Counting the Earth
Hosted by Alice Hope and Sue Nelson · Counting the Earth
5.0from 17 ratings
- 22
- Episodes
- 5
- Transcribed
- 17
- Ratings
- Monthly
- Cadence
- 2024
- First episode
About Counting the Earth
Sue Nelson and Alice Hope explore the numbers behind nature and pick apart the jargon and misinformation surrounding climate, the environment and biodiversity. Each month, they start with a number and investigate what it really means. From net zero to hedgerows, worms to water, Sue and Alice aren’t afraid to get their feet muddy in the quest for facts. Producer: Rachael Buchanan A Boffin Media production for the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
- Publisher
- Counting the Earth
- Category
- science
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 22 Jan 2024
- Latest episode
- 27 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
5 of 22 episodes have a transcript.
27 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
22: From peat to paddies: 12
2 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
21: The invisible pollutant: 200 million
9 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT
20: Back garden biodiversity: 9,600
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22: From peat to paddies: 12
Published 27 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] But here it's wet. And there are actually farms in Britain that grow just mint plants for mint source. And this mint grows very well here as well because mint likes it wet. So that's another crop which would be a crop a farmer could try on a re-wetted peat field. We're joined again by Richard. There must be some losers, though, when it comes to growing crops. I know that wheat, potatoes, sugar beet, they're commonly grown here, but presumably they couldn't be grown at that water table depth that you mentioned of between 12 and 15 centimetres. No, no, that would be too wet for them. However, I wouldn't say they were losers per se, because we can grow those crops quite easily on drained mineral soils. […]
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- Richard Pywell
- Nadine Mitschunas
- Terhi Riutta
- Craig Taylor
- Sarah Taylor
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- 17 ratings
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Who hosts Counting the Earth?
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