Future Imperfect

Jason Kingsley 0:01We often use trees as a shorthand for how well our ecology is doing. We generally see more trees as a good thing. Today's guest, however, Ben Rawlence has seen the proliferation and movement in habitat and various types of tree as an indication of how fast and how seriously our climate is changing. And he's here to tell us what that might mean for our future....

Why are our trees moving north? Jason Kingsley 0:01We often use trees as a shorthand for how well our ecology is doing. We generally see more trees as a good thing. Today’s guest, however, Ben Rawlence has seen the prolifer…

Jason Kingsley 0:01What we know about the mediaeval period comes in large part for people wrote down about themselves and others. How do we find out about the less literate societies, like the Vikings for example? Cat Jarman has spent the last few years working on the remains of the Great Army at Repton and the material artefacts that they left behind....

What can we learn from Vikings’ teeth? Jason Kingsley 0:01What we know about the mediaeval period comes in large part for people wrote down about themselves and others. How do we find out about the less literate societies, like the Viki…