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Our Changing World for Thursday 8 March 2018

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  • Tipping Points and the health of estuaries

    science environment
    Estuaries and tidal sand flats are an important ecosystem, that is at risk from increasing sediment and nutrient run-off from the land.

    9:06 PM.A nationwide experiment is investigating how estuaries might suddenly 'tip' as a result of increasing nutrients and sediments. Read more Audio

  • Our Changing World for 8 March 2018

    science environment

    9:05 PM.The nationwide Tipping Points project is looking at how small changes in the amount of nutrients and sediments in estuaries could lead to big changes. Audio

  • Previous Episode: Thursday, 1 March 2018
  • Next Episode: Thursday, 15 March 2018
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