Earth Beat, a.k.a. “clean green radio”, was a weekly programme about our impact on the planet and its impact on us. There’s probably no human activity more destructive to […]
environment
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The programme opens with a visit to Porto Romano, one of Albania’s worst environmental hotspots. Tonnes of toxic chemicals have been left on a former industrial site where people have […]
Anne Blair Gould asks what biodiversity is and why it’s important to stop the loss of biological diversity (animals, plants, fungi, bacteria). Scientists estimate that species are now going extinct […]
Sun, fun and snorkeling among the beauties of the sea is what we would like to associate with coral reefs. But disease, bleaching and unsustainable fishing practices are destroying the […]
Climate change inevitably affects the life cycles of plants and animals. In this special award-winning edition of the Research File, reporter Daniel Grossman explains the science of observing how rising […]
Every year the Netherlands is the favourite stopover of millions of migrating birds, including 1.5 million geese. It’s all about location, location, location. The Netherlands has the world’s best conditions […]
“Under Foreign Skies” is a series of portraits of Dutch people abroad doing remarkable things. Thomas van der Hammen (1924-2010) was one of the world’s leading experts on biodiversity in […]
In the chilly highlands of Iceland, construction is under way. Roads are being made to serve a new hydro-electric power plant, which doesn’t yet exist. If it’s built, this will […]