Tom Heap

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The Ice Climbing Midge and other migration super-powers

New tech will reveal individual travellers stories of triumph and tragedy. bit.ly/4nnrTAC

BBC studio with two guests and two presenters: Will Hawkes, David Barrie, Helen Czerski and Tom Heap

In this week's edition of Rare Earth on animal migration, @tomheap.bsky.social and I had a great time finding out about the incredible things we're learning as tech improves and what the future holds.

Available now on BBC Sounds or wherever you get your podcasts: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

I'm in conversation about me' book linktr.ee/landsmartbook at the www.leistonbookfestival.co.uk this Saturday. Can't wait to return to this lesser known gem of the Suffolk Heritage Coast and hear from other authors. See you there

No, I’m not on Desert Island Discs! Recording session for BBC RADIO 4 Rare Earth on animal #migration with @willleohawkes.bsky.social @tomheap.bsky.social and @helenczerski.bsky.social Airs on Friday 19 September at 1200 GMT

Hello @fourteeneighteen.co.uk Chris Baker. Please follow me

If its not built of it its probably built by it but can #steel ever be green? Rare Earth @bbcsounds.bsky.social with @helenczerski.bsky.social @edconway.bsky.social @steelwatch.bsky.social @willarnoldengineer.bsky.social Also BBC R4 today midday

And we were very happy to have you. I discovered that insects don't spend winter in the loft with the xmas decs'

At last the #UKWA and govt have caught up with my Landsmart book linktr.ee/landsmartbook . Solar power on warehouses, is such low hanging fruit it's begging to be plucked bit.ly/42m4wyK. No new landtake and 89% public support.

In the 1950s, this (a scientist in a tie(!) pulling levers to influence the weather) was the image of geoengineering. But as the climate crisis advances, is it back on the table? In this week's Rare Earth, @tomheap.bsky.social & I take a look at the ideas around today

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That is the context every week and a good slab of the content on this show.

Mirrors in space, blanket forestry, capturing gigatonnes of carbon. Can #geoengineering save us? on @bbcsounds.bsky.social with @helenczerski.bsky.social Shaun Fitzgerald from @climaterepair.bsky.social @peterbrannen.bsky.social @alexdavey.bsky.social

INSURANCE A deserter in the fight against climate change?

After high hopes, has the insurance industry become a deserter, possibly even an enemy in the fight against climate change? Just a thought tomheap.substack.com/p/insurance

IS USING Ai LIKE DRIVING A GAS GUZZLER? We poked a digital hornets nest.

A lively academic row has broken out following the Rare Earth broadcast @helenczerski.bsky.social and I did on #artificialintelligence and energy use. So I decidie to look further with a Substack tomheap.substack.com/p/is-using-a...

Warming to the idea of air-con? Sleepless nights

If you are thinking of fitting air-con in your home. please also display a banner saying 'I don't give a s**t about climate change' Here's why. tomheap.substack.com/p/warming-to...
Medical need exempted #lovesweat

Are electric trucks joining the fast lane? The road safety law now protecting the planet

Are electric trucks joining the fast lane?
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80 years on from the horror of Hiroshima should splitting the atom be seen as an environmental menace or asset?
@BBCRareEarth @marklynas.bsky.social, Prof Tim Mousseau, Dr Fiona Rayment. The picture is from 1995 when I visited Hiroshimaon the 50th anniversary

Thar' she blows! Whales - their song, their slaughter, their survival and even their sewage. Rare Earth on BBC Sounds and R4 with newly elevated PROFESSOR @helenczerski.bsky.social

Well done to 'The Prof'. She is brilliant

What's this plugged into? Ooh its a big'un. EV trucks are coming...fast. More soon

Today @helenczerski.bsky.social and I have turned metal heads with the help of @iolahughes.bsky.social @britgeosurvey.bsky.social Pierre Josso and
@philipmarsden.bsky.social

My scribbling is now out in paperback. Landsmart: a practical guide to transforming our countryside. linktr.ee/landsmartbook

And how will our insect loving guests answer the question: with a pesky fly in the kitchen 'swat or not'?

Tom Heap Land Smart Interview This is "Tom Heap Land Smart Interview" by Sergio Zapico Mena on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

Very happy to be in conversation with smart people driving more #regen farming especially Uwe Schroder from #Cefetra vimeo.com/1065041119/1...

There's a familiar face... @helenczerski.bsky.social further boosting the scientific heft of the @everythingelectric.bsky.social show

These guys know @everythingelectric.bsky.social the future runs with wires not fires. Come and see how. I'm going

Going back to my roots for this. Talkin' 'bout the roots in the man. Anyway... Hear how we can win the face for space on Earth at the Cambridge Literary Festival

New series of Rare Earth starts today at midday on Radio 4 and BBC Sounds. Look North for a new scramble for the Arctic

Land Smart came out in July from TV's @tomheap.bsky.social, and explores the urgent question of just how we can use the land we have so that it works for us and our diverse needs, and for nature. Packed with examples and studies, innovations & transformations - buy it here:
https://buff.ly/49CF1fc

Rare Earth - Who's in charge: us or plastic? - BBC Sounds How can we reduce the burden of plastic pollution?

Thanks Ronald. If plastic is your nemesis, check out our previous show www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...