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Planet Earth Online Podcasts
Planet Earth podcasts, from the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and hosted by Planet Earth online, cover a variety of topics about the world around us. Each podcast reports on two to four different stories, describing research projects and studies, dangers to the environment and wildlife, and proposed technologies that could protect the world around us.
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WWII Bunkers, Thugs and Aliens, and Calving Glaciers
This podcast from the Planet Earth Online collection and the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) looks at why weathermen are using a converted World War II bunker to monitor clouds; how thug species such as bramble, nettle and bracken can be just as damaging to woodlands as alien plants; and why scientists...
Hi-tech Physics, Toxic Soils and Mussel Shells
This podcast from the Planet Earth Online collection and the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) was recorded at the Diamond Light Source in Oxfordshire, England and discusses how two researchers are using hi-tech physics to study different aspects of the environment.
The Diamond synchrotron is like...
Palm Oil Plantations, Charcoal, and a Flea Circus
A podcast from the Planet Earth Online collection and the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). Does your shopping basket contain chocolate, biscuits and shampoo? If it does, you may be unwittingly contributing to the destruction of the some of the world's pristine rainforests.
Manufacturers now use...
Volcanic Ash from Iceland, and Sediment Time Machines
This podcast from the Planet Earth Online collection and the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) looks at how the eruption of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland gave scientists an unparalleled opportunity for research, and why sediment from rivers like the Thames can act like time machines to bygone...
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| Subject(s) | Science, Earth science, Working scientifically, Biology |
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| Age | 11-14, 14-16, 16-19 |
| Published | 2010 to 2019 |
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| Direct URL | https://www.stem.org.uk/cx5dt |
