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BBC Radio 4
Rare Earth
Tom Heap and Helen Czerski tackle a major story about our environment, work out how we got here and meet the brave, clever people with fresh ideas to help us - and nature - thrive. They won’t shy away from the big stuff - temperatures rising while wildlife declines - but this won’t be a weekly dose of doom-laden predictions and tortured hand-wringing. Rare Earth is here to celebrate the wonder of nature and meet the people determined to keep it wonderful.
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Ratings & Reviews
5.0 stars from 22 ratings
Really liking it so far
I think this is a great podcast that mixes real analysis of climate issues with a healthy, much-needed dose of solutions journalism that doesn’t make me feel like we’re all bound for Hades. That said, in the episode about wooden buildings, I didn’t like the battle royale format in which the two...Read full review »
laslo0728 via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 02/09/24
Doesn’t shy away from discussing the most challenging problems the world faces, but avoids being to gloomy by looking at the solutions that are being put in place.
Chris Noble via Apple Podcasts · Great Britain · 01/26/24
Recent Episodes
Published 03/01/24
With river pollution more in the news than ever before, and sewage now a hot topic, Helen Czerski and Tom Heap investigate how we can restore the health of our rivers. They talk to the Rivers Trust, which this week released its latest ‘State of our Rivers’ report, and ask whether water quality...
Published 03/01/24
The world's oceans have absorbed huge quantities of carbon dioxide, protecting us from the worst effects of climate change, but how much longer can they defend us? Join Helen Czerski in New Orleans at the world's biggest conference of marine science to meet the experts working to keep the ocean...
Published 02/23/24
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