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  1. What has happened to the lapwings?

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    Available since Tue, 10 Jan 2012.

    Why are there so few lapwings left in the UK?

  2. Are Our Seasons Changing?

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    Available since Sun, 1 Jan 2012.

    Do second flushes of spring blooms signal changing seasons?

  3. Carbon dioxide munching plants

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    Available since Tue, 27 Dec 2011.

    Which plants absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere most effectively?

  4. Is renewable energy truly renewable?

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    Available since Tue, 20 Dec 2011.

    Could large numbers of wind turbines affect our climate?

  5. Docile Bees and Solar Panels

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    Available since Tue, 13 Dec 2011.

    Has breeding docile honey bees weakened them?

  6. Ageing Apples and Invisible Pheasants

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    Available since Tue, 6 Dec 2011.

    How do ground-nesting birds avoid detection by predators?

  7. Historic Faversham

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    Available since Fri, 4 Nov 2011.

    What challenges face market towns in the modern world?

  8. Making Oil from Plastic and Seaweed

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    Available since Fri, 4 Nov 2011.

    Will it ever be viable to grow seaweed to make into petrol?

  9. Rustling Leaves and Coppiced Verges

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    Available since Wed, 10 Aug 2011.

    With Richard Daniel. Is it viable to grow coppiced woodland along Britain's roads?

  10. Clouds, Boats and Pond Life

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    Available since Tue, 2 Aug 2011.

    With Richard Daniel. Is pollution from leisure craft damaging the environment?

  11. Bees, Moths and Snowdrop Bulbs

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    Available since Tue, 26 Jul 2011.

    Are pesticides linked to the collapse in honey bee numbers?

  12. Comets and Constellations

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    Available since Tue, 19 Jul 2011.

    Are comets boiled away to nothing by the heat of the Sun?

  13. Southern Ocean Wanderers

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    Available since Tue, 12 Jul 2011.

    How does the sea-going albatross survive Antarctic storms?

  14. 28/06/2011

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    Available since Tue, 5 Jul 2011.

    Would many small nuclear power plants be better than one large one?

  15. 22/02/2011

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    Available since Tue, 1 Mar 2011.

    Can we reduce food scarcity by reducing food waste?

  16. Dead birds and hibernating flies

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    Available since Tue, 15 Feb 2011.

    Many birds must die each year, so why are their corpses so rare?

  17. 08/02/2011

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    Available since Tue, 8 Feb 2011.

    What was the cause of the green ring seen around the Moon?

  18. 01/02/2011

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    Available since Tue, 1 Feb 2011.

    Why does it appear to be colder just as dawn breaks?

  19. 25/01/2011

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    Available since Tue, 25 Jan 2011.

    Changing coastlines and humane mole eradication.

  20. 18/01/2011

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    Available since Tue, 18 Jan 2011.

    Are marine creatures under threat from noisy wind turbines?

  21. Bluetongue, Butterflies and Bees

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    Available since Tue, 11 Jan 2011.

    Will the cold winter halt the spread of bluetongue disease?

  22. 04/01/2011

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    Available since Tue, 4 Jan 2011.

    What produced the mysterious ice spike in a frozen beaker?

  23. 28/12/2010

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    Available since Tue, 28 Dec 2010.

    Can crops replace rainforest? And life in the ocean depths.

  24. 21/12/2010

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    Available since Tue, 21 Dec 2010.

    Radioactivity and evolution, and a novel memorial in space.

  25. 14/12/2010

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    Available since Tue, 14 Dec 2010.

    Late developing toads and why lions don't get scurvy.

  26. 07/12/2010

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    Available since Tue, 7 Dec 2010.

    Methane emissions and the value of recycling.

  27. 30/11/2010

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    Available since Tue, 30 Nov 2010.

    Supervolcanoes, waxwings and leaky central heating.

  28. 23/11/2010

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    Available since Tue, 23 Nov 2010.

    Hovering blackbirds, fertile volcanoes and Christmas trees.

  29. 16/11/2010

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    Available since Tue, 16 Nov 2010.

    Swimming mammals and an epic tussle - dragonfly v hornet.

  30. 09/11/2010

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    Travelling Scots pine trees and Northern biased maps.

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