ok, georgina rannard, thank ou for rely on. ok, georgina rannard, thank you for taking — rely on.g us through _ rely on. ok, georgina rannard, thank you for taking us through this - you for taking us through this story. the appreciation of art is somewhat subjective. what makes some work gallery worthy, another bedroom worthy or another good enough for yourfridge? in art worthy or another good enough for your fridge? in art gallery in scotland is throwing those out of the window by inviting anyone to add their own work to the walls. the rules are simple. anyone can co—curate the exhibition by moving our quirks in the space in ways that make sense to them. —— moving artworks. joining me now is janet archer. she is the chief executive officer of edinburgh printmakers. what exactly does that mean, in ways that it makes sense? we what exactly does that mean, in ways that it makes sense?— that it makes sense? we want to find a way inviting — that it makes sense? we want to find a way inviting people _ that it makes sense? we want to find a way inviting people into _ a way inviting peop

georgina rannard, bbc news, swindon.e. the fire ants are originally from south america but are thought to have entered australia 20 years ago in shipping containers, and can kill people and livestock. phil mercer has the story. sniffer dogs are on the front line in australia's fight against a formidable invader. fire ants attack as a swarm. they are a danger to people, pets, livestock and wildlife. they lock their jaws onto their victims�* skin and inject venom through a spike on their abdomen. their sting causes a burning sensation. the invasive pests were first found in australia in 2001, but had probably been here undetected for years. their name is solenopsis invicta, meaning invincible. so no country that has been invaded by them has ever been able to eradicate them. we can't even have back yard barbecues any more, and kids' sporting fields can be infested. i mean, we are a sporting nation and we have had football clubs complaining about the football fields being infested because some of the mulch is coming with fir

remains were discovered by amateur fossil hunters in somerset, as georgina rannard reports. is treasure hidden away. well, this is the jawbone of a giant ichthyosaur from the end of the triassic period. it's what's left of what scientists think was the largest marine reptile on earth. at 25 metres in length — it was as long as two buses. nose to nose. so this piece ofjawbone would have come from an animal around the size of a dolphin. indeed. and this piece ofjawbone is from the giant. the giant, indeed. so you can really see just how big this animal was. holding the cell it was dug, the first piece out of a somerset beach in 2016. and then four years later, with the help of other fossil hunters, he found more. scientists now say it was a giant ichthyosaur living alongside the dinosaurs and probably eating squid. and it may have been bigger than a blue whale, the largest animal ever to have lived. this ichthyosaur lived about 202 million years ago, right at a time where there was a major extinction event. what this major extinction event led to was the eradication, the extin

extensive and recurring in all ocean basins across multiple countries. 0ur climate reporter georgina rannardjust talked about, this stress caused the corals that can lead them to die. it means it's happening all over the world across these huge coral reefs in multiple places. and it's been happening for a number of weeks and months now. we often talk about these climate records being broken, particularly since last summer, when we've also had el nino, this natural climate fluctuation that contributes to driving up temperatures. and that's come at the same time, of course, as the effects of climate change. when we talk about those records being broken, the heat in the oceans growing. but what this story is really showing is how that heat impacts living things in the oceans. and corals sustain all this ocean life, this marine life. and now these scientists are saying that they've there's enough evidence that this global bleaching is happening in enough places that it's the fourth episode and we're in the middle of it. this is underway. it's still ongoing. and they do expect, unfortunately, for

science reporter georgina rannard went to meet one. and we can take a look... is the jawbone of a giant ichthyosaur from the end of the triassic period. it's what's left of what scientists think was the largest marine reptile on earth at 25 metres in length. at 25 metres in length — it was as long as two buses. nose to nose. so this piece ofjawbone would have come from an animal around the size of a dolphin. indeed. and this piece ofjawbone is from the giant. the giant, indeed. so you can really see just how big this animal was. it was dug, the first piece out of a somerset beach in 2016. and then four years later, with the help of other fossil hunters, he found more. scientists now say it was a giant ichthyosaur living alongside the dinosaurs and probably eating squid. and it may have been bigger than a blue whale, the largest animal ever to have lived. this ichthyosaur lived about 202 million years ago, right at a time where there was a major extinction event. what this major extinction event led to was the eradication, the extinction of these giant ichthyosa

with more on this let's speak to our science reporter georgina rannard. welcome to the programme.— quite a disturbing new report. bring us right up to date. yes, what these us officials are _ us right up to date. yes, what these us officials are saying _ us right up to date. yes, what these us officials are saying is _ us right up to date. yes, what these us officials are saying is that - us right up to date. yes, what these us officials are saying is that we - us officials are saying is that we are now in the fourth global mass coral bleaching event. the first was a 1998 and there has been to since then and now we are in the fourth one. what this means is coral is very sensitive living often in shallow waters but when the water its living and gets too hot, it gets stressed, it expels an algae that lives inside it and can turn white and often die. this is interesting also because we've been seeing for months and his broken climate records, urgently driving up and really seeing unprecedented styles in the oceans that are driven by climate change and also by this natural climate flu

our science reporter, georgina rannard, told me more about the findings.ed. it expels an algae that lives inside it and then it can turn white and, often, it can die. and this is interesting also because we've been seeing for months these broken climate records. ocean heat driving up and really seeing unprecedented levels of warming in the oceans. that's partly driven by climate change — or, mostly driven by climate change — and, also, by el nino, this natural climate fluctuation that started last year. we've been reporting on those broken records for months but this is now the first really solid global evidence ofjust what that heat is doing to the oceans and to this really fragile, sensitive ecosystem. a really important point. let's end this half hour, we started in the middle east becausejoe biden is currently meeting with the iraqi prime minister and committing the us to israeli security, also talking about protecting us interests and partners in the region, including iraq for the a little earlier we reported the latest line coming from that war cabin

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