Buckle up for a trip back in time to the last ice age. We touch down in the mammoth steppe, and discover that this was a surprisingly productive ecosystem--it supported a high density and diversity of animals, including mammoths and other big h...

After listening to the Herders under pressure episode, Roberta sat Sam down to dive into some questions she had. For instance: to what extent can recycling help supply critical materials for the energy transition (like lithium, cobalt,...

Oula-Antti Labba spent much of his childhood in Finnish Sámiland helping his family with the traditional reindeer herding work. But this traditional livelihood is under dual threat: from climate change and industrialisation of Sámi lands. After...

Recorded during the UK's July heatwave, Sam and Roberta turn their thoughts north to cooler regions...We tend to think of Arctic regions as harsh, frozen, crisp, cold. But professor Marc Macias Fauria invites us to consider parts of the...

In this episode, we take a close look at permafrost and how it is responding to climate change. This matters because the permafrost is acting as a giant freezer for vast quantities of carbon-rich organic matter--if the freezer thaws, microbial ...