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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
Professor Philip Stott
A Parliament of Things
Professor Graham Underwood
Professor Sue Buckingham
Recording at the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust - Slimbridge. Wed 10th September at 5:00pm
We will be recording a special edition of the programme at the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust centre at Slimbridge in Gloucestershire. If you want to come along and pose a question for the panel then please do email, phone the helpline or write to us, contact details are below. If you just want to come and meet the panel and be part of the audience then you will be more than welcome. Just come to the centre for 5:00pm.
WWT Slimbridge centre.
Head lice search
We are asking for your help in tracking the spread of head lice in the UK, how they are treated and how different organisations deal with outbreaks. If you have any recent experience of head lice please do let us know at home.planet@bbc.co.uk.
This week's programme
What happens to sunscreen that is washed off people into the sea and can it cause environmental problems?
A listener was concerned that the loss of biodiversity he had seen in the Mediterranean might be caused in part by the large amount of sunscreen washed off people into the sea.
A report on recent studies into the possible effects of the nano-particles in modern sunscreens.
A round up of the biodiversity of the Mediterranean.
An article discussing the contents of sunscreens.
Japanese Melody Roads
This is a link to a video of Japanese Melody Roads. Roads into which have been cut carefully spaced grooves that make the tyres play a tune as the car rolls along.
Do earthquakes effect climate change?
A listener wanted to know if, when an earthquake happens, the Earth shrinks and therefore causes sea level rise.
A description of earthquakes and how they happen from the British Geological Survey.
A comprehensive website containing a great deal of information about plate tectonics.
An article describing the origin of the plate tectonics theory.
A website including some animations of the different process of plate tectonics.
Does putting cycles on the top of your car reduce your mileage?
A listener wanted to know what effect carrying bicycles on top of your car had on the petrol consumption, and how far you would have to cycle at your destination to make up for the additional fuel costs in taking the bikes with you.
Tips on driving more efficiently including removing roof racks and cycles.
Driving more economically
Fuel-Economy.co.uk
Have you got a roof rack on your car?
An article discussing how drag of a car can be measured.
Will melting glaciers and ice sheets significantly affect the salinity of the ocean?
A listener wanted to know by whether melting glaciers and ice sheets would have a significant effect on the salinity of the ocean and if so, by how much.
An article discussion ocean salinity, its origins and what can affect it.
An article about the origins and purpose of the plimsoll line.
Information on the thermohaline currents, driven in part by changes in the salinity (halinity) of the oceans.
Home Planet is produced by Toby Murcott and is a Pier Production for BBC Radio 4.
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