Taking the Temperature

An episode of the In the Balance podcast, hosted by BBC World Service, titled "Taking the Temperature" was published on June 2, 2018 and runs 26 minutes.

June 2, 2018 ·26m · In the Balance

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Nancy Kacungira presents a special programme on climate change, profiling the people whose trailblazing ideas and innovations are hoping to mitigate against global warming.

Deep in the Ecuadorian jungle, one isolated community of Achuar have come up with an ingenious solution to protect their territory from the ever encroaching threat of deforestation. From BBC Mundo, Laura Plitt takes to the waterways aboard the Amazon jungle's first solar powered canoe.

The loss of the Aral Sea in Central Asia is an ecological disaster. Toxic chemicals in the exposed sea bed have caused widespread health problems. From...

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