Science Weekly

By: The Guardian
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  • Twice a week, the Guardian brings you the latest science and environment news
    © 2024 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved.
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Episodes
  • Everything you need to know about Covid this autumn

    Everything you need to know about Covid this autumn
    Oct 3 2024
    Madeleine Finlay is joined by Ian Sample, the Guardian’s science editor and Science Weekly co-host, to answer the questions we are all asking about Covid this autumn, from what is going on with the new variant XEC to how to get a vaccine and what scientists think the government should be doing differently. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/sciencepod
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    16 mins
  • End of an era: Britain finally says goodbye to coal

    End of an era: Britain finally says goodbye to coal
    Sep 30 2024
    Just before Britain’s last coal-fired power station, Ratcliffe-on-Soar, powered down for the final time, Madeleine Finlay travelled to Nottinghamshire with energy correspondent Jillian Ambrose for a last tour of the site. Britain is the first major economy to move away from coal entirely as it strives to meet the target of net zero by 2030. Jillian and Madeleine speak to employees to find out what working at the plant has meant to them, and how they’re feeling as the closing date approaches. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/sciencepod
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    18 mins
  • Is the ocean becoming too acidic to sustain life?

    Is the ocean becoming too acidic to sustain life?
    Sep 26 2024
    Industrial civilisation is close to breaching a seventh planetary boundary, and may already have crossed it, according to scientists who have compiled the latest report on the state of the world’s life-support systems. They say ocean acidification is close to critical threshold, posing a threat to marine ecosystems and global liveability. Ian Sample speaks to Prof Helen Findlay, a biological oceanographer at the Plymouth Marine Laboratory, to find out why the oceans have reached this state, and whether there is anything we can do to reverse the damage.. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/sciencepod
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    15 mins
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