Finding Tunnels

BBC Inside Science

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Technology, Science

4.5 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 28 December 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Tunnels have been the focus of much attention this week as the war in Gaza continues and 41 workers were rescued in India, after 17 days trapped underground. Forensic geoscientists Jamie Pringle and Ruth Morgan explain the science behind identifying what’s beneath the surface, from above ground, and how you might work out what a tunnel is being used for.

This winter, the Northern Lights are going to be the most spectacular they’ve been in twenty years. With the aurora borealis already appearing as far south as Stonehenge, Katie Herlingshaw, a space physicsist from the University Centre in Svalbard, explains what’s happening.

The Conference of the Parties, or COP28, begins in Dubai. BBC’s Georgina Rannard gives us the rundown of which countries are the best and worst for sticking to climate goals and assesses the UK’s own standing after Rishi Sunak rowed back on key climate commitments earlier this year.  

The UK Covid-19 Inquiry hears from some of the most important ministers this week as key government ministers give evidence. BBC Health Reporter Jim Reed gives us the update.

Presenter:  Marnie Chesterton Producers: Hannah Robins, Louise Orchard and Hannah Fisher Editor: Richard Collings Production Co-ordinator: Jana Bennett-Holesworth

BBC Inside Science is produced in collaboration with the Open University.

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0:45.0	This is BBC Inside Science, first broadcast on the 30th of November,
0:50.0	2023. I'm Marnie Chesterton. Hello.
0:54.0	Five points if you can guess what this is. All will be revealed later on in the show. And as the
1:09.3	latest round of climate negotiations at COP28 gets underway, we assess who's keeping their
1:15.2	promises and who needs to try harder. The one word I would use to describe the
1:20.4	UK position now is muddled. It's not irredeemable, but it's muddled.
1:27.0	And the latest from the UK COVID-19 inquiry as the final key scientists give evidence. But first...
1:35.0	Now in control of the hospital, Israel's under pressure to prove Hamas is there.
1:40.0	The dramatic first rescue in Northern India, the first of 41 workers
1:45.3	trapped in a collapsed tunnel for 17 days have just been free. Tunnels have
1:50.6	been across the news this week. We heard on Tuesday that incredible story of the construction workers rescued in the Indian Himalayas,
1:59.0	and the Israeli Defence Force is investigating a labyrinth beneath Gaza, all of which made us at
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