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Humans have introduced more than 37,000 alien species to places they do not naturally occur. A report launched this week by the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services revealed the shocking extent of the damage. Gaia Vince speaks to one of the report鈥檚 chairs, Helen Roy.

Also this week, the UK has now rejoined Horizon Europe, the EU鈥檚 拢85bn flagship research funding programme. Gaia caught up with the Royal Society鈥檚 vice-president Linda Partridge to find out what this means.

Early this week, the Indian space agency, ISRO, launched its solar mission to study space weather. But in addition, its lunar mission, Chandrayaan-3, also powered down. Gaia speaks to Mahesh Anand, a planetary scientist at the Open University, to find out more about India鈥檚 space ambitions.

Meanwhile, here on Earth, many of us have been sweltering in heatwave conditions and communicating weather dangers have become a key focus for forecasters. Helen Roberts, the Met Office鈥檚 first ever sociometeorologist, explores how cognitive biases affect our responses to warnings.

Presenter: Gaia Vince
Producers: Hannah Robins, Laura Northedge, Alice Lipscombe-Southwell
Research: Patrick Hughes
Editor: Martin Smith