Planet Beyond

Planet Beyond


Latest Episodes

Episode 18: The Award Winning Episode
October 26, 2022

The UKs Ground Engineering Awards have recognised Fugro as the Ground Investigation Specialist of the Year 2022. We explore the importance of articulating progress on projects with the award winning

Episode 17: Fair Winds and Following Seas
September 28, 2022

The best preparation is often to make ourselves as adaptable as possible, to be resilient to changes in circumstance. That is a mantra to Mark Sinclair, better known as Captain Coconut, who we last sp

Short: Julie Angus – from Rowboats to Robot Boats
September 14, 2022

It began with a five-month expedition in a small rowboat crossing the Atlantic Ocean. Twin realisations struck the younger Julie Angus: the vastness and lack of information available on our oceans as

Episode 16: Net Zero Vessels – Progress on Future Fuels
August 25, 2022

As the world transitions to a low carbon economy, the way we use the seas will also change. Vessels are in a state of flux as new communications technology and advances in automation mean that the req

Short: Ed Davey MP on Pancreatic Cancer
August 10, 2022

In May we told the story of Charles Czajkowski, one of the few pancreatic cancer patients to have survived beyond six months of diagnosis. Fewer than 7% of patients survive beyond five years of diagno

Episode 15: The Future of Ocean Technology
July 27, 2022

Good intentions alone will not secure the future of our seas. More than 90% of trade moves across the ocean, and the global population eyes the marine environment as an increasing source of food. Adde

Short: Understanding the Oceans
July 13, 2022

In some ways more is known about the surface of Mars than our own planet. With over 70% of the Earths surface covered in ocean, more than 75% of this watery space has never been mapped. This daunti

Episode 14: Ocean Science, Ten Years to Turn the Tide
June 29, 2022

For much of history the seas have loomed impossibly large and untouchable. This perception is at odds with the vulnerability of ocean environments. Now, following decades of abuse by a growing human s

Short: How to Map the Ocean Floor
June 14, 2022

This is an episode about filling in the gaps. Gaps in our knowledge of the largest environment on the planet, the ocean. Although it is not quite true that we know less about the ocean floor than oute

Episode 13: Beating Pancreatic Cancer
May 25, 2022

Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest forms of cancer in the world. In the UK 50% of those diagnosed with pancreatic cancer will die within three months of their diagnosis. Only 7% will survive fo