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| | | Quentin Cooper reports on developments across the sciences. Each week scientists describe their work, conveying the excitement they feel for their research projects.
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|  | | | | "For me science isn't a subject, it's a perspective. There are fascinating scientific aspects to everything from ancient history to the latest gadgets, outer space to interior decorating; and each week on The Material World we try to reflect the excitement, ideas, uncertainties, collisions and collaborations as science continues its never-ending voyage into the unknown".
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Trees and climate change
How will climate change affect the UK's four billion trees?
Dreams of a Mediterranean landscape, full of olive groves and sunflowers, may seem appealing. But some areas could change dramatically from lush woodland to sparse scrubland.
How can we genetically improve trees to cope with a changing climate? Quentin Cooper asks Prof Jeff Burley from the Oxford Forestry Institute and Dr Mark Broadmeadow from the Forest Research Agency.
Constants
It seems that nothing ever remains the same. Even some of our universal constants seem to be changing.
If the strength of the force holding atoms together becomes weaker, our universe would fall apart.
Can constants change or do our dimensions only show part of the bigger picture?
Prof John Barrow from Cambridge University and Dr Joao Magueijo, from Imperial College talk Quentin through the inconsistencies in constants.
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RELATED LINKS
BBC News - Climate may turn UK Mediterranean
BBC News - Climate change threat to gardens
UK Government - Forest Research
Oxford Forestry Institute
Scientific American - Inconstant Constants
Perseus Books - João Magueijo
Cambridge University - John Barrow
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