:<\/p>\n