Costing the Earth
Summary: Man's effect on the environment, questioning accepted truths, challenging those in charge and reporting on progress towards improving the world. Presenters, Tom Heap and Dr Alice Roberts, travel the UK and the world in search of solutions to the challenges facing the natural world and the people and wildlife that live in it. Broadcast at 21.00 on Mondays, Costing the Earth runs for 27 weeks of the year, split into three series. Podcast episodes are added weekly.
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Podcasts:
Tom Heap reports on the latest findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
Tom Heap goes to extremes to collect old waste fat which has now become a treasured resource.
There are over 30 species of shark living in UK waters, but many are under threat. Miranda Krestovnikoff dons a wet suit to look closely at the big fish around our coast.
Hundreds of tonnes of edible food is wasted every day. Kat Arney meets the farmers, thinkers and gleaners determind to stop the rot.
Tom Heap investigates palm oil production which was blamed for the accrid smog in Singapore.
Tom Heap asks if a new breed of electric car may finally bring them to the mainstream. He discovers that if these cars are to succeed, its all about the looks and the drive.
Tom Heap investigates the latest developments in GM technology. He visits the University of Edinburgh's Roslin Institute for the latest on precision genome engineering in animals.
The wreck of the Costa Concordia shone a light on the environmental impact of cruising. Julian Rush investigates the industry as the salvage process begins.
Tom Heap goes in search of the facts behind the debate about how much damage modern pesticides are doing to honey bees and other essential pollinating insects.
Forty per cent of the world's amphibian species are at risk of extinction. Tom Heap asks if people know or care enough to save them from dying out.
Tom Heap meets the radical activists who are determined to stop illegal fishing.
Lake Baikal is the oldest and deepest lake on Earth. Dr Anson Mackay drill into its environmental secrets.
Tom Heap investigates plans to build a UK wide DNA database of Rhino horn in an effort to curb the illegal trade threatening their future.
Alice Roberts meets the urban farmers of Britain as they turn the wasteland green.
Miranda Krestovnikoff asks if the trade in reptiles and amphibians could or should be banned.
