Environment

Professor Julie McCann takes her inspiration from nature for writing algorithms that allow distributed wireless networks to become self-organising, adaptive and intelligent.

Dr. Finn Giuliani explores how new understanding of material properties at a tiny scale could lead to a radical transformation in the way we make use of their mechanical properties for architecture, aviation and other industries.

Professor E J Milner-Gulland discusses her research on the impact of human activity and political change on the saiga antelope population

Researchers at Imperial College London found that aircraft noise is linked to higher risks of stroke, heart and circulatory disease.

Professor Joanna Haigh, Head of the Department of Physics, discusses the effect of the variations of solar forces on the earth's climate at Imperial Festival, 2013.

Nitrates from fertilisers used decades ago are polluting our water supply – and it’s all because of how slowly water passes through chalk, according to Dr Adrian Butler. (Extract 3 of 4 from the Imperial College Podcast 20 March 2013)

Sir Gordon Conway explains his strategy for feeding the world’s growing population, as outlined in his new book. (Extract 2 of 3 from the Imperial College Podcast 12 December 2012)

In this Grantham Special Lecture, Professor Ted Shepherd, Grantham Chair in Climate Science at University of Reading looks at the persistent uncertainties in model predictions of the atmospheric circulation response to climate change.

Junior Research Fellow Susannah Maidment explains how the geographical distribution of fossils from the Jurassic period could offer clues about how biodiversity will vary around the world in the future.

Video taken at the Tsaobis Baboon Project in Namibia. New research from ZSL and Imperial scientists shows baboons choose who to eat with depending on their position in the pecking order. (This video has no commentary)