Mark Maslin
Professor of Earth System Science at University College London
2 episodes
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Homo erectus
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of our ancestors whose span on Earth extended at least five times more than Homo sapiens has so far, and who was found from Africa to Asia.
14 April 2022
Also featuring: Peter Kjærgaard, José Joordens
The Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the causes and effects of the highest global temperatures in the last 65m years, when Arctic sea surfaces reached up to 23 C for c100,000 years.
16 March 2017
Also featuring: Dame Jane Francis, Tracy Aze