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Richard Daniel chairs the interactive environmental programme in which he and his guests deal with listener's questions and concerns.
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|  | | | | "Home Planet, the programme that tackles your queries about the world we inhabit and our interaction with it. From astronomy to geology, biology to environmental science. You set the agenda and our panel of scientists and conservationists come up with the answers."
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Panel
This week's guests:
TOPICS
Environmental Education
A Home Planet listener with a First Class Honours degree in Ecology and two years working as a conservation volunteer cannot find a job.
The advice from the panel is that there are jobs in the environmental field particularly in local government and in industry. However, these often require more than a good degree and practical experience. A Masters' degree in a specialist field is often beneficial as is a specific qualification (like a licence to evaluate bat habitats). Don't rely on recruitment companies, contact organisations directly. Be prepared to work your way up and earn less than average. Demonstrate your commitment by doing voluntary work in that field.
For school leavers going to university, make sure you have core subjects - such as biology, chemistry and maths. If you see your future in academia make sure that you get in to a university with a strong research pedigree. Be warned, however, a PhD really only qualifies you for work in the academic field, industry requires more specific and practical skills.
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Is the caviar trade wiping out sturgeon?
Described as the 'royal' fish after legislation at the time of Edward II, the Atlantic sturgeon, which was found off the coast of Britain, is almost extinct. The Caspian Sea is home to the species of sturgeon which is prized for its roe (caviar), but over-fishing; combined with pollution; the damming of rivers so that it cannot swim upstream to breed; and confused international protection have all had an impact. The female sturgeon also doesn't achieve reproductive maturity for between 15 to 20 years so when one is killed it has a much bigger impact on numbers.
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Wasted heat from power stations
A listener pointed out that more than fifty per cent of heat generated by a power station (coal, nuclear or gas) is lost as steam or hot water which is often run off into rivers or the sea. Why can't this energy be better used?
The panel explained that warmed water in freshwater environments can be damaging because it can reduce oxygen levels. In the marine environment the impact is less problematic as the size of the oceans soon ameliorates the temperature of the introduced, warmer waters. The panel argued that the wasted heat would be better used in local buildings, providing heat or water and maybe, as in Holland, powering glass houses used in the horticultural trade. The problem in the UK is that the National Grid is very inefficient and local grid systems are better suited to distributing power and potential wasted heat to local communities.
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Local Bio-Fuels
Lynn Dicks expanded on her idea that farmers could produce bio-fuels for road transport which could be used by the local community in which they are based.
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Samphire
Is the samphire harvest sustainable?
There are three types of samphire - rock samphire which is part of the carrot family; golden samphire which is part of the daisy family; and marsh samphire or glasswort which was once important in the glass-making industry but which is also the better-known marsh variety which is best eaten in early summer.
In the UK it is picked by hand and the only real damage could be done by heavy, careless use of boots!
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Contact Home Planet
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