Climate Change and Renewable Energy

The Naked Scientists Podcast

Dr Chris Smith

Natural Sciences, Science, Science Radio, Naked Scientists, Health & Fitness, Engineering, Medicine, Technology, Life Sciences

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🗓️ 21 January 2007

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Following this weeks crazy weather we have a look at Climate Change with Eric Wolff from theBritish Antarctic Survey, who will be talking about secrets about the climate locked away in ancient ice,Jon Gibbins from Imperial College tells us about ways we can store all that excess carbon dioxideunderground, Ali talks to Alison Hill from the British Wind Energy Association and Max Carcas from OceanPower Delivery about wind energy and wave energy, and Derek Thorne, Dave Ansell and Ali Webb try to discoverhow much power we could generate by hooking the countrys gyms to the electricity grid. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:00.0	Stripping down science, the naked scientists.
0:06.0	Hello, welcome to this week's naked scientists with me Dodd-Chry-Smith,
0:10.0	and also this week with Helen Scales.
0:12.0	Hi Helen. Hi, Chris. Now this week we're going to
0:14.4	be finding out how scientists have persuaded chickens to lay eggs that are
0:17.7	pre-packed with drugs. We'll also be finding out how scientists are plotting to
0:21.6	save the world's weirdest creatures from extinction
0:24.6	and some certain humans are not included in that list and also the solar-powered bikini.
0:29.8	Now you can do your bit for the environment while sunning yourself on the beach find out
0:33.2	how in five minutes and speaking of doing your bit for the planet this week we've
0:37.0	seen the country brought to its stand still by storms and we'll be asking is
0:41.2	this global warming?
0:42.8	Is it significant that in the last year the UK has had the highest average
0:46.0	temperature since records began?
0:48.1	That in New York there's been no snow this year and residents have been basking in
0:51.7	temperatures of 20 degrees centigrade or
0:54.0	that in parts of Canada where there should be snow on the ground people are
0:57.4	still cutting their lawns. Is this climate change or is it just part of the
1:01.8	Earth's natural variation?
1:04.0	Well, to find out, we'll be talking to the British Antarctic
1:06.2	surveys Dr. Eric Wolf and John Gibbons
1:08.6	from the Imperial College London.
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