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All the farmed mink in Denmark are to be killed. Around 17 million. This is because they have SARS COV-2 coronavirus circulating among them and some humans have contracted a new strain from the animals. The scientific detail is sketchy, but Emma Hodcroft at Basel University pieces together a picture of what this means for tackling the virus.
Typhoon Goni and hurricane Eta are two very powerful tropical cyclones. But the way these storms are recorded differs by geographical location and recording style. We speak with Kerry Emanuel, a professor at MIT in Boston, USA.
The magnitude 7 earthquake that hit the Mediterranean last Friday (30/10/20) was 70 miles away from the city of Izmir, but despite this, there was devastating loss of life due to collapsed buildings. Earthquake engineer Eser \\xc7akt\\u0131 from the Turkish University of Bo\\u011fazi\\xe7i, and Tiziana Rossetto from University College London talk us through the damage.
Migratory arctic animals are a weathervane for how the world is coping with climate change. Scientists have now pulled together monitoring data for these species\\u2019 movements into one accessible bank. Sarah Davidson tells us how this can help us understand the impact of Arctic climate change.
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Presenter: Roland Pease\\nProducer: Rory Galloway
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