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Professor Iain Stewart explores the history of oil in Scotland.
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Professor Iain Stewart explores the industrial history of coal production in Scotland.
Greenhouse effect | Making Scotland's Landscape
An experiment that demonstrates the greenhouse effect.
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Professor Iain Stewart discusses wind power in Scotland.
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The important role that trees play in clearing carbon dioxide.
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Arguments for and against building more wind turbines in Scotland.
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1: Deep Earth | How Earth Made Us
Series telling the story of how the development of civilisation was influenced by planetary forces. Professor Iain Stewart explores the rol...
5: Rare Earth | Earth: The Power of the Planet
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Eurasia | Rise of the Continents
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