Surveys show that most of us are really worried about climate change and we want something to be done. But what?
This series, we've explored many ways in which nature is changing in response to human activity and the dangers posed to people and planet as a result. In this final episode, Tori and Khalil explore how people are taking action in the face of the planetary emergency. Along the way, you'll find out:
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A more sustainable future lies within reach. One where human societies are powered by wind and solar energy, leaving behind dirty, climate-changing fossil fuels in the past. Sounds good right?
But with many tonnes of rare earth metals needed to manufacture just one wind turbine, switching to this greener way of life likely means more mining – and lots of it – at least in the short term. But where and how could we get these metals while causing the least possible harm to people and planet?
Khalil meets scientists and campaigners to find out:
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Learn more about how you can take action for nature and find additional resources at www.nhm.ac.uk/podcast
Nigeria has some of the highest levels of unhealthy air across the African continent – a leading cause of inflammatory illness and premature death. Could its huge and growing cohort of young people have the solution?
Tori & Khalil head to the “Giant of Africa” to find out how one of the world’s fastest growing nations – by economy and population – is dealing with rapidly accelerating energy demand and what might happen next.
Join us and find out
Contributors
Have your say:
Join the conversation on social media using #OurBrokenPlanet and tag us:
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Learn more about how you can take action for nature and find additional resources at www.nhm.ac.uk/podcast
As modern human societies have tried to dominate and organise nature, we have been interacting with other species in some dangerous ways. From encroaching on the territory of wild creatures, to industrially farming other species in unnaturally cramped conditions, human actions are increasing the likelihood of animal nasties jumping the species barrier to infect us.
Tori & Khalil ask whether our extractive relationship with nature could be making us sick and what we can do about it. Along the way, you’ll find out:
Contributors:
· Dr Emilia Skirmuntt, Evolutionary virologist with the Oxford Vaccine Group, Oxford University.
· Dr Rajib Ausraful Islam, Veterinary researcher with the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research in Bangladesh
· Pak Warman, fisherman and local bat protector with the Alliance for Tompotika Conservation, based in Sulawesi, Indonesia
· Dr David Redding, Biodiversity and health research lead at the Natural History Museum
· Ed Winters (AKA Earthling Ed), vegan educator and co-founder of Surge Activism
Have your say: Join the conversation on social media using #OurBrokenPlanet and tag us: Instagram: @natural_history_museum Twitter: @NHM_London TikTok: @its_NHM
Learn more about how you can take action for nature and find additional resources at www.nhm.ac.uk/podcast
What’s brainless, heartless, eyeless and thrives in a warming ocean? Hint: it’s wobbly and it could be coming to a dinner plate near you.
Tori & Khalil investigate the effects of rising sea temperatures, from changing food sources to the perilous state of coral reefs – home to one quarter of all marine species. They’re joined by scientists and campaigners to help explain the changes we’re seeing and how we can help nature and humanity adjust. Join us and find out:
Contributors
Sanne Tuijten, marine biologist with the Reef Renewal Foundation Bonaire
Dr Sebastian Hennige from the University of Edinburgh
Dr Lucas Brotz, from the Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries at the University of British Columbia
John Hourston, founder of the Blue Planet Society
Megan Randles, global political lead for Greenpeace’s Protect the Oceans campaign
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Join the conversation on social media using #OurBrokenPlanet and tag us: Instagram: @natural_history_museum Twitter: @NHM_London TikTok: @its_NHM
Learn more about how you can take action for nature and find additional resources at www.nhm.ac.uk/podcast
Breathe in. Breathe out. The oxygen flowing through your body is the result of photosynthesis: the natural process through which living things convert sunlight into energy. About 30% of land-based photosynthesis happens in tropical rainforests: the lungs of the earth. Rainforests are also great at sucking up excess carbon from the atmosphere- something we know we’ve got to do more of. But in recent years, these lungs have been getting constricted: shrinking in size and choked up with smoke. So grab your mosquito net and join Tori & Khalil on a trip through the tropics to find out what's going on - and how we can help rainforests breathe deeply again. Contributors: Mardi Minangsari - Campaigner with Indonesian conservation group Kaoem Telapak Dr Helena Varkey - Professor of Environmental Politics, Universiti Malaya Dr Thomas Smith - Geographer and environmental scientist, London School of Economics Dr Michael Pashkevich, Marshall Sherfield Fellow, University of Cambridge Dr Rico Fischer, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, UFZ Leipzig Have your say: Join the conversation on social media using #OurBrokenPlanet and tag us: Instagram: @natural_history_museum Twitter: @NHM_London TikTok: @its_NHM Learn more about how you can take action for nature and find additional resources at www.nhm.ac.uk/podcast
We all know that plastic isn't great for our planet. But how much do scientists really know about how it's affecting nature - including our own species?
Tori and Khalil try to get their noodles around 'nurdles', the tiny plastic pellets that are used to manufacture all manner of everyday objects, discovering that millions are ending up in our oceans, with unknown long-term consequences. Plus, join Natural History Museum researcher Alex Bond on Lord Howe Island, a remote paradise in the Tasman sea and mecca for nesting seabirds, where chicks are falling prey to an ominous new disease: plasticosis.
You'll find out:
-What caused Sri Lanka's worst maritime disaster? -How much do we know about how microplastics affect human health? -Can we get to a global agreement on ending plastic pollution?
Contributors:
Muditha Katuwawala - Founder of The Pearl Protectors Dr Alex Bond - Principal curator in charge of birds at the Natural History Museum Dr Fay Couceiro - Head of the microplastics research group at the University of Portsmouth Heather Mcfarlane - Senior project manager at Fidra Join the conversation on social media using #OurBrokenPlanet and tag us:Instagram: @natural_history_museum Twitter: @NHM_London TikTok: @its_NHM
Learn more about how you can take action for nature and find additional resources at www.nhm.ac.uk/podcast
Resources for this episode:
The chicks choking on a toxic diet of ocean plastic https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/the-chicks-choking-on-a-toxic-diet-of-ocean-plastic.html
Plastic diet could be causing seabird chicks to shrink https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2023/march/plastic-diet-could-be-causing-seabird-chicks-to-shrink.html
Plasticosis: a new disease caused by plastic that is affecting seabirds https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2023/march/plasticosis-new-disease-caused-by-plastic-affecting-seabirds.html
Ocean plastic is changing the blood chemistry of seabirds https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2019/july/ocean-plastic-is-changing-the-blood-chemistry-of-seabirds.html
What is a glacier? And what happens when they melt? Glacier ice is the world’s largest freshwater reservoir. About 1 in 5 people depend on them as their main source of drinking water, as do countless animals and plants. As they melt, it's a boom time for nature, with plenty of water to go around. But what happens if glaciers disappear completely and the water stops flowing ? To investigate the past and present impact of glaciers, and what they mean for the nature, culture and communities that depend on them, Tori and Khalil meet with trusted scientists, artists and activists, from Austria to Pakistan. Along the way, we'll find out: -How did a glacier carve Britain into an island? -What's a GLOF and why are they so dangerous? -How did one man stop a glacier being levelled for a ski resort?
Contributors:
Bethan Davies - Glaciologist from Newcastle University
Duncan Quincey - Professor of Glaciology
Gabriel Wolken - Cryosphere researcher
Saba Khan - Pakistani artist
Matteo Spagnolo - Professor of geography, University of Aberdeen
Gerd Estermann - Retired teacher-turned-activist from Austria
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