Podcasts

Walking with dinosaurs on Britain's Jurassic Coast

Published: March 3, 2015, midnight
Duration: 10 minutes 57 seconds

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How climate change could affect the potato

Published: Feb. 18, 2015, midnight
Duration: 10 minutes 46 seconds

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How archaeology can tell us what people ate

Published: Feb. 3, 2015, 8 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 52 seconds

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A look at the effects of drugs on marine life

Published: Jan. 20, 2015, 8 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 30 seconds

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How river bank erosion affects livelihoods

Published: Jan. 7, 2015, midnight
Duration: 13 minutes 23 seconds

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How carbon storage affects sea life

Published: Dec. 23, 2014, 8 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 35 seconds

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UK flooding - past, present and future

Published: Dec. 10, 2014, 10:01 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 19 seconds

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Why the UK's moths are under pressure

Published: Nov. 25, 2014, midnight
Duration: 11 minutes 56 seconds

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The effects of metal pollution on fish

Published: Nov. 11, 2014, midnight
Duration: 7 minutes 9 seconds

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Parasite stops bees finding their way home

Published: Oct. 28, 2014, midnight
Duration: 10 minutes 55 seconds

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Robots to map marine life in key fishing areas

Published: Oct. 14, 2014, 7 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 1 second

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How plastic pollution may harm marine life

Published: Sept. 29, 2014, 11 p.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 15 seconds

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Linking sewage treatment with antibiotic resistance

Published: Sept. 16, 2014, 7 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 26 seconds

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How marine life responds to underwater noise

Published: Sept. 1, 2014, 11 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 58 seconds

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The evolution of the British peppered moth

Published: Aug. 19, 2014, 7 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 48 seconds

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Measuring air quality from a car

Published: Aug. 5, 2014, 7 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 18 seconds

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Using X-rays to look inside ancient leaves

Published: July 22, 2014, 7 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 2 seconds

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How an urban meadow is boosting biodiversity

Published: July 8, 2014, 7 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 52 seconds

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Could injured dinosaurs help modern medicine?

Published: June 24, 2014, 7 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 12 seconds

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Storm surges and their effect on coastal sand dunes

Published: June 10, 2014, 7 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 5 seconds

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Insects, sediment and climate change

Published: May 27, 2014, 7 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 45 seconds

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The storms that hit southwest England

Published: May 13, 2014, 7 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 32 seconds

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River pollution and its effects on birds

Published: April 29, 2014, 7 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 8 seconds

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How to tackle air pollution

Published: April 15, 2014, 7 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 11 seconds

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Measuring methane above the Arctic

Published: April 1, 2014, 7 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 13 seconds

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Cutting light pollution in big cities

Published: March 18, 2014, 8 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 55 seconds

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Heavy rain, flooding and sinkholes

Published: March 4, 2014, 8 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 59 seconds

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Rats, mice and the diseases they give us

Published: Feb. 18, 2014, 8 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 17 seconds

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Why the River Thames faces a pollution crackdown

Published: Feb. 4, 2014, 8 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 56 seconds

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City birds are tougher than their country cousins

Published: Jan. 21, 2014, 8 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 9 seconds

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Unravelling the intricacies of Earth's magnetic field

Published: Jan. 7, 2014, 8 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 46 seconds

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Reducing the effects of fish farms

Published: Dec. 24, 2013, 8 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 13 seconds

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Turning algae into biofuel

Published: Dec. 10, 2013, 8 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 6 seconds

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Monitoring soil health and complexity

Published: Nov. 26, 2013, midnight
Duration: 10 minutes 7 seconds

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Monitoring Atlantic Ocean currents

Published: Nov. 12, 2013, midnight
Duration: 8 minutes 47 seconds

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Introducing Royal Research Ship Discovery

Published: Oct. 29, 2013, 8 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 46 seconds

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Using chemistry to rescue ancient artefacts

Published: Oct. 15, 2013, 7 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 32 seconds

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Using genetics to fight ash dieback

Published: Sept. 30, 2013, 11 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 18 seconds

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Marine life and climate change

Published: Sept. 16, 2013, 11 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 40 seconds

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Putting a value on the natural world

Published: Sept. 9, 2013, 11 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 40 seconds

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Space mission to measure biomass

Published: Aug. 20, 2013, 7 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 49 seconds

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Turning disused quarries into nature reserves

Published: Aug. 6, 2013, 7 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 1 second

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Improving predictions of flash flooding

Published: July 23, 2013, 7 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 17 seconds

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Rhododendrons and sudden oak death

Published: July 8, 2013, 11 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 58 seconds

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Sediment science, shipping and Liverpool Bay

Published: June 24, 2013, 11 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 38 seconds

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Linking fungi, soil, cider and food security

Published: June 11, 2013, 7 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 1 second

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London's air pollution from the BT Tower

Published: May 28, 2013, 7 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 55 seconds

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Where to put your wind turbine

Published: May 14, 2013, 7 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 46 seconds

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Recent ice-melt in the Antarctica Peninsula

