How climate change affects animal migration
6 Minute English
BBC
4.6 ⢠1.3K Ratings
đď¸ 24 April 2025
âąď¸ 7 minutes
đď¸ Recording | iTunes | RSS
đ§žď¸ Download transcript
Summary
Climate change can affect the way animals migrate, but did you know that some animal migration could be used to fight climate change? Neil and Beth discuss this and teach you some new vocabulary.
Find a full transcript, worksheet and interactive quiz for this episode at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english_2025/250424
SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER: âď¸ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/newsletters
FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website âď¸ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish Follow us âď¸ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus
LIKE PODCASTS? Try some of our other popular podcasts including: âď¸ Learning English Stories âď¸ Learning English from the News âď¸ Learning English for Work
They're all available by searching in your podcast app.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | 6 Minute English from BBC LearningEnglish.com. |
| 0:07.5 | Hello and welcome to 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English. I'm Beth. |
| 0:13.4 | And I'm Neil. You can find a transcript and worksheet for this podcast on our website, BBClearningenglish.com. |
| 0:20.4 | So, Neil, today we're talking about animal migration. |
| 0:24.8 | That's the movement of animals from one place to another, usually because of the weather |
| 0:29.6 | or temperature. |
| 0:30.7 | Yes, for example, wildebeest are famous for their migration. |
| 0:34.7 | They travel around the Serengeti in Tanzania and the Masaymara in Kenya |
| 0:39.3 | every year depending on the rain. It's often called the Great Migration. |
| 0:43.9 | Yes, and I have a question for you about this, Neil. How many animals are thought to take part |
| 0:50.0 | in the Great Migration every year? Is it A, 1 million, B, 1.5 million or C, 2.5 million? |
| 1:00.1 | Well, I don't know, but I'm going to guess 2.5 million. |
| 1:04.9 | Okay, I'll reveal the answer at the end of the programme. Now, Wildebeest are not the only |
| 1:10.5 | animals who travel large distances. |
| 1:13.0 | That's right. Many sharks also migrate. They move to a different place because of the weather |
| 1:18.3 | or temperature. Tricia Atwood researches sharks and their migration for Utah State University |
| 1:24.4 | and explained more to BBC World Service program, The Climate Question. |
| 1:28.9 | Animals migrate for all types of reasons. So some of them migrate for food resources, |
| 1:34.6 | things like mating or for giving birth. So animals can migrate for food, mating and giving birth. |
| 1:41.8 | Host of the BBC World Services, The Climate Question, Sophie Eastor, wanted to know more. |
| 1:48.0 | And what kind of distances are we talking with these migrations? |
| 1:51.2 | Are they covering huge swathes of ocean? |
... |
Transcript will be available on the free plan in 13 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from BBC, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of BBC and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright Š Tapesearch 2025.