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29: Flooding: Can we blame climate change? Can we do anything about it?

29: Flooding: Can we blame climate change? Can we do anything about it?

FromFor What It's Earth


29: Flooding: Can we blame climate change? Can we do anything about it?

FromFor What It's Earth

ratings:
Length:
33 minutes
Released:
Feb 26, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

With the UK still recovering from the flooding caused by Storm Dennis and Storm Ciara, we’re looking at the news this week. We're exploring the links between flooding, intense weather events and climate change, and whether there's much we can do about it. And that means, of course, we're also taking BEAVERS. Emma gets pretty enthusiastic about nature’s natural flood management squad, which are currently being trialled in Devon and Cornwall... #morebeaverforbritain 
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Things we spoke about:
Beavers in Britain & the Devon Wildlife Trust: https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/saving-species/beavers
Is flooding in our future? https://www.carbonbrief.org/how-much-flooding-is-in-the-uks-future-a-look-at-the-ipcc-report 
Building houses on flood plains: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-51584946
Beavers: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-51575650
Released:
Feb 26, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (84)

Environment, climate change and sustainability podcast making big issues bite-sized. We explain the science and explore the things that we can do to make a difference. By Emma Brisdion and Lloyd Hopkins.