Royal Institution Christmas Lectures - 2020: Planet Earth: A user’s guide

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Engine Earth

1 - Engine Earth

Air Date: December 28, 2020

Professor Chris Jackson reveals how, for billions of years, volcanic activity drove climate change on planet Earth. Now, it is humans.

Water World

2 - Water World

Air Date: December 29, 2020

Dr Helen Czerski explains why the ocean is so vital to life on earth and what we need to know to be good citizens of our ocean planet.

Up In The Air

3 - Up In The Air

Air Date: December 30, 2020

Dr Tara Shine takes a deep breath and explores the gases that make up the air we breath. One of them might provide the answer for heating and transport in the future.