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once the trees have been cleared, the land is often used forfarming. ibama has just caught red—handed this illegal deforestation, using chains. the chains destroyed the vegetation and killed the wildlife, especially the babies who do not have time to escape. there used to be a system where farmers caught in illegal activities like this would be blacklisted, making it harderfor them to sell their produce and to get loans. the farmers who were found deforesting, their name would be put on an align system whereby buyers would be able to check if they are buying from an area which has strong evidence of illegal deforestation. but since last year, there's been some major changes
many that you're talking about, what would it be, billions of cicadas impacted. >> there are billions of cicadas. in your front yard, probably a few thousand which would mean you might have, you know, maybe tens into the few hundred of these because it's only about 5% to 10% of the population that's going to be infected with this. it's pretty obvious to see. yes, their butt falls off and it's a big, white chalky mass you see when you look at the end of the abdomen. they still fly around. they're still active. it's great for the fungus, not for the cicadas. >> because of the fungus, there are millions of junkless cicadas flying around. again, is there a larger -- i mean, is there a larger impact on the rest of the population, or nature in general beyond just these unfortunate insects? >> well, one of the great cicada workers, monty lloyd, suspected that when broods get really, really large, that might cause a
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with the thing we've all been trying to avoid, the virus. it is some 8 million times bigger than the real thing. but it does allow you to get up close to something that is both terrible but also strangely beautiful. it's made up of tens of millions of pieces of scientific data, crunched and slowly assembled to reveal this. and the moment of revelation came, i was just taken aback cos i thought, i'd been working for months and months and months during lockdown on my own listening to radio, television, hearing about this dreadful, evil virus and it was just strangely beautiful. it was kind of hauntingly beautiful, and that kind of took me aback. and unveiling it was someone who knows it all too well, the lead developer of the oxford vaccine. it's quite a chilling thing to look at because this is the virus that's been our enemy for the last
affected us all. we're here face to face with the thing we've all been trying to avoid, the virus. it is some 8 million times bigger than the real thing. but it does allow you to get up close to something that is both terrible but also strangely beautiful. it's made up of tens of millions of pieces of scientific data, crunched and slowly assembled to reveal this. and the moment of revelation came, i was just taken aback cos i thought, i'd been working for months and months and months during lockdown on my own listening to radio, television, hearing about this dreadful, evil virus and it was just strangely beautiful. it was kind of hauntingly beautiful, and that kind of took me aback. and unveiling it was someone who knows it all too well, the lead developer of the oxford vaccine. it's quite a chilling thing to look at because
of natural history, and not even the rain could dampen the enthusiasm for today's grand reopening and its new work of art. an object that's affected us all. we're here face to face with the thing we've all been trying to avoid, the virus. it is some 8 million times bigger than the real thing. but it does allow you to get up close to something that is both terrible but also strangely beautiful. it's made up of tens of millions of pieces of scientific data, crunched and slowly assembled to reveal this. and the moment of revelation came, i was just taken aback cos i thought, i'd been working for months and months and months during lockdown on my own listening to radio, television, hearing about this dreadful, evil virus and it was just strangely beautiful. it was kind of hauntingly beautiful,
cicadas. an awful lot of them. these insects burrow into the ground for 17 years before they emerge to mate and lay eggs. a few weeks later, they die, leaving their exoskeletons. there are several different groups of cicadas across the us and they emerge in different years. this one, so—called brood ten, is the largest — around 1.5 million cicadas per acre, we think. that makes billions in the whole brood, and those billions will burrow their way out of the ground in these 15 states over the next few weeks. already, though, there have been sightings. cicadas aren't like locusts. they don't sting or bite. but they do make a very loud mating call. here it is.
once the trees have been cleared, the land is often used for farming. ibama has just caught red—handed this illegal deforestation, using chains. the chains destroyed the vegetation and killed the wildlife, especially the babies who do not
he measures the new coral regularly and has found that it's been thriving, but he's also found that after three years, it's sexually reproductive, triggering a domino effect of regeneration. tell us a little bit about the breakthrough you've made. what we've been doing is some really exciting research. one of the innovations we've just trialled in the philippines is using an underwater robot, which we called the larvalbot. it's helping us deliver literally millions of coral larvae onto really degraded reef systems, and the really exciting news is that we've got to hectare scales, which means we can start to think about large—scale restoration using this larval technique on reefs all around the world, including the great barrier reef. this is just part of the solution. we have to restore coral populations, but we also have to manage climate change.
underwater snowstorm. professor harrison has set about capturing that spawn and relocating it to areas that need it most. what's the plan? 0k, what we're going to do, is i'm going to ask you to take these callipers and just go down and measure the coral. he measures the new coral regularly and has found that it's been thriving, but he's also found that after three years, it's sexually reproductive, triggering a domino effect of regeneration. tell us a little bit about the breakthrough you've made. what we've been doing is some really exciting research. one of the innovations we've just trialled in the philippines is using an underwater robot, which we called the larvalbot. it's helping us deliver literally millions of coral larvae onto really degraded reef systems, and the really exciting news is that we've got to hectare scales, which means we can start to think about large—scale restoration using this larval technique on reefs all around the world, including