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Good morning, it's Tuesday, I'm Jenny and this is Newsround. | :00:20. | :00:24. | |
First up, some space news and a new camera satellite has been | :00:25. | :00:27. | |
launched by the European Space Agency. | :00:28. | :00:28. | |
Satellite Sentinel 2B will join another satellite already in space | :00:29. | :00:32. | |
to take pictures of the Earth's surface every five days and send | :00:33. | :00:35. | |
back information about pollution levels in lakes and coastal waters, | :00:36. | :00:38. | |
as well as monitor forests all over the world. | :00:39. | :00:44. | |
Also helping to measure pollution are some unexpected | :00:45. | :00:46. | |
Yes, pigeons are being used in an experiment to learn | :00:47. | :00:53. | |
Martin has been 'coo-vering' over the story. | :00:54. | :00:58. | |
I see them all the time in the city, trying to find bits of food | :00:59. | :01:04. | |
But how are they linked to pollution | :01:05. | :01:08. | |
- apart from both starting with the letter P? | :01:09. | :01:13. | |
Well, scientists are using pigeons to gather information by strapping | :01:14. | :01:15. | |
It is known that pollution that comes of our cars with diesel | :01:16. | :01:24. | |
engines rises to rooftop level, but what isn't known | :01:25. | :01:27. | |
is what happens next to the pollution, where does it go? | :01:28. | :01:30. | |
I thought, well, birds, they fly everywhere. If they can carry the | :01:31. | :01:46. | |
senses, and they are tiny enough, we can start to understand the | :01:47. | :01:48. | |
dispersion of pollution around the city. | :01:49. | :01:50. | |
Birmingham University are carrying out a test flight. | :01:51. | :01:55. | |
I feel nervous. It is the first time we have done this. | :01:56. | :01:59. | |
One of the pigeons is fitted with a small, lightweight sensor | :02:00. | :02:02. | |
I am happy with that. I just hope they go home. | :02:03. | :02:12. | |
Just six minutes later, the pigeons are back and the sensor | :02:13. | :02:15. | |
The light is still flashing. That's a good sign! | :02:16. | :02:24. | |
Rick and his team have been able to find out the route the pigeons | :02:25. | :02:28. | |
The information will help them to figure out how pollution | :02:29. | :02:32. | |
What is this pigeon called? I haven't got a name for him. I call | :02:33. | :02:42. | |
him number 80. So thanks pigeon number 80, | :02:43. | :02:45. | |
you've done everyone proud. OK, time for a quick look at the top | :02:46. | :02:47. | |
sports stories today. Chelsea are now 10 points ahead at | :02:48. | :02:50. | |
the top of the Premier League table. Last night they beat | :02:51. | :02:53. | |
West Ham 2-1 thanks to goals Manuel Lanzini managed to get a goal | :02:54. | :02:56. | |
for the home side in injury time. Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger, | :02:57. | :03:02. | |
says there was no training ground argument between Alexis Sanchez | :03:03. | :03:06. | |
and his team-mates before Arsenal play Bayern Munich | :03:07. | :03:08. | |
in the Champions League tonight, and have to come back from being 5-1 | :03:09. | :03:17. | |
down after the first leg. And Manchester United's Zlatan | :03:18. | :03:20. | |
Ibrahimovic and Bournemouth's Tyrone Mings are in trouble | :03:21. | :03:22. | |
with the football authorities. During their match | :03:23. | :03:26. | |
on Saturday, Mings appeared forward before Zlatan seemed | :03:27. | :03:28. | |
to elbow him in the Now time to tackle a real | :03:29. | :03:31. | |
black and white issue. This has been bamboozling me for | :03:32. | :03:44. | |
years. It is a bit of a grey area until | :03:45. | :04:00. | |
now. One third is all one colour. Pandas have black and white patches. | :04:01. | :04:04. | |
Scientists think they know why. Unlike some other types of bears, | :04:05. | :04:10. | |
pandas are active all year round. If they go in search of bamboo to eat | :04:11. | :04:15. | |
they move from warm rain forests to snowy mountains, so the two colours | :04:16. | :04:20. | |
help them. The white helps them to blend into snow surroundings and the | :04:21. | :04:23. | |
black helps them to hide in shady forests. The black ears might look | :04:24. | :04:29. | |
cute but they are actually a warning to other predators. They are a sign | :04:30. | :04:35. | |
of aggression. Number three, the famous panda eyes. These patches are | :04:36. | :04:40. | |
unique. They vary in shape and size from pander to pander. It is thought | :04:41. | :04:45. | |
they help them to recognise each other. Why are they black and white? | :04:46. | :04:50. | |
It is all about blending in, scaring away predators and getting to know | :04:51. | :04:51. | |
each other. That's all from me, Newsround's | :04:52. | :04:53. | |
back right here at 8.15, where you can find out how | :04:54. | :04:55. | |
this student is helping to tackle air pollution, | :04:56. | :04:58. | |
with his backpack. | :04:59. | :05:04. |