Episodes
Alyssa Gilbert and Ajay Gambhir are two experts from Imperial's Grantham Institute for Climate Change and the Envrionment who were in Paris observing the talks. Here they give their reaction and thoughts going forward.
Published 12/18/15
What is our current understanding of greenhouse gas emissions released during the production of natural gas? How can we reduce these emissions? Dr Paul Balcombe discusses the context for the Sustainable Gas Institute's first White Paper.
Published 09/25/15
Professor E.J. Milner-Gulland on the mysterious death of about half the world’s population of saiga antelopes in two weeks. (Extract 3 of 4 from the Imperial College Podcast 24 June 2015)
Published 06/23/15
As Imperial’s environmental citizen science project rolls out across the UK, David Slawson tells us what we’ve learnt so far. (Extract 4 of 4 from the Imperial College Podcast 3 June 2015)
Published 06/03/15
Professor Martin Siegert talks about the recent findings from his survey of Totten Glacier in East Antarctica, and working as a scientific explorer. (Extract 3 of 4 from the Imperial College Podcast 25 March 2014)
Published 03/25/15
Dr Knight explains why focusing on animals is simply not enough to save endangered species and how conservation initiatives working with farmers directly are helping to improve conservation planning in South Africa.
Published 10/09/14
In this interview Juliet Wright, who is currently studying towards a PhD, explains why it is so important to get people involved in citizen science, and how Instant Wild can help people to connect with the natural world.
Published 10/09/14
In this audio interview PhD student Sam Lloyd explains what makes a species invasive and tells us how Silwood Park’s crayfish have come to dominate the pond.
Published 10/09/14
In this audio interview, Gail Wilson speaks to E.J Milner-Gulland, Professor in Conservation Science at Imperial College London, and Cecilia Larrosa about what high-yielding oil palm production could mean for global forest conservation.
Published 10/03/14
A panel debate on UK shale gas and fracking, with Francis Egan (Cuadrilla), Jane Burston (NPL), Geoff Maitland (Imperial) and Nick Riley (Carboniferous)
Published 07/31/14
Professor Julie McCann takes her inspiration from nature for writing algorithms that allow distributed wireless networks to become self-organising, adaptive and intelligent.
Published 05/21/14
Dr. Finn Giuliani explores how new understanding of material properties at a tiny scale could lead to a radical transformation in the way we make use of their mechanical properties for architecture, aviation and other industries.
Published 05/21/14
Professor E J Milner-Gulland discusses her research on the impact of human activity and political change on the saiga antelope population
Published 05/19/14
Researchers at Imperial College London found that aircraft noise is linked to higher risks of stroke, heart and circulatory disease.
Published 10/09/13
Professor Joanna Haigh, Head of the Department of Physics, discusses the effect of the variations of solar forces on the earth's climate at Imperial Festival, 2013.
Published 05/13/13
Nitrates from fertilisers used decades ago are polluting our water supply – and it’s all because of how slowly water passes through chalk, according to Dr Adrian Butler. (Extract 3 of 4 from the Imperial College Podcast 20 March 2013)
Published 03/19/13
Sir Gordon Conway explains his strategy for feeding the world’s growing population, as outlined in his new book. (Extract 2 of 3 from the Imperial College Podcast 12 December 2012)
Published 12/11/12
In this Grantham Special Lecture, Professor Ted Shepherd, Grantham Chair in Climate Science at University of Reading looks at the persistent uncertainties in model predictions of the atmospheric circulation response to climate change.
Published 12/10/12
Junior Research Fellow Susannah Maidment explains how the geographical distribution of fossils from the Jurassic period could offer clues about how biodiversity will vary around the world in the future.
Published 11/23/12
Video taken at the Tsaobis Baboon Project in Namibia. New research from ZSL and Imperial scientists shows baboons choose who to eat with depending on their position in the pecking order. (This video has no commentary)
Published 09/14/12
Prof Jim Skea, research director of UKERC, speaks on the UK energy research landscape and what is needed for the future. http://goo.gl/sOgs7
Published 07/24/12
Fran Bennett, CEO of Mastodon C, talks on the need to reduce carbon emissions cloud computnig operations. http://goo.gl/73cMZ
Published 07/24/12
Dr Dan Reuman explains how a discrepancy between extinction rates and reality is disguising a catastrophic decline in biodiversity in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil
Published 07/18/12
A panel discussion on European Energy Finance, organised by students from the MSc in Sustainable Energy Futures. http://goo.gl/3gQpd
Published 07/09/12
Imperial's Professor Gerard Bishop and University of Nottingham's Graham Seymour talk about the publication of the tomato genome and what this means for the future of this important fruit crop.
Published 05/31/12