Science and Society Lecture 9th February 2016

Diploma Lecture 2012

Diploma November 2007

Documentary series about nature's resilience. How ecosystems devastated by human impact can be revived and become sustainable for future generations.

Even the smallest species can impact an ecosystem. And when a species finds itself in the wrong place, it can have a devastating effect.

For over 20 years, the UN conference on climate change chained themselves, without success. What will happen to the COP21 in Paris in late 2015? In view of this major peak, leading scientists are working for months on a number of scenarios to halve our current CO2 emissions. Ideas, solutions, they have! Will they be listened to?

After one of the hottest years on record, Sir David Attenborough looks at the science of climate change and potential solutions to this global threat.

At the heart of the climate change debate is a paradox - we've never had more information about our changing climate, yet surveys show that the public are, if anything, getting less sure they understand what's going on.

At the heart of the climate change debate is a paradox - we've never had more information about our changing climate, yet surveys show that the public are, if anything, getting less sure they understand what's going on.

Today, the topic of climate change is a major part of daily life, yet 40 years ago it was virtually unheard of. Since then, Horizon and the BBC have followed scientists as they have tried to unpick how the climate works and whether it is changing.

Five of the world's top scientists present the revolutionary scientific inventions they believe could stop global warming and prevent worldwide disaster. Ideas include putting a giant glass sunshade in space to deflect a small portion of the sun's rays back into space and the firing ofrockets loaded with tons of sulphur into the stratosphere creating a vast, but very thin sunscreen of sulphur around the earth

Three scientists go onto and into the Greenland ice sheet – further than anyone has travelled before – to find out how fast the ice is melting and gather the data that will help predict our future.

For over 20 years, the UN con­fer­ence on cli­mate change chained them­selves, with­out suc­cess. What will hap­pen to the COP21 in Paris in late 2015? In view of this ma­jor peak, lead­ing sci­en­tists are work­ing for months on a num­ber of sce­nar­ios to halve our cur­rent CO2 emis­sions. Ideas, so­lu­tions, they have! Will they be lis­tened to?

Documentary series exploring how we've become so reliant on oil in little longer than a human lifetime.

Documentary series exploring how we've become so reliant on oil in little longer than a human lifetime. In this series, Professor Iain Stewart visits the places that gave birth to the earth's oil riches, discovers the people who fought over its control and supply, and explores how our insatiable thirst for oil is changing the very planet on which we depend.

By the early 1950s, a holy trinity of oil, plastics and fertilisers had transformed the planet. But as Professor Iain Stewart reveals, when the oil producing countries demanded a greater share in profits from the Western energy companies, the oil and gas fields of the Middle East became a focus for coup d'états and military conflict.

As we entered the 21st century, the world was guzzling oil, coal and gas like never before. Despite fears of 'peak oil', Professor Iain Stewart discovers that while huge technological advances are helping extend the life of existing oilfields, new unconventional oil and gas supplies like shale gas and tar sands are extending the hydrocarbon age well into the 21st century.

Documentary series that explores humanity’s relationship with the natural world and our growing understanding of how nature works.

Global warming is changing our planet faster than ever before, but we’re also increasing our understanding of nature to help us manage it.

2011 has been a year of epic-scale climate and geological events across the world. This film looks back on a year of natural disasters, all caught on camera in spectacular fashion.