Global Concerns Episodes Available now
Negotiating Climate Change
How governments are resisting advice from the IPCC to take action against climate change
Food Crisis in North Korea
Floods wiped out all food crops for 1995 as well as seeds to plant for the following year
The Effects of Leaded Petrol
Lead was added to petrol to make combustion efficient but modern engines no longer need it
Sea Empress Supertanker Oil Spill
"The shore was totally contaminated... and the air was heavy with the stench of oil"
Impact of Commercial Mining on the Environment
How has the rapid expansion of mining companies happened?
Conserving Fish Stocks
Restrictions on commercial fishing to save cod, haddock and plaice in the North Sea
The Legacy and Findings of the Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster
What happened to the people and environment in the ten years after the accident?
Salmon's Sense of Smell
Male salmon sniff out their mates and all salmon migrate guided by their sense of smell
North Pole Ice Cap is Melting
Peter Wadhams of the Scott Polar Research Institute on research in the Arctic Sea
Taiwan's Pollution
What is being done about Taiwan's choking traffic, industrial pollution and smog?
