Space junk – how should we clean up our act?
This week, the US became the first country to ban anti-satellite missile tests, in an effort to...
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Podcasts de Pollution
Are synthetic chemicals we encounter every day causing us to gain weight? According to a major...
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Urban mobility must tackle an over-reliance on automobiles, which has led to both sprawl and...
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This Week in Tech with Jeanne Destro-8-19-22: Toxic Transformation
Two Professors from Ohio University in Athens have come up with a way to transform heavy-metal...
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Could moth larvae be the answer to our plastic problem?
Plastic pollution is damaging the health of the environment, wildlife and us. It has been found...
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Season 6 takes a turn to the fantastical, in which Helen is granted super powers to enable her to...
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What are ‘forever chemicals’ and why are they causing alarm?
Madeleine Finlay speaks to environmental journalist Rachel Salvidge about PFAS, also known as...
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What’s in the air in East Palestine, Ohio?
When a train derailed in a small town in Ohio last month, it shed its toxic load, spewed smoke...
Walk down any street – not just in Portobello – but almost any town in the UK and you’ll see row...
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The NSW towns where residents found metal in their blood
People in central west New South Wales have mounting fears about their water quality after...
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The marine ecosystem is constantly threatened by ever-increasing pollution. And the danger...
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Superyachts and private jets: the carbon impact of the ‘polluter elite’
Madeleine Finlay hears from the Guardian’s Europe environment correspondent Ajit Niranjan, and...
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Staying Alive In Toxic Times with Dr. Jenny Goodman
Dr Jenny Goodman qualified as a Medical Doctor in 1982, and is a member of the British Society...
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Gold mining’s toll on Nigeria’s Osun River
This episode of Africa Science Focus continues to investigate the pollution of the Osun River in...
Is the UK losing its leadership status on net zero?
The UK was the first major power to sign net zero into law in 2019, and was once considered a...
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How is EU policy on carbon removal developing?
Bertie speaks to Wijnand Stoefs, Carbon Market Watch's policy lead on Carbon Removal, about how...
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How badly have microplastics harmed ecosystems, climate, and human health?
Bertie talks to science journalist Matt Simon about his upcoming book; A Poison Like No Other:...
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How to tackle methane in a meat-eating world?
Did you know that methane is more than 25 times more potent than CO2 in terms of trapping heat...
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What are the issues threatening oceans in the Pacific?
The day before 80 countries meet in Palau to discuss ocean governance, Bertie talked to Dame Meg...
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Why bioenergy increases CO2 emissions even more than burning coal - with MIT's John Sterman
Alasdair talks to John Sterman about his groundbreaking research that proved burning wood for...
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