How sea life is succumbing to plastic pollution...
Interviews about Earth Science
Interviews about geology, palaeontology, archaeology, atmospheric science, climate, climate change and meteorology...
04 March 2012
Cynthia Carliell-Marquet from the University of Birmingham discusses recycling and sharing out the phosphate resources...
04 March 2012
Nitrates in water can harm newborn babies and trigger the rapid growth of algae in rivers, killing fish and choking...
04 March 2012
David Butler explains how to make the most of our water supply including the best ways to recycle water in the home...
04 March 2012
Dan Cooke from the recycling renewable energy and waste management company Viridor discusses how much energy we can...
26 February 2012
Hear how meat is being made in the lab using stem cells, the flaws identified which could mean those neutrinos weren...
26 February 2012
Building an instrument to fly on board a satellite is a feat of precision engineering. It’s got to be robust enough to...
19 February 2012
In England there are 450,000 kilometres of managed hedgerows, often containing hawthorn and often dubbed “corridors for...
12 February 2012
Rivers in cities and towns have had a rough time over the years – often diverted, hidden or lined with concrete. Some...
05 February 2012
How scientists are eavesdropping using electrodes, predicting eruptions using magma, healing wounds with honey and...
05 February 2012
Richard Hollingham explores the hotlist of conservation issues facing the world today...
29 January 2012
When Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin brought back the first samples of moon rock in 1969, scientists were surprised to...
29 January 2012
2012 began with gale force winds, localised flooding and travel disruptions in the UK. But not everyone is sorry to...
22 January 2012
Comets plummeting into the Sun's atmosphere, why exercise can keep diabetes at bay, how the public are helping...
22 January 2012
We explore the disovery of new species in the hydrothermal vents of Antarctica...
15 January 2012
Solar storms can disrupt satellites, communications and power supplies and so scientists have now produced the first...
13 January 2012
Smoking cessation, stars and planets, fungi fight lead pollution, and plants making a meal out of worms...
13 December 2011
Richard Hollingham investigates why ozone depletion sparked unanimous change around the World in 1987 and whether a...
06 December 2011
This Christmas, why not adopt a baby lobster?
06 December 2011
Sustainably-caught fish are the perfect gift for aquarium keepers
06 December 2011
The perfect Christmas gift for a book loving, ocean loving friend.
27 November 2011
We explore how invasive plant species can affect landscapes and indigenous wildlife...
13 November 2011
A new target for Malaria vaccines, How seeing and paying attention to things uses separate parts of the brain and the...