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LRC resources for environmental science

Planet eStream

A collection of programmes and video clips are available online via Planet eStream. You can access Planet eStream from college, home or your mobile device.

A selection of useful programmes for your course are available below, but there are many more available when you explore Planet eStream.

Planet eStream programmes

Atlantic: The Wildest Ocean on Earth

Atlantic: The Wildest Ocean on Earth

BBC nature documentary series exploring the natural history of the Atlantic Ocean

Hurricanes and Heatwaves

Hurricanes and Heatwaves

The Highs and Lows of British Weather.

Oceanography

Oceanography

How understanding the oceans and their interaction with the atmosphere may be crucial to our survival on Earth.

Britain's Great Woodlands

Britain's Great Woodlands

Chris Packham along with guest presenters including John Humphrys, attempt to raise enough money to plant 100,000 trees across Britain, with The Woodland Trust. [S]

How We Change Our Environment

A short video on how we can change our environment.

Earth

Chris Packham reveals the epic, 4.5-billion-year story of our home - from its dramatic creation to the arrival of human life... and whatever's next.

Oceanography 

How understanding the oceans and their interaction with the atmosphere may be crucial to our survival on Earth.

Simon Reeve's South America

Simon travels from the top to the toe of the continent, encountering an incredible range of characters and environments and investigates some of the great challenges of South America.

Mediterranean With Simon Reeve

Simon Reeve embarks on an extraordinary four-part journey around the Mediterranean, uncovering the wild extremes that lie behind the tourist veneer.

A Planet for All of Us

Prince William meets inspiring local heroes across Britain and explores whether local action can trigger global change and environmental reform.

Greta Thunberg Interview

Greta Thunberg speaks to the BBC's Justin Rowlatt about the future of the climate protest movement, the coronavirus pandemic and her life.

The Science Of Soil

Gardening expert Chris Beardshaw delves into the micro-world of soil to reveal what it is, how it works and why we couldn't survive without it.

Sewage Pollution Urgent Question

Urgent question tabled by Green MP Caroline Lucas.

Human Planet - Series

Human Planet - Series

Humans live an almost aquatic life so they can exploit the sea's riches.Tales of ingenuity and bravery.

Climate Change by Numbers

A look at three key numbers that clarify the important questions on climate change.

Our Coast

Mehreen meets a former pilot who now uses his skills to document large-scale pollution.

The River Pollution Scandal 

Reporter Joe Crowley obtains data that reveals how some big water companies have been illegally dumping untreated sewage. 

People and Power

People & Power investigates the shocking levels of air pollution making it deadly to breathe in India's capital city.

Planet SOS

Planet SOS looks at problems affecting oceans and the world's vast frozen spaces. And explores how we can all get carbon pollution down.

Plastic in Paradise

Tom Rayner reports from the Cocos Islands on how the world's plastic pollution is posing a huge environmental problem for this remote community.