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World Service,10 Aug 2006,26 mins

Greenland Icecap is melting faster

Science In Action

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Satellite data show the Greenland icecap is melting faster than ever before and scientists blame climate change. Is the Kenyan lion population is at risk from Masai herdsmen protecting their cattle? Palaeontologists use synchrotron radiation x-ray tomography to see inside microscopic fossils 500 million years old. Plus, how humans manage to stand upright and balance, even in the dark.

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