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Blue machine: Uncovering the ocean's power

Thu 01 Jun 2023

Former Christmas Lecturer Helen Czerski explores one of earth's most complex systems: the ocean.

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Talks and shows

The Pentagon, climate change and war

Mon 15 May 2023

Discover the intersection between climate change and US national security with Neta Crawford.

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Climate

Podcast: Science at the extremes: with Greg Foot, Dan Martin and Leigh Marsh

Greg Foot leads a scientific exploration to the top of the tallest mountain and bottom of the deepest ocean, accompanied by

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Climate

Podcast: How we got to the climate crisis – with Alice Bell

Our exploration of the Earth’s fluctuating environment is an extraordinary story of human perception and scientific endeavour

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Climate

Are fungi the answer to our climate crisis?

Often-overlooked fungi are helping lock away carbon and combat climate change.

Are fungi the answer to our climate crisis? Read more
Video Christmas Lectures 2020: Up in the Air - with Tara Shine
Climate

Christmas Lectures 2020: Up in the Air - with Tara Shine

In the third lecture of the 2020 Christmas Lectures, environmental scientist Tara Shine demonstrates how Earth produces a never

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Video Christmas Lectures 2020: Water World - with Helen Czerski
Climate

Christmas Lectures 2020: Water World - with Helen Czerski

In the second lecture of the 2020 Christmas Lectures, physicist and oceanographer Helen Czerski unpicks the Earth’s heating and

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Video Christmas Lectures 2020: Engine Earth - with Chris Jackson
Climate

Christmas Lectures 2020: Engine Earth - with Chris Jackson

In the first lecture of the 2020 Christmas Lectures, geologist Chris Jackson shows us how the planet’s oldest rocks and fossils

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CHRISTMAS LECTURES Climate

Planet Earth: A user's guide – Up in the air (2020)

Tara Shine shows how Earth produces a never-ending supply of oxygen, and why today’s increased carbon emissions are dangerous to

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CHRISTMAS LECTURES Climate

Planet Earth: A user's guide – Water world (2020)

Helen Czerski unpicks the Earth’s heating and plumbing systems, showing how shifting ocean water forms the heart of the Earth's

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