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The snowball effect of Arctic fires

The long term consequences of the intense burning across the region. And, how many fossils are left to be discovered?

Wildfires are an annual phenomenon across the arctic region, but this year they are far more intense than usual, we look at the drivers for these extreme fires and the consequences, in particular long term environmental change across the region.

We visit Naples which is built on a super volcano. A new analysis is designed to help predict when it might erupt.

We hear from young scientists around the world on their hopes for the future and hear about the discovery of a new potentially earth like planet.

In some parts of the world you can barely look at a rock without finding a fossil, and museum archives worldwide are stuffed with everything from ammonites to Archaeopteryx. But how many does that leave to be discovered by future fossil hunters? What’s the total number of fossils left to find?

(Photo: Arctic wildfires: Credit: Getty Images)

50 minutes

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Sun 4 Aug 2019 15:06GMT

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