Home Planet
Programme answering listeners' questions about planet Earth and our impact upon it
Home Planet - 01/01/2008
Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about the natural world and our impact on it.
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Home Planet - 01/07/2008
Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about the environment and the natural world.
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Home Planet - 01/09/2009
Richard Daniel discusses listeners' questions with Prof Philip Stott, forestry expert Dr Anna Lawrence, and Prof Andrew Watkinson, the chair of Living With Environmental Change.
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Home Planet - 01/12/2009
Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about the environment and the natural world.
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Home Planet - 02/03/2010
With Richard Daniel. The new series kicks off with a revelation about how our minds might be controlled by parasites in our brains. Are we really just vehicles for their survival?
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Home Planet - 02/09/2008
Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about the environment and the natural world.
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Home Planet - 02/11/2010
What is the mysterious yellow froth that appears in Northumbrian grasslands? One listener wondered if it might be rabbit vomit, but it comes from a far more exotic creature.
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Home Planet - 03/02/2009
Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about the environment and the natural world.
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Home Planet - 03/03/2009
Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about the environment and the natural world.
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Home Planet - 03/07/2007
Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about the natural world and our impact on it.
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Home Planet - 03/08/2010
Rabbits need to hide from predators - so why do they attract attention with their flashing white tails when they run? And why haven't humans evolved to be able to drink seawater?
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Home Planet - 04/01/2011
A skilled motorcyclist can stay upright at very low speeds. The wheels help by acting as gyroscopes but is the effect enough to explain such slow stability?
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Home Planet - 04/03/2008
Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about the natural world and our impact on it.
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Home Planet - 04/05/2010
Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about the natural world and our impact on it.
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Home Planet - 04/08/2009
Richard Daniel discusses listeners' questions about the world we inhabit with astronomer Dr Carolin Crawford, soil scientist Dr Chris Collins and entomologist Richard Jones.
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Home Planet - 04/09/2007
Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about the natural world and our impact on it.
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Home Planet - 05/01/2010
Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about the natural world. On the panel are Helen Scales, Graham Appleton and Professor Philip Stott.
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Home Planet - 05/02/2008
Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about the natural world and our impact on it.
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Home Planet - 05/08/2008
Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about the environment and the natural world.
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Home Planet - 06/01/2009
Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about the environment and the natural world.
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Home Planet - 06/02/2007
Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about the natural world and our impact on it.
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Home Planet - 06/03/2007
Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about the natural world and our impact on it.
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Home Planet - 06/04/2010
Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about the natural world and our impact on it.
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Home Planet - 07/07/2009
Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about the world we inhabit. How do we know how old the Earth is? Why are there no penguins at the North Pole?
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Home Planet - 07/08/2007
Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about the natural world and our impact on it.
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Home Planet - 07/12/2010
Electric cars are advertised as costing just pence to run, but can they really be made to operate for a fraction of the cost of a tank of petrol?
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Home Planet - 08/01/2008
Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about the natural world and our impact on it.
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Home Planet - 08/07/2008
Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about the environment and the natural world.
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Home Planet - 08/09/2009
Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about the world we inhabit and our interaction with it, from astronomy to geology, biology to environmental science.
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Home Planet - 08/12/2009
Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about the environment and the natural world.
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Home Planet - 09/03/2010
Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about the natural world and our impact on it.
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Home Planet - 09/09/2008
Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about the environment and the natural world.
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Home Planet - 09/11/2010
Welsh drovers used to plant trees as route markers, including Scots pine. But did they have access to an ancient hidden forest of these magnificent trees?
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Home Planet - 10/02/2009
Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about the environment and the natural world.
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Home Planet - 10/03/2009
Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about the environment and the natural world.
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Home Planet - 10/07/2007
Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about the natural world and our impact on it.
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Home Planet - 10/08/2010
The proposed cull of badgers in Pembrokeshire has been postponed by court order. But what, asks a West Wales audience, does the panel think of the science behind the cull?
