Planet Earth online

Planet Earth online

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Planet Earth online episodes

  • Walking with dinosaurs on Britain's Jurassic Coast
    This week in the Planet Earth Podcast: Phil Manning, Victoria Egerton and Bill Sellers of the University of Manchester are joined by local geologist Paul Ensom at the Isle of Purbeck on Britain's Jurassic Coast to talk about some dinosaur tracks recently found in the area.
    11 min
  • A look at the effects of drugs on marine life
    This week in the Planet Earth Podcast: Alex Ford and Stephen Short of the University of Portsmouth explain why we need to understand the effects of contraceptives, anti-depressants and other prescription drugs on marine organisms to protect our environment.
    10 min
  • How carbon storage affects sea life
    This week in the Planet Earth Podcast: Jerry Blackford and Steve Widdicombe of Plymouth Marine Laboratory talk about the world's first carbon capture and storage leakage experiment which looks at its effects on the marine environment.
    11 min
  • Why the UK's moths are under pressure
    This week in the Planet Earth Podcast: Richard Fox of Butterfly Conservation and Tom Oliver of the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology explain how records of millions of moths, citizen science and expert analysis are showing that populations of large moths are under increasing pressure.
    12 min

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