Interviews about Earth Science

Could chemicals used in the fracking process seep into our drinking water?

Fracking has been linked to earth tremors in Blackpool, but should that be a source of concern?

Should we be worried about fracking?

Fracking has led to lower energy prices in the US, so could the UK see a similar trend?

Is fracking an energy source the UK should explore? Or is it a risk too far?

If Greenland's ice sheets melted global sea-levels could rise by several meters. But how hot will it need to get...

Why are the waters of the Antarctic so different from the rest of the world?

Sabrina Hahn talks about her work building gardens with the indigenous population of the Kimberleys...

How nitrogen fixation improves soil...

How do we know dark matter exists and how do we detect it?

Jack O'Malley James tells me that life is likely to live deep underground in two billion years' time.

What will be the last life left on earth? Bacteria, or cockroaches?

A new survey is monitoring how solar storms trigger unusual electric fields on Earth, to help understand how to protect...

A new survey is monitoring how solar storms trigger unusual electric fields on Earth, to help understand how to protect...

What happens when you drive in fog? Often low visibility is blamed for accidents in these conditions, but how fast are...

Kristine Larson explains how she uses GPS not for locations but to detect volcanic plumes and measure snow depth...

Alison Ming discusses how hot air from the tropics pushes its way up through the atmosphere.

What is the weather like on other planets? John Zarnecki explains.

Nick Graham discusses how we can prepare for extreme weather...

Brian Golding takes us through how a weather forecast is put together, and how much we can trust it.

We investigate one of the most significant fossil finds in Britain, a woolly rhino skeleton found in a Staffordshire...

Oceanographers have come up with the unusual idea of weighing the global ocean at a single point to assess how big it...

We speak to Tim Benton, the UK champion for food security, to find out why we should be hungry to secure our food...

We peer into the depths of the science of sinkholes to find out when and how they appear...