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Highlights From 2009
This podcast from the Planet Earth Online collection and the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), looks back at some of the highlights from 12 months of Planet Earth podcasts, and looks ahead to some of the big stories expected in 2010.
Marine biologist Ben Wilson from the Scottish Association for Marine Science explains why he's investigating the environmental impact of underwater renewable energy turbines. At the time same, you can listen to the bizarre sounds shrimps make.
Another report revisited is a good parenting story from the University of East Anglia. Jennifer Gill explains how Icelandic black-tailed godwits make sure their offspring get the best start in life.
The most popular podcast of 2009 was about earthquakes. Brian Baptie explains how British Geological Survey geologists use seismometers in a vault in Edinburgh to monitor earthquakes not just in Britain, but on the other side of the world - in places like Indonesia, Japan and Tonga.
Next, Sofie Sjogersten from the University of Nottingham explains why the carbon trapped in peat bogs could become a problem as our climate warms up.
The podcast also looks ahead to some of the big stories for 2010, from biodiversity to geoengineering and a new satellite to measure precise changes in the thickness of polar ice sheets and sea ice.
This podcast is dated 22 December 2009.
NERC is a part of the Research Councils UK (RCUK) partnership of research councils.
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