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Air Eaters

How a microbe pulled from an Arctic dump could help our fight against climate change.

One scoop of soil from a frigid Arctic dump in 2008, and the chance discovery inside that has enormous potential to transform the fight against climate change.

Air Eaters is presented and produced by science journalist Carl Elliott Smith and was first broadcast on Deutsche Welle’s Living Planet podcast as Bacteria to the Rescue?.

A Whistledown production.

28 minutes

On radio

Next Wednesday15:30
BBC Radio 4

Broadcast

  • Next Wednesday15:30
    BBC Radio 4