Podcasts
Episode 15: Geology in the age of Man
January Shell Lecturer James Jackson talks earthquake prediction, and Mike Stephenson of the BGS explains the latest research into carbon capture and storage.
Episode 14: CSI: Geology
Speakers from the Geology Section of the British Science Festival explain their research - featuring forensic geoscience, and an explanation of what rare earth elements do for us.
Episode 13: Gaia in the 21st Century James Lovelock and Lynn Margulis, who collaborated to develop the Gaia hypothesis, explain the origins of the idea, how it was received, and its relevance to present day challenges facing the Earth.
Episode 12: Challenged by Carbon
Produced after Climate Week 2011, this episode features GSL President Bryan Lovell discussing the role of geologists and the oil industry in the climate change debate. Geochemist Anthony Cohen explains how we know about the Earth's climate history.
Episode 11: Geological Hazards - Home and Away
Ian Main explains why earthquake prediction can be so difficult, and what else geologists can do to help protect communities, and Martin Culshaw talks about what geological hazards are faced by the UK.
Episode 10: Renewable Energy on Orkney
Following a visit to the Orkney Science Festival, Sarah reports on the research being carried out into marine renewables, and finds that the Orkney islands are not as remote as they might seem...
Episode 9: Impacts
Kieren Howard explains the significance of meteorite impacts on Earth, and a team of scientists discuss their work in resolving a long standing debate: did a meteorite impact kill the dinosaurs?
Episode 8: The Oxford Museum of Natural History at 150 Sarah Day takes a tour around the Oxford Museum of Natural History with Kevin Walsh, the museum’s Assistant Director, who talks about the museum's exhibition showing contemporary photographs, documents and engravings tracing its history as part of its 150th birthday celebrations.
Episode 7: Ground Shaking Research Prof Richard Sibson, winner of the 2010 Wollaston Medal, explains why earthquakes appear to be getting worse, and in part two of our dinosaur double bill, Prof Xu Xing joins UCL postgrad student Michael Pittman to explain their search for new dinosaur specimens.
Episode 6: Life on Earth and Mars
John Grotzinger explains the importance of NASA’s latest Mars rover, and UCL graduate student Michael Pittman talks about the discovery of a new species of dinosaur, Linheraptor exquisitus.
Episode 5: The Big Bang Fair 2010
Sarah Day reports from the Big Bang Fair, part of National Science and Engineering Week, which took place on 11-13 March 2010, where thousands of schools and families visited to meet scientists and exhibitors from industries and businesses.
Episode 4: Mapping the Arctic
Mark St-Onge explains how so many nations worked together to produce the new Geological Map of the Arctic, and March’s Shell London Lecturer, Martin Blunt, discusses the difficult relationship which can sometimes exist between scientists and the media.
Episode 3: The Present is the Key to the Past
Bruce Levell, Chief Geologist at Shell, explains the relevance of this principle to the oil and gas industry today, and Lynne Frostick explains what rising tides mean for our future, and how an understanding of our geological past can help us prepare for the future.
Episode 2: Spider Webs and Seamounts
Sarah Day visits Professor Martin Brasier who made the news when he published reports of the world’s oldest fossilized spider webs, and November’s Shell London Lecturer, Professor Tony Watts, explains the importance of his research into sea mounts - mountains under the sea.
Episode 1: Climate on Earth and Mars
In our very first podcast, Dr Matt Balme explains how he uses his knowledge of Earth to understand the Martian climate, and Dr Rosalind Rickaby tells of a tiny marine organism that’s facing a big climate challenge.
Planet Earth Podcasts
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