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...become emaciated, as were the Tay Eiders. Hartung (1967) has shown experimentally that the energy metabolism of oiled ducks does increase markedly to make up for the extra heat loss. As this would require twice the normal food intake to maintain, their body fats are used up instead. Only if internal damage is not severe and body fats are still present may a bird survive....

...becoming more competitive. On the other hand, there are two other drivers which are also pushing the clean energy technologies in addition to our climate problem. These are: one, is the local pollution in the cities in major emerging countries, which do require clean energy technologies to address those problems; and finally, the energy security is important issue, and...

...become, as a young science journalist, although he was a geneticist and a very well-known geneticist, he was interested in education and so he was really keen to get that story out and his family was there during the sit-in and everything that happened. So when we did a documentary called Windy Bay looking particularly at Clayoquot Sound and the fact that you can’t...

...becomes part of a child’s world. It’s not just a passive thing, it’s something they feel part of, which is really powerful. Can you mix blue-chip natural history and environmental issues? So I’d say the world is changing. There may have originally been quite a divide between these two things, so traditional nature documentaries and then talking about the...