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Home Planet - 11/03/2008
Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about the natural world and our impact on it.
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Home Planet - 11/05/2010
This winter was one of the coldest for decades, the frozen ground making it hard for birds to find food. We discover which species fared well and which struggled.
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Home Planet - 11/08/2009
Richard Daniel is joined by planning expert Professor Yvonne Rydin, forest ecologist Dr Nick Brown and Professor Philip Stott to discuss listeners' questions.
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Home Planet - 11/09/2007
Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about the natural world and our impact on it.
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Home Planet - 12/01/2010
Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about the environment and the natural world.
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Home Planet - 12/02/2008
Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about the natural world and our impact on it.
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Home Planet - 12/08/2008
Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about the environment and the natural world.
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Home Planet - 13/01/2009
Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about the environment and the natural world.
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Home Planet - 13/02/2007
Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about the natural world and our impact on it.
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Home Planet - 13/03/2007
Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about the natural world and our impact on it.
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Home Planet - 13/04/2010
Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about the natural world and our impact on it.
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Home Planet - 13/07/2010
Magpies are cast as garden villains, pillaging the nests of other birds. Do they really deserve this reputation, or are some bird species declining for other reasons?
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Home Planet - 14/07/2009
Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about the world we inhabit. What contribution do the millions of cigarettes smoked each day make to atmospheric pollution?
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Home Planet - 14/08/2007
Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about the natural world and our impact on it.
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Home Planet - 14/12/2010
Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about our world and our impact upon it.
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Home Planet - 15/01/2008
Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about the natural world and our impact on it.
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Home Planet - 15/07/2008
Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about the environment and the natural world.
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Home Planet - 15/09/2009
Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about the world we inhabit and our interaction with it, from astronomy to geology, biology to environmental science.
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Home Planet - 15/12/2009
Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about the environment and the natural world.
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Home Planet - 16/03/2010
Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about the natural world and our impact on it.
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Home Planet - 16/09/2008
Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about the environment and the natural world.
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Home Planet - 16/11/2010
Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about the world and man's impact upon it. Including swimming mammals and an epic tussle between a dragonfly and a hornet.
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Home Planet - 17/02/2009
Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about the environment and the natural world.
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Home Planet - 17/03/2009
Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about the environment and the natural world.
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Home Planet - 17/07/2007
Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about the natural world and our impact on it.
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Home Planet - 17/08/2010
The sound of church bells can be carried for miles on a gentle breeze yet the speed of sound is many times greater than the wind. How can wind produce such a dramatic effect?
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Home Planet - 18/01/2011
Offshore wind turbines are springing up all around the British coast. Out of sight for humans, but could the noise they make threaten marine life?
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Home Planet - 18/03/2008
Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about the natural world and our impact on it.
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Home Planet - 18/08/2009
Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about sleep-deprived animals, a system to filter out debris from rivers and water-smooth pebbles buried deep in a clay bed.
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Home Planet - 18/09/2007
Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about the natural world and our impact on it.
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Home Planet - 19/02/2008
Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about the natural world and our impact on it.
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Home Planet - 19/08/2008
Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about the environment and the natural world.
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Home Planet - 20/01/2009
Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about the environment and the natural world.
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Home Planet - 20/02/2007
Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about the natural world and our impact on it.
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Home Planet - 20/03/2007
Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about the natural world and our impact on it.
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Home Planet - 20/04/2010
Could sunlight be a secret weapon in the battle against waste plastic? Will global warming increase the number of earthquakes and why are the poles so much colder than the equator?
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Home Planet - 20/07/2010
Cleaning insects from car windscreens used to be a regular chore but today there are fewer to remove at a journey's end. Have insect numbers dropped, or are cars more aerodynamic?
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Home Planet - 21/07/2009
Richard Daniel and a panel discuss listeners' questions. Is planting German oaks in British woods likely to be a problem, and can we plant more forests to reduce flooding risks?
