Myths about plastic pollution are leading to public confusion: here's why

Media coverage of the dangers of plastic pollution can distract from what is actually needed, says an author.

Lesley Henderson, Chair professor, University of Strathclyde • conversation
Nov. 20, 2023 • ~8 min

Planet Earth III: how cookie cutter nature programming could fail to educate and inform audiences

This season places environmental issues front and centre more than any BBC nature programme before it.

Leora Hadas, Assistant Professor, Film and Television Studies, University of Nottingham • conversation
Nov. 6, 2023 • ~7 min

Planet III: how cookie cutter nature programming could fail to educate and inform audiences

This season places environmental issues front and centre more than any BBC nature programme before it.

Leora Hadas, Assistant Professor, Film and Television Studies, University of Nottingham • conversation
Nov. 6, 2023 • ~7 min

Five fascinating insights into the inner lives of plants

David Attenborough’s new BBC documentary The Green Planet shows plants are stranger than they first appear.

Sven Batke, Lecturer in Biology, Edge Hill University • conversation
Jan. 12, 2022 • ~8 min

Why David Attenborough cannot be replaced

Wildlife television as we know it was constructed around Attenborough. Take him away and the whole thing needs to be reinvented.

Jean-Baptiste Gouyon, Associate professor in Science Communication, UCL • conversation
Jan. 5, 2021 • ~7 min

'Extinction: The Facts': Attenborough's new documentary is surprisingly radical

A conservation scientist interviewed on the programme says Sir David tells it like it is.

Julia P G Jones, Professor of Conservation Science, Bangor University • conversation
Sept. 14, 2020 • ~6 min

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