Interviews about Earth Science

Why do we need nuclear fusion when we have renewable energy?

What is nuclear fusion? Many of us might have heard the term kicked around before but do we know what it means. We...

The Joint European Torus initiative and what it means for the future of energy...

Lloyd Peck of the British Antarctic Survey explains how some creatures in the Antarctic, like sea spiders grow to giant...

With the planet in the middle of its 6th mass extinction event, does de-extinction hold any hope for the species we are...

One of the greatest legacies of Apollo 11 is the 383 kilos of moon rock that the astronauts lugged back to Earth. What...

Rising carbon dioxide levels might not just cause increased temperatures worldwide. It might also stop fish from...

Are earthquake-proof buildings possible? Sinan Acikgoz demonstrates how to build tomorrow's structures...

Could we stop climate change by pumping particles into the ozone? Dr Kirsty Kuo thinks it's a possibility...

This week, 3000 metres up a Chilean mountain, scientists pressed the button to blow up half a million tonnes of rock...

We know bacteria can play a role in environmental clean ups, but what about nature’s recyclers, fungi?

Joel Kostka investigated in how microorganisms played a role in cleaning up the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon Oil...

Microorganisms might hold the key to recovering precious and rare metals used in smartphones and other electronics...

Microorganisms thriving in extreme conditions reveal how life might flourish in outer space...

Stephanie Pierce explains to a live audience at the Cambridge Science Centre how early life crawled out of the oceans...

Alex Liu explains what the fossil record tells us about how Earth's first animals developed from bacteria...

An ocean deeper than the Marianas trench has been discovered on Saturn's moon Enceladus

What can be done to reduce the risk of flood damage in future?

What can cities do to reduce the risk of flooding? Professor Nigel Wright, from Leeds University, explains the Blue-...

Jenny Mant, from the River Restoration Centre, explains how we manage river levels and how we can stop rivers from...

Flood-victim Sheila Abrams, who lives in Debden, Cambridgeshire, recounts her experience of being flooded out...

How was a marsh turned into farmland centuries ago?

Is the extreme weather of recent years a consequence of climate change? Nobel prize winner Don Wuebbles argues that it...

An astonishing 7 million tons of food and drink is thrown out in the UK every year. We dig into this waste.