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The Growth Rings of Trees
The shape of tree rings indicates a relative warming of the world over the last 100 years
Extracting samples from 450 year old Mongolian trees allows scientists to look at the growth rings of trees, the shape of which indicates a relative warming of the world over the last 100 years.
Also on the programme: Cleaning up the environment with genetically modified E-coli bacteria which filter out metals like cadmium and nickel from water; and could concerns about wildlife prevent the world's largest offshore wind farm being built 3km off the coast of Great Yarmouth, UK.
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