Hot Nectar, Warming Weather and Birds Missing the Spring

The Naked Scientists Podcast

Dr Chris Smith

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

4.6 • 957 Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2006

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

In the hot seat this week is Beverley Glover, who will describe how flowers warm their nectar to entice passing pollinators, real life weatherman John Law discusses weather predictions and how to calculate temperature days in advance, and Marcel Visser explains how warming weather and earlier springs spell disaster for migrating birds. Also on the show, we will hear from Katey Walter about a new source of atmospheric methane, and in Kitchen Science, Derek and Dave get their hands wet in the name of discovering how the human body judges temperature. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:14.0	Hello, this weekend we're talking about the science of plants, we're talking about the
0:18.5	science of climate change and how it affects migrating animals and also we're talking about how a weather forecast gets put together.
0:25.2	If you have any questions on that, call now 84925, 2000.
0:29.9	Text in on 0776 20, 1960 or email Chris at naked scientist.com.
0:35.0	Also here in the studio to help with tonight show is Helen.
0:38.0	Hi Helen.
0:39.0	Hi Helen. Hi, Chris.
0:40.0	Yes, and as always on the naked scientist, we'll be giving you a rundown of the latest news in the world of science, technology and medicine.
0:46.0	So this week we'll be finding out why it is that teenagers are so terrible to live with
0:50.6	and how golden nanoparticles are letting scientists peer right inside living cells for the first time.
0:56.0	And we'll be giving some good news this week for any dinosaur spotters out there.
1:00.0	And of course if you are in an experimental mood, there's Kitchen Science.
1:05.0	Stay tuned to find out what we want you to do this evening.
1:07.7	And first person through with the correct observation will win one of our fabulous prizes.
1:12.3	And also, if you have any science questions on anything
1:15.2	I'll be giving you the phone number very very shortly so grab a pen and paper to
1:19.3	catch up on that but to get the ball rolling here's this week's teaser question. The ozone hole has been caused
1:24.6	by CFCs. But what are CFCs? What does CFCs stand for? If you know the answer, 08459, 25,000,
1:31.9	email me, Chris at Naked Scientist.
1:33.4	or text in on 0786 20, 1960.
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