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CITY WATCH is a series of six films about Birmingham’s Environmental Services Department. Each film follows an individual or a group of environmental health officers and other officials on a ‘typical’...
Explains the sources of acid rain, the chemical processes in the atmosphere and the effects on the soils, especially those with a more sensitive mineral and nutrient balance. Describes measures being taken...
Discusses the damage which the emission of lead by vehicles can do to children’s developing brains and asks why it has taken government and scientists so long to begin effective action.
Looks at the controversy over the UK fast breeder reactor at Dounreay on Scotland’s north coast. With early colour footage, traces the history of the plutonium-fuelled fast breeder reactor, and examines...
How does scrap copper find its way back to industry for re-use as a manufacturing material? Shows the stages of the recycling loop and the economic motivation that makes the system work. Shows a totter...
As an example of the mutualistic and obligate relationship between two different types of organism, shows the relationship between certain species of ant and swollen thorn acacias in Central America. In...
The eight-part CUTTING EDGE series, filmed at Oxford University, examines the skills, methods and attitudes necessary to be a top scientist. Each programme looks at the ‘cutting edge’ of scientific...
The changing face of Scotland’s oldest port as seen by its inhabitants.
'Ancient woodland’ is a term that refers to woods that have been continuously present since the growth of wildwood at the end of the last ice age. The ancient woods are home to many native plants and...
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