Interviews about Earth Science

Scientists are keeping a close eye on the West Antarctic ice sheet because if it’s melts, we’re in big trouble from the...

How do we study the atmosphere? We have a vast array of tools and chemical tricks that we can rely on, but the...

Another reason to try and understand atmospheric chemistry is in case there comes a time when we have to try and do...

Charles cockell explains how microbes are eating away at out coastline...

In today’s world, it can seem as if there were more earthquakes than ever before and scientists at the British...

Coral reefs are regarded as the rainforest of the sea. They play a vital role in marine ecosystems and now, a new reef...

We take a look behind the Marine Stewardship Council's eco-label for sustainable seafood

Manta Rays are fished in increasing numbers for their gills to make Chinese medicines. We chat to Andrea Marshall...

The folk at Coral Cay Conservation are working to help encourage communities set up fish sanctuaries and protect the...

Dr David Ferguson explains the appeal of the Afar Depression...

Diatoms are the gems of the ocean that lock up carbon and are vital for all sorts of other creatures from krill to...

Previously, we have believed that the Earth’s atmosphere turned oxygen-rich about 800 million years ago and this...

When American scientists discovered some tree fossils in 2007, they turned out to be 385 million years old. That makes...

How can we make shipping more sustainable? Tristan Smith from University College London is here to shed some light on...

One idea put forward for sustainable shipping in the future has been to find ways to harness the power of the wind in...

Jen Ashworth from Natural England gives us the low down on a series of new MPAs that are soon to appear around the...

Predicting how the Earth’s climate is likely to change is one of the toughest challenges facing science, one that as we...

Walk along any beach almost anywhere in the world and you'll find plastics washed up on the shore. From plastic...

Legendary oceans explorer, Sylvia Earle, shares her thoughts on the Census of Marine Life.

Census co-founder, Jesse Ausabel, tells us about how it all began

Over the past few weeks, scientists have been carrying out the first geological survey since the 1930s of England’s...

A satellite designed to measure the Earth’s gravitational field with unprecedented accuracy may sound like something...

In the latest of our features from the Planet Earth Podcast Team, Richard Hollingham accept reports from the Plymouth...

Increasingly, governments and energy companies are looking at ways of harvesting wave and tidal energy. But what about...