Antarctic, Kew, Paleogenomics, Sea birds

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🗓️ 3 May 2018

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

The Thwaites glacier in Western Antarctica is twice the size of the UK and accounts for about 4% of sea level rise, but what is unknown is whether the glacier will collapse as a result of environmental change. Adam Rutherford speaks to 2 scientists from a major new study who with the help of seals and Boaty McBoat face will be investigating what goes on under the glacier and what drilling into the rocks under the sea can tell us.

And while the work of the new Antarctic team-up is studying the impact of the rise of sea levels, here in the UK, researchers are similarly concerned about the warming of the oceans, but on the specific effect it could have on sea birds. Inside Science's Jack Meegan reports from the Yorkshire coast.

The Temperate House at Kew has undergone a 5 year restoration and now is about to open to the public, Adam goes along to get a preview.

Who owns ancient DNA? A recent article in the journal Science argues that we need to think harder about the living relatives of indigenous people and not simply treat their human remains as "artifacts".

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Doleepa, and I'm at your service.
0:04.7	Join me as I serve up personal conversations with my sensational guests.
0:08.8	Do a leap interviews, Tim Cook.
0:11.2	Technology doesn't want to be good or bad.
0:15.0	It's in the hands of the creator.
0:16.7	It's not every day that I have the CEO of the world's biggest company in my living room.
0:20.7	If you're looking at your phone more than you're looking in someone's eyes, you're doing the wrong
0:25.4	thing.
0:26.4	Julie, at your service.
0:27.4	Listen to all episodes on BBC Sales.
0:31.6	Hello You, this is the podcast of Insight Science from BBC Radio 4 first
0:35.4	broadcast on the 3rd of May 2018 I'm Adam Rutherford this week something that I
0:40.8	think is very important on a subject that you know I'm rather fond of human evolution.
0:45.0	The question today is, when it comes to getting at the genes of our ancestors, who does that DNA belong to?
0:51.0	We're looking at the ethics of the Paleogenomics Revolution. We're also on the Yorkshire coast. belong to
0:53.3	we're looking at the ethics of the paleogenomics revolution. We're also on the Yorkshire coast, the birthplace of my father,
0:56.3	to see how birds are responding to the warming seas.
0:59.1	And once in a while they let me out at a studio and I get to go on a trip.
1:02.3	This week it was to
1:03.4	cue gardens to see the brand new temperate house which opens on the 5th of May
1:07.2	after a five-year 34 million pound refurbishment and let me tell you it is
1:12.0	magnificent and has one unique and
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