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BBC/Open University series Material World. This is the first in a series of seven special editions that are being made in conjunction with the Open University to support the new Science in Context
...course, S250.
Metadata describing this Open University audio programme
| Series: |
Material World |
| Episode |
1 |
| First transmission date: |
2005-09-08 |
| Published: |
2005 |
| Rights Statement: |
Rights owned or controlled by The Open University |
| Restrictions on use: |
This material can be used in accordance with The Open University conditions of use. A link to the conditions can be found at the bottom of all OU Digital Archive web pages. |
| Duration: |
00:27:38 |
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| Track listing: |
track listing for this programme
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Track 1
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A leaflet about the series is available for reference use only |
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| Producer: |
Fiona, Roberts |
| Contributors: |
Quentin Cooper; Mike Jones; Stephen Long; M. L (Martin L.) Parry |
| Publisher: |
BBC Open University |
| Subject terms: |
Agriculture; Climatic changes; Science--Social aspects |
| Footage description: |
'This programme comes from Trinity College Dublin which is hosting this year's British Association Festival of Science. One of the topics being discussed at the festival is climate change and food security. In a warming world, will we be able to produce enough crop plants to feed the growing population? Many crops are sensitive to shifts in temperature, rainfall and atmospheric gases, such as carbon dioxide and ozone. Predictions indicate that some already famine-prone regions are going to get hotter and drier which will likely further threaten agricultural production. Changing conditions are certain to spread pests and diseases to new areas, to which crops and livestock will have little resistance. Quentin Cooper is joined by a live audience who will be putting their questions about climate change and food production to an expert panel: Professor Martin Parry from the Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction who is also a member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; Stephen Long, Professor of Crop Sciences at the University of Illinois; and Mike Jones, President of the BA's Agriculture and Food Section and Professor of Botany at Trinity College, Dublin.' |
| Production number: |
AUDA841A |
| Available to public: |
no |
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