Published: April 30, 2013, 7 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 58 seconds

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Parasitic perks, coastal resilience, nuclear power

Published: April 16, 2013, 7 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 35 seconds

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Woolly rhinos, breeding salmon, weighing oceans

Published: April 1, 2013, 11 p.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 47 seconds

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Flooding, oceanic fungi, identifying old bones

Published: March 19, 2013, 7:30 a.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 16 seconds

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Tidal energy, turtle mating habits

Published: March 5, 2013, 7:30 a.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 52 seconds

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Our ancient ancestors, deep sea worms

Published: Feb. 19, 2013, 8 a.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 1 second

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Using genetics to save the ash tree, oil from algae

Published: Feb. 5, 2013, 8 a.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 42 seconds

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Avian pox in UK great tits, top conservation issues

Published: Jan. 22, 2013, 8 a.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 45 seconds

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Climate tipping points, basking sharks, primates

Published: Jan. 8, 2013, midnight
Duration: 19 minutes 54 seconds

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Planet Earth Podcast highlights from 2012

Published: Dec. 25, 2012, 8 a.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 31 seconds

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Citizen science projects, plants and greenhouse gases

Published: Dec. 11, 2012, 8 a.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 10 seconds

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Bat calls, weather balloons, telomeres and ageing

Published: Nov. 27, 2012, midnight
Duration: 22 minutes 3 seconds

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Solutions to urban flooding, peatland carbon storage

Published: Nov. 13, 2012, 8 a.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 34 seconds

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Unique plants in Bristol, contraceptives and fish

Published: Oct. 30, 2012, 8 a.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 28 seconds

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Man-made salt marshes, ground heat, storms

Published: Oct. 16, 2012, 7 a.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 49 seconds

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Future-proofing forests, noisy gannets, Antarctica

Published: Oct. 2, 2012, 7 a.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 13 seconds

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Forecasting solar storms, fish personalities

Published: Sept. 18, 2012, 7 a.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 29 seconds

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Early tetrapods, upland rivers, North Anatolian Fault

Published: Sept. 4, 2012, 7 a.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 14 seconds

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Bees and sex, acid rain's legacy, cold water corals

Published: Aug. 14, 2012, 7 a.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 18 seconds

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Early African dairy farming, seabird migrations

Published: July 31, 2012, 7 a.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 43 seconds

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Brown water, bats and streetlights, plant methane

Published: July 17, 2012, 7 a.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 35 seconds

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Urban heat, ancient cave art, bold birds

Published: July 2, 2012, 11 p.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 5 seconds

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Bees, nanomaterials, and methane on Mars

Published: June 19, 2012, 7 a.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 55 seconds

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Medical diagnostics, the value of nature

Published: June 5, 2012, 11 p.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 1 second

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Cold water corals, meteorites, new greenhouse gases

Published: May 22, 2012, 7 a.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 22 seconds

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Drought and record rainfall, indoor avalanches

Published: May 8, 2012, 7 a.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 21 seconds

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Microscopic plants, using volcanic ash for dating

Published: April 24, 2012, 7 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 59 seconds

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Fungal threats, hydrothermal vents, green buildings

Published: April 10, 2012, 11 p.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 45 seconds

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Air pollution, dwarf elephants and water footprints

Published: March 27, 2012, 6 a.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 30 seconds

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Invasive signal crayfish, shags, night-shining clouds

Published: March 13, 2012, 8 a.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 33 seconds

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River Thames pollution, Arctic freshwater bulge

Published: Feb. 28, 2012, 8 a.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 48 seconds

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Testing satellites on Earth, hedgerow wildlife

Published: Feb. 14, 2012, midnight
Duration: 21 minutes 5 seconds

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Revitalising urban rivers, hot conservation topics

Published: Jan. 31, 2012, 8 a.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 24 seconds

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The Hoff Crab, North Sea fisheries, flood prediction

Published: Jan. 17, 2012, 7 a.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 33 seconds

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Parkour and orang-utans, risks from solar storms

Published: Jan. 3, 2012, midnight
Duration: 19 minutes 14 seconds

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Our best 2011 audio diaries

Published: Dec. 20, 2011, 9 a.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 47 seconds

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The Thames Barrier, the colour of prehistoric birds

Published: Dec. 6, 2011, 9 a.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 13 seconds

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The ozone hole, starlings in Fair Isle, forest fires

Published: Nov. 22, 2011, 9 a.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 7 seconds

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Treating snakebites, and European shags

Published: Nov. 8, 2011, 9 a.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 53 seconds

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Neanderthal mammoth hunters in Jersey

Published: Oct. 25, 2011, 7 a.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 44 seconds

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The deep sea, ancient proteins, Arctic research

Published: Oct. 10, 2011, 11 p.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 31 seconds

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Spreading aliens, Arctic experience, and Antarctica

Published: Sept. 26, 2011, 11 p.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 3 seconds

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Engineering the climate to tackle climate change

Published: Sept. 14, 2011, 7 a.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 16 seconds

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