A Pollutant’s Tale: An Interactive Talk on the Chemistry of the Earth’s Climate and Its Response to Pollutants
A Pollutant's Tale and its primary school version, Gases in the Air, are two talks that have been developed and modified over the last ca. 18 years, that provide audiences from approximately 4-90 years old with the background to the composition of the Earth's lower atmosphere, the Earth's climate, and the impact of air pollution. In this article, we describe the content of the talks and provide videos of each experiment individually as well as a recorded performance of both talks to an empty auditorium. In this article, we discuss ways that the talk can be further developed and its impact on audiences.
Authors
- Magdalena Wajrak (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3666-2175)
- Linda Sellou
- Mohammad Anwar H. Khan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7836-3344)
- Joyce D. Sewry (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1851-4504)
- Dudley Edmund Shallcross (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7614-9221)
- Timothy G. Harrison
- Alison C. Rivett (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5995-8369)
- Naomi K. R. Shallcross
- Michael T. Davies‐Coleman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5344-894X)
- Jonny Furze
- Nicholas Barker
- Sophie D. Franklin
Institutions
- Edith Cowan University (AU)
- National University of Singapore (SG)
- Rhodes University (ZA)
- University of Bristol (GB)
- University of Warwick (GB)
- Exeter Primary Care (GB)
- Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté (FR)
- Weston College (GB)
- University of the Western Cape (ZA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Chemical Education
- Published
- 2025-04-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.4c00532
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Research, Science, and Academia
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.17
Funders
- Sight Research UK
- Horizon 2020 Framework Programme
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
- Natural Environment Research Council