Robin Williams

Well, the key element is the amount of carbon in the atmosphere.

And that is affecting not only the reefs, but everything.

When the evidence is clear, Attenborough, the journalist, speaks out.

And now he's 100.

As mentioned, we have a full life tribute to this marvellous broadcaster and that's there for you on the Science Show website.

Next week, Rose Kerr with Kingsley Dixon and also Brian Schmidt on how the universe may not be expanding quite as fast as we thought.

Dark energy, like oil supplies, may be slowing down.

So cheerio from me, Robin Williams.

And me, Belinda Smith.

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Yes, it's nearly budget time and scientists are keen to find out the actual research funding bottom line.

Because we have a choice between an academy of science and an academy of silence.

I'm Robin Williams.

And I'm Belinda Smith.

And we find out how to get young people to fall in love with science and stay in love with it.

But first, we head to northern Australia to visit the lab of Professor Michael Burt, who started off as a geologist and is now a geochemist at James Cook University, Cairns.