Warming World Explained podcast

Episode 5 Energy and Heat

6/4/2020

Warming World Explained

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14:27

In this episode we discuss the meaning of energy and different ways the word is used in different disciplines. We discuss the conversion of energy from one form to another and the fact that although the total quantity of energy is the same after any process as before, some of the energy is always converted into forms that aren't useful.

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