Green Scene: Fake whale poo can help restore...

Coming up on the Pat Kenny Show this Saturday & Sunday between 10am and 12 noon:The man who coined the term “war of choice”, Richard Haass, will be giving us his assessment of where the US stands now as we enter the third month of the Iran warAntisemitism is on the rise in the UK ...  Show more

Associate editor at The Hill, Niall Stanage joins Pat to discuss an overnight shooting at the Washington Correspondents' dinner 

The ecosystems of the land and ocean absorb around half our planet warming emissions. But these are being destroyed by human activity. At the same time, climate change is a primary driver of the destruction of these habitats and biodiversity loss. If biodiversity is our stro ...

As the oceans absorb manmade carbon emissions a chemical reaction takes place which is making sea water more acidic. This subtle shift in pH level is having a profound effect on the sea animals which use calcium carbonate to form their shells and skeletons and Marine Biologists a ...  Show more

For World Ocean Day, Gaia Vince finds out how the planet’s seas could help us to generate clean power, capture CO2 and feed the world. Gaia is joined in the studio by science journalist and marine biologist Olive Heffernan. She dives into the controversy regarding the potential o ...  Show more

Gaia Vince hears how blue whales' huge appetites and energetic eating behaviours helped generate more food for themselves. Also, an update from COP26, and Emily Levesque on The Last Stargazers.New research published this week in the journal Nature reveals new insights into blue w ...  Show more