After a disappointing effort at COP26, it would be easy to get despondent about our lack of a coordinated global response to the coming climate emergency. But worry not because as ever, RAZOR is here to provide hope via scientific solutions. In this World Action Special, Neil Cairns and Emma Keeling look back on major examples of when scientists and politicians came together to form a united response to major climate disasters, from the hole in the Ozone layer to the problem of acid rain. ๐
Featuring interviews from the British Antarctic Survey's Anna Jones, Time 100 profiled scientist Guus Velders and Professor John Smol who is the Canada Research Chair of Environmental Change at Queen's University, this episode is not be missed.
Age-related macular degeneration or AMD is an eye condition that affects millions of people around the world. In the UK, it is the biggest cause of sight loss. ๐
At King's College London and Moorfields Eye Hospital, scientists are developing a new treatment that could help people to see again b...
๐ฃ๏ธ Plastics that can't be recycled are being turned into roads.
#RAZOR took a drive along one and found out more about the initiative ๐
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#RAZOR takes a look at the next big target in the global space race: Venus. It's our closest neighbour and the brightest body in the night sky after the moon. It follows a similar orbit to Earth and is often referred to as earthโs twin or sister. Both are similar in size, mass, density, and volum...