Sea temperatures affect plankton growth, which in turns alters fish abundance. So warm...
Interviews about Earth Science
Interviews about geology, palaeontology, archaeology, atmospheric science, climate, climate change and meteorology...
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...
Embarrassingly for the average Aussie, as a nation, they're amongst the worst emitters of greenhouse gases on a...
Climate change poses many, varied threats to the oceans. John Bruno gives us a rundown of findings from his recent...
As well as big animals like polar bears that hunt on top of Arctic sea ice, there is an extraordinary world of life...
David Barnes from the British Antarctic Survey tells about changes taking place in the Southern Ocean and introduces us...
Climate change poses many, varied threats to the oceans. John Bruno gives us a rundown of findings from his recent...
As well as big animals like polar bears that hunt on top of Arctic sea ice, there is an extraordinary world of life...
Nancy Knowlton from the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History chooses this month's critter
David Barnes from the British Antarctic Survey tells about changes taking place in the Southern Ocean and introduces us...
Andrea Peron takes us on a tour along stage 9 explaining the speeds reached, points to be won and the affects of such...
Turning a farm into a city and then back again, is no easy feat. For the festival to run smoothly there must be...
The Glastonbury organisers pride themselves on doing as much possible to reduce their impact - not just on the farm...