BBC Inside Science

The climate cost of war


Listen Later

As conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine continue to dominate the news, many Inside Science listeners have been in touch with the same question:

What is the carbon footprint of war?

How significant is the impact – and is it crass to even talk about it? We’re joined by Benjamin Neimark from Queen Mary University in London.

Also this week, we chat to the incoming DG of Europe’s particle-smashing facility Cern, what have we learnt by defrosting an extinct big cat and, the beetle that could ruin Christmas...

Presenter: Marnie Chesterton

Producers: Florian Bohr, Ella Hubber & Gerry Holt
Editor: Martin Smith
Production Co-ordinator: Jana Bennett-Holesworth 

If you want to test your climate change knowledge, head to bbc.co.uk search for BBC Inside Science and follow the links to The Open University to take the quiz.

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

BBC Inside ScienceBy BBC Radio 4

  • 4.4
  • 4.4
  • 4.4
  • 4.4
  • 4.4

4.4

278 ratings


More shows like BBC Inside Science

View all
In Our Time by BBC Radio 4

In Our Time

5,412 Listeners

The Documentary Podcast by BBC World Service

The Documentary Podcast

1,843 Listeners

The Naked Scientists Podcast by The Naked Scientists

The Naked Scientists Podcast

605 Listeners

Global News Podcast by BBC World Service

Global News Podcast

7,914 Listeners

Science Weekly by The Guardian

Science Weekly

400 Listeners

Health Check by BBC World Service

Health Check

86 Listeners

Business Daily by BBC World Service

Business Daily

537 Listeners

Science In Action by BBC World Service

Science In Action

344 Listeners

Inside Health by BBC Radio 4

Inside Health

84 Listeners

More or Less: Behind the Stats by BBC Radio 4

More or Less: Behind the Stats

901 Listeners

Discovery by BBC World Service

Discovery

955 Listeners

World Business Report by BBC World Service

World Business Report

286 Listeners

The Infinite Monkey Cage by BBC Radio 4

The Infinite Monkey Cage

1,925 Listeners

Newshour by BBC World Service

Newshour

1,081 Listeners

In Our Time: Science by BBC Radio 4

In Our Time: Science

723 Listeners

The Life Scientific by BBC Radio 4

The Life Scientific

248 Listeners

Unexpected Elements by BBC World Service

Unexpected Elements

355 Listeners

Curious Cases by BBC Radio 4

Curious Cases

824 Listeners

CrowdScience by BBC World Service

CrowdScience

480 Listeners

Newscast by BBC News

Newscast

674 Listeners

Evil Genius with Russell Kane by BBC Sounds

Evil Genius with Russell Kane

380 Listeners

Elis James and John Robins by BBC Radio 5 Live

Elis James and John Robins

317 Listeners

You're Dead to Me by BBC Radio 4

You're Dead to Me

2,989 Listeners

The world, the universe and us by New Scientist

The world, the universe and us

114 Listeners

Sport's Strangest Crimes by BBC Radio 5 Live

Sport's Strangest Crimes

70 Listeners

Uncanny by BBC Radio 4

Uncanny

758 Listeners

Dua Lipa: At Your Service by BBC Sounds

Dua Lipa: At Your Service

1,004 Listeners

Lady Killers with Lucy Worsley by BBC Radio 4

Lady Killers with Lucy Worsley

547 Listeners

Believe in Magic by BBC Sounds

Believe in Magic

612 Listeners

The Global Story by BBC World Service

The Global Story

171 Listeners

Miss Me? by BBC Sounds

Miss Me?

281 Listeners

The History Podcast by BBC Radio 4

The History Podcast

26 Listeners

Rory Stewart: The Long History of... by BBC Radio 4

Rory Stewart: The Long History of...

66 Listeners

Havana Helmet Club by BBC Sounds

Havana Helmet Club

1 Listeners