Marina Ventura: Kids Guide to Our Planet

Marina Ventura: Kids Guide to Our Planet

Join Marina as she explores the world of water – from travelling back in time to see how the Romans washed, through to following where the water goes when we flush the toilet! That, and Marina's on a climate change crusade finding out what's causing our planet to warm and how we can all help prevent it.

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June 17, 2022 4 mins
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How can we make sure the electricity grid stays safe to use for years to come? Marina Ventura and her trusty sidekick Map App explore how we look after the electricity grid. 

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Marina Ventura and her trusty sidekick Map App explore how electricity is moved from place to place. 

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Where does our electricity get made and transmitted to our homes? Map App and Marina Ventura explore the Electricity National Control Centre in todays episode!

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In this episode Marina and her trusty sidekick Map App are exploring the future of electricity and how we might see electricity being made and used in years to come!

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Marina Ventura is out on a new adventure exploring energy! In this episode we learn all about what it is, how it works and why we use it! 

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Governments across the world are trying to make their countries take steps to stop the harmful impact of climate change.  COP26 is a huge event that is bringing people together to agree the best ways to tackle the issues and reach net zero – that’s where there’s a ‘zero’ balance between the amount of greenhouse gases being put into the atmosphere and those taken out. 

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National Grid is responsible for taking high voltage ‘raw’ energy from producers such as wind turbine and solar farms, as well as from power stations and gas refineries that are located across the UK, and carry it around the country using a network of cables, pipes, pylons and wires to where it’s needed – our towns and cities, industrial areas and transport links.

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Energy companies, like National Grid who transport energy across the UK, and others are attending a global climate change conference called COP26. And there's some major dilemmas that politicians have to crunch as they try to make their countries take steps to stop the harmful impact of climate change.

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March 24, 2017 3 mins

Climates naturally change but humans are responsible for our climate changing more quickly than it ever has done before.  Marina and Mapp App look at things we can all do to help.

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March 23, 2017 4 mins

Humans aren’t the only ones affected by changes in the climate.  Plants and animals are too.  Habitats change which can change the water and food available, and can affect whether they survive at all.  Marina and Mappy find out more.

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March 22, 2017 3 mins

Flooding is something which can happen as a result of changes to the climate and here in the UK it’s becoming more common.  Marina and Map App meet a climate explorer to find out more.

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March 21, 2017 3 mins

Our forests are an important part of life on earth for lots of reasons – one being that they absorb carbon from the atmosphere. But what happens when the forests are cut down?  And how does this affect climate?  Marina and Map App find out more.

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March 21, 2017 3 mins

The earth under our feet contains lots of clues about what the climate in the past was like.  Marina and Mapp App find out from the Climate Explorers how this can help us learn about possible future changes.

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March 21, 2017 3 mins

Our atmosphere is made up of a blanket of gases surrounding the planet.  It helps protect and keep us warm – and studying it can give us helpful information about the climate and how it changes.  Marina and Map App find out more.

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Oceans play a huge part in creating our climate on earth, and studying them can give us valuable information about the effect of changes to the earth’s temperature. Marina and Map App find out more.

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