Disaster in the Australian outback
Searing heat, severe drought and official mismanagement have allowed rivers in south-eastern...
Podcasts de environment
How Greta Thunberg's school strike went global: a look back
Today in Focus talked to the climate change activist Greta Thunberg in March about the campaign...
The true cost of wood-burning stoves –podcast
Learning the full extent of the environmental damage caused by wood-burning stoves led Guardian...
Held v Montana: the young people fighting for the climate in court
Dharna Noor reports on the 16 young people taking on the state of Montana in a historic climate...
Rebuilding Paradise: five years on from California’s deadliest fire
Five years after a wildfire killed 85 people in the Californian town of Paradise, the area has...
What can we do, right now, about climate change?
Calamitous weather events and warnings from scientists that the planet is warming faster than...
The destruction of the Kakhovka dam
The UN has blamed the destruction of the Kakhovka dam on Russia. What impact will the flooding...
Labour’s £28bn green policy U-turn
Keir Starmer has abandoned his totemic pledge on green investment amid fears it opens the party...
Soundscape ecology: a window into a disappearing world
What can sound tell us about nature loss? Guardian biodiversity reporter Phoebe Weston tells...
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scientist 69: the science author – Michael Freemantle says WW1 was the chemists war (2014)
The First World War, that began in 1914, put chemists to work. Their chemicals could harm as well...
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scientist 68: the crop scientist – Julian Little & products for farming (2014)
This podcast concerns the science of food crops. The growing world population leads to a demand...
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scientist 67: the guitarist – guitar types & quality (2014)
With many different types of guitars, we find out how much more is involved in the sound we get...
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scientist 66: the science journalist – report from the MRC LMB Cambridge (2014)
Dr Chris Creese and Roger Frost tour the LMB-MRC open day exhibition and learn about body clocks...
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scientist 65: the cytologist – Melina Schuh oocytes and reproduction (2014)
The topic is meiosis in mammalian oocytes, or how we make the eggs that make our babies....
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scientist 64: the molecular biologist – Hugh Pelham at MRC LMB Cambridge (2014)
The Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge is credited for landmark discoveries and...
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scientist 63: the molecular gastronomist – Peter Barham on gastronomy (2014)
We talk with Peter Barham, a professor of ‘Molecular Gastronomy’ about what his delicious subject...
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scientist 62: the science writer – big questions in popular science (2013)
The author of a riveting book called “The Big Questions in Science” explains how they researched...
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scientist 70: the biotechnologist – biosciences for Africa BFA (2014)
A Cambridge project seeks to improve farming practices in Africa by sharing advances in...
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scientist 61: the grain business manager – Andrew Wingate wheat and flours (2014)
CAMGRAIN is a farmer-owned central storage co-operative, set up 20 years ago to provide...
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Summer picks: should we ban artificial grass?
Installing artificial grass is becoming an increasingly popular way to achieve a neat, green lawn...
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