Global Concerns Episodes Available now

Berlin Summit
Summary of discussions on climate change at the Berlin Summit, 1995

Solar-powered Tuktuks
An electric alternative to auto rickshaws and tuktuks for congested, polluted cities

Severe Flooding
Is severe flooding due to climate change?

Gene Patents
Exploration of the morals of genetic engineering and the patenting of living organisms

Glacier Special
A scientific expedition sponsored by Earthwatch to study rock glaciers in the French Alps

Starving Antarctic Birds
Changing ocean currents mean there is not enough krill to feed Adélie penguin chicks

Chemical Waste Protects Linked with Male Infertility
How surfactants get into the water supply and what effect they can have on ecosystems

The Environmental Cost of Mahogany
Forestry expert Simon Counsell talks through the impact of the mahogany trade in Brazil

Oldest Living Organism
The world's oldest organism - at 11,000 years old - is believed to be a Huon pine tree

Sea Cucumbers of the Galapagos Islands
Quotas and legislation have not helped preserve sea cucumbers - why?