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World Service,16 Sep 2020,53 mins

US fires: what history can teach us

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We speak to a scientist who studies tree rings to find out how forests used to be managed. India passes 5 million Covid-19 infections after a spike in cases. And damned lies and statistics? We hear the case for taking time to study the statistics - and not accepting how politicians spin them.

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