Interviews about Earth Science

Obesity is a huge problem, but what makes us obese? Steve Bloom joins us from Imperial College London to explain why...

The Population Institute were our kind hosts in LA, but who are they, and what do they do? I spoke to Bill Ryerson,...

Sensing our environment is vital - from chemical leaks to terrorist attacks, an ability to accurately and quickly...

Can the bodies buried at stonehenge reveal what happened there?

A new proposal for an absolutely massive solar power tower in Namibia forces the issue of electricity in Africa -...

Deep water corals, just like their relatives on the reefs, are an indication of a healthy ecosystem - but they also act...

Human activities affect the marine environment in different ways, and Kimberly Selkoe and colleagues at the University...

David Karl from the University of Hawaii talks to Meera about the problems we face as climate change threatens ocean...

Kat dives into the possibility that ponds could help us fight the greenhouse effect, with Professor John Downing and...

Carbon sequestration may be our best bet to offset the tonnes of carbon we pump into the atmosphere each year....

Could an Anaconda be the best way to extract power from waves? Possibly not the snake itself, but it's namesake...

In Soay Sheep, having the biggest horns means you're more likely to breed - but it also means you're less...

Marie Edmonds studies the gasses being released from volcanoes without having to do the dangerous bit of actually...

Normally you think of magma as being a runny liquid, but it seems to fracture like a solid, Meera finds out more.

Although you think of most eruptions being hot and fiery, but a mud volcano is entirely different. It is cold but it...

Most of us have heard the tales of ancient Greece and the majority of the time we just think of these tales as another...

These days when searching for ancient remains and hidden treasures you don’t need to have the magical map where X marks...

Airlines often get a lot of criticism from the green movement for the amount of greenhouse gases they emit. But could...

When the Phoenix lander arrives on Mars, what can it expect to see? And what processes shaped the face of Mars as we...

Just what is so special about gemstones? We spoke to Ian Mercer of the Gemological Association...

How can we be sure that when we buy jewellery it is the real deal? To find out, Meera went to pay a visit to the...

Solar panels seem to be turning up on rooftops all over the place, but are they really worth using? You may be...

So how else can we generate electricity at home? Well Elaine Ball is from Baxi Group – and they’ve developed a...

With Ben and Dave doing the ultimate in water recycling, we sent Meera to find out how to be water wise...