Interviews about Earth Science

Richard Hollingham explores the process of carbon capture and utilisation where the carbon removed from our atmosphere...

Alan Jamieson and his team have been tackling the task of exploring the ocean's deepest points, hadal regions,...

Carbon capture and storage has been seen by the government as an important way to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. The...

Current estimates suggest that there are over half a million people airborne around the planet at any moment in time....

A new global initiative called the Earth Microbiome Project plans to build up a genetic picture of the billions of...

Breeding seahorses in captivity to supply aquariums aims to help reduce pressure on wild populations.

Water sports – surfing, body boarding, kite surfing, etc have all become increasingly popular in recent years, but the...

Skyonic have developed “Skymine”, a system that not only extracts CO2 but actually turns it into something they can...

Small particles released by tree leaves can cause brighter whiter clouds to form above forests, altering our climate...

It is a proven fact that if you elevate the amount of CO₂ in the atmosphere this will have the...

Earth observation from satellites is an extremely important way of examining everything from glaciers to tree cover in...

In April 2010, a previously dormant volcano in Iceland released a massive ash cloud that closed most Europe’s air...

We explore how filters can be designed to provide a breath of truly clean air...

If you’ve been shopping for a fish supper lately you’ve almost certainly been offered both farmed and wild fish. Fish...

Aquaculture isn’t restricted to the oceans – many aquatic organisms can actually be farmed on land. This is...

Wading into a river and digging until you get to the slime, soil, dirt and other matter at the bottom may not be...

Underwater robots listen out for whales even in the middle of a raging storm

A special type of rust, called 'green rust', could be used to scrub contaminants from the environment to make...

A new form of solar cell that uses plastic instead of silicone may make solar panels a cheap and effective way of...

To bring us up to date with events at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant, and explain how his own work fits in with this...

To investigate the impact of geology on the spread of pollution, scientists in Oxford are studying how water travels...

Photojournalist Brian Skerry brings back snapshots of the oceans that help shift our perspective on the underwater...

Jason deCaires Taylor's sculptures take on new life and new meaning on the seabed.