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It's Tuesday, I'm Jenny and this is Newsround. | :00:10. | :00:13. | |
A special camera gets rocketted into space. | :00:14. | :00:18. | |
We get a pigeon's eye view of pollution.... | :00:19. | :00:23. | |
First up, some space news and a new camera satellite has been | :00:24. | :00:36. | |
launched by the European Space Agency. | :00:37. | :00:38. | |
Satellite Sentinel 2B will join another satellite already in space | :00:39. | :00:44. | |
to take pictures of the Earth's surface every five days and send | :00:45. | :00:47. | |
back information about pollution levels in lakes and coastal waters, | :00:48. | :00:49. | |
as well as checking on the world's forests. | :00:50. | :00:56. | |
Also helping to measure pollution are some unexpected | :00:57. | :00:58. | |
Yes, pigeons are being used in an experiment to learn | :00:59. | :01:02. | |
Martin has been 'coo-vering' over the story. | :01:03. | :01:07. | |
I see them all the time in the city, trying to find bits of food | :01:08. | :01:13. | |
But how are they linked to pollution | :01:14. | :01:16. | |
- apart from both starting with the letter P? | :01:17. | :01:22. | |
Well, scientists are using pigeons to gather information by strapping | :01:23. | :01:24. | |
It is known that pollution that comes of our cars with diesel | :01:25. | :01:32. | |
engines rises to rooftop level, but what isn't known | :01:33. | :01:34. | |
is what happens next to the pollution, where does it go? | :01:35. | :01:37. | |
I thought, well, birds, they fly everywhere. | :01:38. | :01:54. | |
If they can carry the sensors, and they are tiny enough, we | :01:55. | :01:57. | |
can start to understand the dispersion | :01:58. | :01:59. | |
Birmingham University are carrying out a test flight. | :02:00. | :02:02. | |
It is the first time we have done this. | :02:03. | :02:05. | |
One of the pigeons is fitted with a small, lightweight sensor | :02:06. | :02:08. | |
Just six minutes later, the pigeons are back and the sensor | :02:09. | :02:20. | |
Rick and his team have been able to find out the route the pigeons | :02:21. | :02:33. | |
The information will help them to figure out how pollution | :02:34. | :02:38. | |
So thanks pigeon number 80, you've done everyone proud. | :02:39. | :02:56. | |
From pollution high in the air, to pollution down on the ground. | :02:57. | :02:59. | |
One student is helping experts find out how clean or dirty | :03:00. | :03:02. | |
the air we breathe is, when we walk around. | :03:03. | :03:10. | |
Logan is doing a very important job. You might wonder what is in his | :03:11. | :03:16. | |
backpack. He has been testing pollution levels in Leicester, with | :03:17. | :03:19. | |
something called a portable air monitor. This kit measures chemicals | :03:20. | :03:26. | |
in the atmosphere. Researchers send him out and about two places where | :03:27. | :03:29. | |
there is a lot of traffic to test things out. We spent a while talking | :03:30. | :03:35. | |
to Logan in a sheltered location and there were some cars there which | :03:36. | :03:40. | |
became parked up. The fascinating thing is during that period when | :03:41. | :03:44. | |
standing still we experienced high levels of pollution than with | :03:45. | :03:49. | |
traffic on the junction. What do his friends think of this information? | :03:50. | :03:54. | |
People have stopped waiting near the buses after school for their | :03:55. | :03:57. | |
friends. They have been waiting closer to the leisure centre and | :03:58. | :04:02. | |
further from the buses. It is obviously had an impact. It is hoped | :04:03. | :04:06. | |
if people know how much pollution is around them at the way they look at | :04:07. | :04:08. | |
the issue will change. Chelsea are now 10 points ahead at | :04:09. | :04:10. | |
the top of the Premier League table. Last night they beat | :04:11. | :04:14. | |
West Ham 2-1 thanks to goals Manuel Lanzini managed to get a goal | :04:15. | :04:17. | |
for the home side in injury time. President Donald Trump has | :04:18. | :04:21. | |
signed a new version The first version led | :04:22. | :04:23. | |
to lots of protests. This new version bans visitors | :04:24. | :04:27. | |
from six mainly-muslim countries, from coming to the US for three | :04:28. | :04:32. | |
months, and puts a stop to all This has been | :04:33. | :04:36. | |
bamboozling me for years. It is a bit of a grey | :04:37. | :04:51. | |
area until now. Pandas have unique black | :04:52. | :05:07. | |
and white patches. Unlike some other types of bears, | :05:08. | :05:09. | |
pandas are active all year round. As they go in search | :05:10. | :05:16. | |
of bamboo to eat they move from warm rain | :05:17. | :05:18. | |
forests to snowy mountains, The white helps them to blend | :05:19. | :05:21. | |
into snowy surroundings and the black helps them to | :05:22. | :05:28. | |
hide in shady forests. The black ears might look cute | :05:29. | :05:30. | |
but they are actually a warning They vary in shape and size | :05:31. | :05:33. | |
from panda to panda. It is thought they help | :05:34. | :05:58. | |
them to recognise each | :05:59. | :06:01. |