Interviews about Earth Science

Refrigeration may be a bigger environmental issue than transporting food around the country...

We have to get our food from where it’s grown to where we buy it and to our houses. What can we do to try and reduce...

Examining Chris' shopping bag to find out the carbon footprint of his weekly shop.

The UK’s weather-forecasting service have announced that it will monitor the Sun’s activity. But what are researchers...

Storms on the Sun’s surface can affect spacecraft and power distribution grids. But can they also change the weather on...

Pitcairn inhabitants are lobbying to create the world's largest marine reserve, of nearly a million square...

Typhoon Haiyan affected over 11 million people and displaced more than 600,000 in the Philippines, but how are aid...

Could turbine rearrangement increase the amount of energy we get from wind farms?

Dave Ansell and Ginny Smith use cabbage juice to show what effect carbon dioxide has on the atmosphere...

Dave Ansell and Ginny Smith make a volcanic crater using flour and a balloon, as well as answering questions from the...

Dave Ansell and Ginny Smith make a flame Tornado to explain how the weather phenomena form...

How can studying seismology help us understand and possibly predict earthquakes and volcanoes?

The tsunami which hit Japan in 2011 killed over 10,000 people and made hundreds of thousands homeless - but how did an...

Volcanologist Tehnuka Ilanko explains what volcanic gases can tell us about Magma and answers questions from the...

What happens to a tunnel in an earthquake? We discover how sand can liquefy...

Atmospheric Chemist Rod Jones explains how he's developed a pollution detector which fits in your pocket...

Andy Whiteley mapped the microbes hidden in the soil across the UK but when he moved to WA he knew it wouldn't be...

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?