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Science programme reporting on developments across the disciplines

Science programme reporting on developments across the disciplines. Each week, scientists describe their work, conveying the excitement they feel for their research projects

Material World: 16/12/2010

16/12/2010

BBC Radio 4 - Material World, 16/12/2010

2010 - year of disasters. Quentin Cooper asks how science helped, and how it improved.

2010 - year of disasters. Quentin Cooper asks how science helped, and how it learned new lessons.

2010 - year of disasters. Floods, wild fires, volcanoes, earthquakes, and a record breaking oil spill. Material World has time and again been reporting on some of the disasters that have struck over the year. And earth scientists gather at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting in San Francisco to review their data from each event, Quentin Cooper asks how science helped, and what the lessons are for the future.

Producer: Roland Pease.

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