How does climate change sound?We interview Martin Parker, Prof Doug Parker, Prof Benjamin Lamptey and Freddy Gadrie, who transformed climate information from Ghana and Niger into music through data sonification.Using data from the past and cl

2x07 Climate change and the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, with Prof Mike Tipton and Paloma Trascasa-Castro

Jul 25th, 2021 34m 23s

The Tokyo 2020 Olympic officially kicked off on July 23rd against the controversial backdrop of surging covid-19 cases and an eerily quiet Tokyo city. On top of this, there are mounting concerns and evidence of how climate change related extrem

2x06 The IPCC's Sixth Assessment Report | Behind the scenes with Dr Amanda Maycock

Mar 23rd, 2021 29m 28s

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) is the United Nations body for assessing the science of climate change. During the last 4 years, scientists from around the world have been working on the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6), tha

Climate Strike

Oct 27th, 2020 59m 51s

The Climate Press presents: Climate StrikeA documentary inspired by the Fridays for Future climate strikes originally broadcast on BCB Radio as part of the Bradford Science FestivalWritten, produced, edited, and presented by Tom Wood twitter.

Trailer

UPCOMING EVENT: The Power of Collective Climate Action

Oct 8th, 2020 1m 10s

We're hosting a live panel discussion about the power and potential of local collective climate action!Panelists Paul Chatterton (University of Leeds), Ergon Theatre Company (Manchester), and Zero Waste Leeds will be discussing how local clima

2x05 A podcast on how to make a podcast

Jun 23rd, 2020 14m 34s

On this episode we share with you some tips and tricks on how to start you own podcast from scratch without any previous experience. From advice on web hosts to the podcast edition process, we interview ourselves and talk about our own experien

2x04 How do we reduce emissions in health systems?

May 28th, 2020 47m 13s

Earlier this year, the UK's National Health Service (NHS) announced plans to become the first net-zero health service in the world. In this episode The Climate Press ventures on a mission to understand what this declaration means in practice fo

2x03 Chasing the clouds

Apr 9th, 2020 43m 25s

EUREC4A, is an international initiative in support of the World Climate Research Programme's Grand Science Challenge on Clouds, Circulation and Climate Sensitivity. The field campaign took place between 20 January and 20 February 2020 with oper

2x02 How cool are trees?

Feb 6th, 2020 29m 8s

Trees are very powerful natural machines that absorb tonnes of CO2 from the atmosphere, store it, and use it to grow. Depending on the type of tree and where they are, different trees can have different effects on climate. Trees are also consid

2x01 Nurturing hope for sustainable cities and low carbon futures

Jan 1st, 2020 55m 36s

Our guests in this episode, Stephanie and James, work across spheres of science and art to explore educational, evidence-based forms of climate outreach. From creating graphic novels to building interactive model cities, our two guests describe

1x06 Giving voices to local experiences of climate change, vulnerability, and adaptation, with Prof Petra Tschakert and Prof James Ford

Sep 6th, 2019 1h 2m

In this episode we talk with Petra Tschakert, Centenary Professor in Rural Development at the University of Western Australia, and James Ford, Professor in Climate Adaptation at the University of Leeds. Petra and James have worked at local leve

1x05 Ice sheets and climate change, with Dr Lauren Gregoire and Dr Ruza Ivanovic

Jul 31st, 2019 35m 10s

Ice holds one of the best climatic records that we have for atmospheric CO2 with deposits dating back hundreds of thousands of years ago. In this episode we're joined by palaeo-climatologists Lauren Gregoire (Academic Research Fellow in Earth

1x04 Present and future of the ozone hole, with Dr Amanda Maycock and Prof Martyn Chipperfield

Jul 2nd, 2019 19m 25s

Following episode 3, we now explore the first signs of the healing of the ozone hole as well as emerging issues such as new sources of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). We will learn a bit more about how the ozone hole impacts climate conditions in

1x03 The ozone hole: Science basis and the Montreal Protocol, with Dr Amanda Maycock and Prof Martyn Chipperfield

Jun 12th, 2019 24m 32s

The ozone layer is located between 10 and 15 km up in a layer of the atmosphere called the stratosphere. It plays a key role for us since it absorbs ultraviolet radiation coming from the Sun and avoids further damage on the living beings of ou

1x02 The challenge of climate change communication, with Dr Astrid Kause

Jun 12th, 2019 30m 8s

With more and more scientists, students, and protesters calling attention to climate change, why aren't these warnings having a greater impact on our everyday decisions and actions?In this episode we talk with Astrid Kause, Post-Doctoral Resea

1x01 The history of climate change science, with Kate Sambrook

Jun 12th, 2019 17m 51s

From John Tyndall and the greenhouse gas effect to the Kyoto Protocol , Kate Sambrook guides us on an exciting journey through space and time where we explore the pivotal moments in the history of climate change science. These discoveries led

1x00 Youth strike for climate!

Jun 12th, 2019 9m 30s

On March 15th, over 1.4 million students and supporters across the world, changed the classroom for the streets to fight against what Greta Thunberg, 16-year-old Swedish activist, classified as "the biggest crisis in human history": climate ch

Rate