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Home Planet - 21/08/2007
Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about the natural world and our impact on it.
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Home Planet - 21/12/2010
Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about our world and our impact upon it.
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Home Planet - 22/01/2008
Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about the natural world and our impact on it.
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Home Planet - 22/07/2008
Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about the environment and the natural world.
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Home Planet - 22/09/2009
Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about the world we inhabit and our interaction with it, from astronomy to geology, biology to environmental science.
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Home Planet - 22/12/2009
Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about the environment and the natural world.
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Home Planet - 23/03/2010
Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about the natural world and our impact on it.
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Home Planet - 23/09/2008
Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about the environment and the natural world.
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Home Planet - 23/11/2010
During last year's cold winter, a blackbird learnt how to hover and feed from hanging bird feeders. Now, magpies are following suit, so have they learnt from each other?
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Home Planet - 24/02/2009
Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about the environment and the natural world.
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Home Planet - 24/03/2009
Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about the environment and the natural world.
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Home Planet - 24/07/2007
Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about the natural world and our impact on it.
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Home Planet - 24/08/2010
Richard Daniels and an expert panel discuss whether we will need to burn even more fossil fuels to move towards green motoring?
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Home Planet - 24/11/2009
Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about the environment and the natural world.
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Home Planet - 25/01/2011
Tree Protection Orders are designed to preserve valuable trees, but many are cut down despite being protected. The panel offer their solutions to this problem.
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Home Planet - 25/03/2008
Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about the natural world and our impact on it.
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Home Planet - 25/08/2009
Richard Daniel and the team are out and about for the British Birdwatching Fair at Rutland Water. Plus astronomer Carolin Crawford ponders a broader view of the universe.
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Home Planet - 25/09/2007
Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about the natural world and our impact on it.
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Home Planet - 26/02/2008
Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about the natural world and our impact on it.
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Home Planet - 26/08/2008
Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about the environment and the natural world.
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Home Planet - 27/01/2009
Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about the environment and the natural world.
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Home Planet - 27/02/2007
Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about the natural world and our impact on it.
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Home Planet - 27/03/2007
Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about the natural world and our impact on it.
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Home Planet - 27/04/2010
Could ash from the Icelandic volcano fertilise the North Atlantic, producing a bumper catch of fish? And is it feasible to pump gases into the atmosphere to cool the Earth?
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Home Planet - 27/07/2010
Light is essential for plants to grow, but what do we know about how it affects the human brain? Does light reach it or does the skull block it?
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Home Planet - 28/07/2009
Should we be constructing artificial reefs as havens for marine life? Also, why does no-one talk about cement when discussing climate change? With Richard Daniel and the team.
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Home Planet - 28/08/2007
Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about the natural world and our impact on it.
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Home Planet - 28/12/2010
How does a fossil hunter know they have found a different species of animal rather than just one oddly developed member of the same species?
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Home Planet - 29/01/2008
Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about the natural world and our impact on it.
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Home Planet - 29/07/2008
Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about the environment and the natural world.
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Home Planet - 29/09/2009
Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about rising sea levels and the likely disappearance of coastal lands.
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Home Planet - 29/12/2009
Richard Daniel and a panel of experts discuss listeners' questions about the natural world and our impact on it, focusing on energy and climate change.
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Home Planet - 30/03/2010
Richard Daniel and the team tackle questions on the behaviour of birds, the parasites of bees and the origins of life on earth.
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Home Planet - 30/11/2010
The Icelandic volcano caused major disruption, but nothing compared to a supervolcanic eruption. Is it possible to plan for such a catastrophe or do we just accept our fate?
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Home Planet - 31/03/2009
Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about the environment and the natural world.
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Home Planet - 31/07/2007
Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about the natural world and our impact on it.
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Home Planet - Bluetongue, Butterflies and Bees
Bluetongue is a devastating disease of livestock spread by a midge. Will the cold weather halt its relentless northwards march by killing off the midge?
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