Unearthed - Mysteries from an unseen world
Poisonings, trafficking and zombies. James Wong reveals the roles plants and fungi play in thrilling, sinister and heart-breaking real-life stories. Hear from scientists and horticulturalists from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew as they use their world-leading expertise to solve crimes, support new laws and heal the human body.
- Website
- https://www.kew.org/about-us/virtual-kew-wakehurst/unearthed-kew-podcast
- Description
- <p>Poisonings, trafficking and zombies. James Wong reveals the roles plants and fungi play in thrilling, sinister and heart-breaking real-life stories.</p> <p>Hear from scientists and horticulturalists from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew as they use their world-leading expertise to solve crimes, support new laws and heal the human body.</p> <p> </p>
- Language
- 🇬🇧 English
- last modified
- 2024-07-31 23:30
- last episode published
- 2024-07-31 01:00
- publication frequency
- 64.16 days
- Contributors
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
- Author
- Fresh Air Production
- Owner
- Explicit
- false
- Number of Episodes
- 24
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- Categories
- Society & Culture Literature Documentary Natural Sciences Science & Medicine
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Episodes
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| 2024-07-31 | How do nature’s wonderful systems all fit together? And how can science help us understand these for better conservation and restoration of species? In the final episode of Unearthed: Nature needs us from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Mya-Rose Craig ... |
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| 2024-07-17 | In this episode of Unearthed: Nature needs us from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew we ask what it means to regenerate and restore degraded forests and landscapes, and why so many tree-planting projects in the past have failed. Mya-Rose Craig (AKA “Birdg... |
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| 2024-07-03 | As well as our beloved bees, pollinators include wasps, moths, hoverflies, butterflies, beetles, bats and birds. There are about 1,500 different insect species helping plants reproduce in the UK alone, and without them our world would be less colourfu... |
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| 2024-06-19 | Seeds are the beginnings of life. From the food we can grow today, to the wondrous habitats they can create. They offer us a chance to capture, store and even design the landscapes of the future. In this episode of Unearthed: Nature needs us from the R... |
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| 2024-06-05 | There is still so much to learn about the mysterious realm of soil. From the microscopic organisms essential to life on Earth, to the complex and wonderful associations between plants and fungi, the ground beneath your feet is teeming with life. Dr Mya... |
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| 2024-05-22 | Nature needs us! In series 3 of Unearthed, Dr Mya-Rose Craig begins the journey into what biodiversity loss means and why it matters to protect what we have left. We find out what might happen if we continue to ignore the impacts of climate change and ... |
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| 2024-05-21 | Wildlife is becoming extinct at an alarming rate and habitats are under strain. What can nature itself teach us about how to heal our planet and support biodiversity? In Unearthed, the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew invites you to explore how plant and fun... |
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| 2024-05-18 | Wildlife is becoming extinct at an alarming rate and habitats are under strain. What can nature itself teach us about how to heal our planet and support biodiversity? In Unearthed, the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew invites you to explore how plant and fung... |
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| 2022-12-15 | To round off this series, we’re heading into our own kitchens and examining how our food choices can make for better health and a better world. Advolly Richmond is joined by plant scientists and top chefs to ask how the food industry can help challeng... |
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| 2022-12-01 | If you have a window box, veg patch or allotment, how does the way you are growing food change your relationship with it? In this episode of Unearthed, grower and forager Poppy Okocha hears how communities and farmers are producing food around the wor... |
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