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Plants take in CO2 from the air to grow—and today’s atmosphere has about 50% more CO2 than it did before we started burning massive amounts of fossil fuels. So, is that great news for plants? Prof. David Des Marais, a plant ecologist at MIT, helps answer this listener question. For a deeper dive and additional resources related to this episode, visit: For more episodes of TILclimate by the MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative, visit tilclimate.mit.edu https://climate.mit.edu/tilclimate-podcast. Credits Laur Hesse Fisher https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/laur-hesse-fisher/, Host and Executive Producer David Lishansky https://twitter.com/DaveResonates, Editor and Producer Aaron Krol https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/aaron-krol/, Writer and Producer Andrew Moseman, Science Reporter Michelle Harris, Fact Checker Music by Blue Dot Sessions https://sessions.blue/ Artwork by Aaron Krol https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/aaron-krol/
The sixth season of Today I Learned: Climate is coming in two weeks, and this time we’re doing something a little different. People all around the world write into our team with questions about climate change. So this season, we’re working with scientists and experts at MIT and beyond, to answer those questions in language we can all understand.
The United States has a goal to power the country with 100% clean electricity by 2035. Unfortunately, our energy regulations are not set up to make this much change this quickly. Energy economist John Parsons of MIT joins the show to explain how much clean energy infrastructure we need to build, the obstacles to building it, and reform ideas to transform our energy system on the timeline our climate goals demand. For a deeper dive and additional resources related to this episode, visit: https://climate.mit.edu/podcasts/e8-why-does-it-take-five-years-build-wind-farm For more episodes of TILclimate by the MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative, visit tilclimate.mit.edu https://climate.mit.edu/tilclimate-podcast. Credits Laur Hesse Fisher https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/laur-hesse-fisher/, Host and Producer David Lishansky https://twitter.com/DaveResonates, Editor and Producer Aaron Krol https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/aaron-krol/, Scriptwriter and Associate Producer Ilana Hirschfeld https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/ilana-hirschfeld/, Production Assistant Sylvia Scharf https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/sylvia-scharf/, Education Specialist Michelle Harris, Fact Checker Music by Blue Dot Sessions https://sessions.blue/ Artwork by Aaron Krol https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/aaron-krol/
The large majority of new energy we’re building today comes from clean, renewable wind and solar projects. But to keep building wind and solar at this pace, we need energy storage: technologies that save energy when the weather is favorable, and use it when wind and sun are scarce. Prof. Asegun Henry joins TILclimate to explain how energy storage works, what storage technologies are out there, and how much we need to build to make wind and solar dominant. For a deeper dive and additional resources related to this episode, visit: https://climate.mit.edu/podcasts/e7-energy-storage-keeping-lights-clean-electric-grid For more episodes of TILclimate by the MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative, visit tilclimate.mit.edu https://climate.mit.edu/tilclimate-podcast. Credits Laur Hesse Fisher https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/laur-hesse-fisher/, Host and Producer David Lishansky https://twitter.com/DaveResonates, Editor and Producer Aaron Krol https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/aaron-krol/, Scriptwriter and Associate Producer Ilana Hirschfeld https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/ilana-hirschfeld/, Production Assistant Sylvia Scharf https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/sylvia-scharf/, Education Specialist Michelle Harris, Fact Checker Music by Blue Dot Sessions https://sessions.blue/ Artwork by Aaron Krol https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/aaron-krol/
We all want to live full, healthy lives. But climate change is threatening a growing number of people’s lives and well-being. Amruta Nori-Sarma, assistant professor of environmental health at Boston University School of Public Health, joins the show to help us see climate change not in tons of carbon dioxide, but as a matter of health. For a deeper dive and additional resources related to this episode, visit: https://climate.mit.edu/podcasts/e6-public-health-experts-guide-climate-change For more episodes of TILclimate by the MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative, visit tilclimate.mit.edu https://climate.mit.edu/tilclimate-podcast. Credits Laur Hesse Fisher https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/laur-hesse-fisher/, Host and Producer David Lishansky https://twitter.com/DaveResonates, Editor and Producer Aaron Krol https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/aaron-krol/, Scriptwriter and Associate Producer Ilana Hirschfeld https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/ilana-hirschfeld/, Production Assistant Sylvia Scharf https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/sylvia-scharf/, Education Specialist Michelle Harris, Fact Checker Music by Blue Dot Sessions https://sessions.blue/ Artwork by Aaron Krol https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/aaron-krol/
We were going to produce an episode on El Niño, and its relationship to climate change. And then we found out that , from New Hampshire Public Radio, already did that. And they did a really good job. So please enjoy this episode of , where you'll learn what El Niño is, how to tell if extreme weather events are caused by climate change or by El Niño, and what the powerful El Niño event of 2023 can tell us about our climate future. is a production of NHPR, New Hampshire Public Radio, a podcast where curiosity and the natural world collide. In addition to their regular program, they have run special limited series covering issues from the offshore wind industry to lawns and gardens to Canadian hydropower. Learn more at outsideinradio.org http://outsideinradio.org/.
If you live in the U.S. Mountain West, the Pacific Coast of the Americas, or large parts of Australia or southern Europe, there’s a good chance a major wildfire has passed near you in the last five or six years—maybe one more intense than anything you’ve ever heard of in your area. But why exactly are wildfires getting worse? Is climate change entirely to blame? And what should we be preparing for next? Dr. Daniel Swain https://www.ioes.ucla.edu/person/daniel-swain/ joins the TILclimate podcast to help break down what is going on with wildfires and climate change. For a deeper dive and additional resources related to this episode, visit: https://climate.mit.edu/podcasts/e5-wildfires-and-how-were-changing-them For more episodes of TILclimate by the MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative, visit tilclimate.mit.edu https://climate.mit.edu/tilclimate-podcast. Credits Laur Hesse Fisher https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/laur-hesse-fisher/, Host and Producer David Lishansky https://twitter.com/DaveResonates, Editor and Producer Aaron Krol https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/aaron-krol/, Scriptwriter and Associate Producer Ilana Hirschfeld https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/ilana-hirschfeld/, Production Assistant Sylvia Scharf https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/sylvia-scharf/, Education Specialist Michelle Harris, Fact Checker Music by Blue Dot Sessions https://sessions.blue/ Artwork by Aaron Krol https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/aaron-krol/
Today we’re talking about desalination: turning saltwater into freshwater, so we can drink it or use it to grow crops. And we’re talking about this because, in many parts of the world, freshwater is getting harder to come by. So… is converting saltwater a good solution? Our guest Prof. John Leinhard https://meche.mit.edu/people/faculty/LIENHARD@MIT.EDU has devoted his whole career to this question—and its relationship with climate change. For a deeper dive and additional resources related to this episode, visit: https://climate.mit.edu/podcasts/e4-can-desalination-solve-water-scarcity For more episodes of TILclimate by the MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative, visit tilclimate.mit.edu https://climate.mit.edu/tilclimate-podcast. Credits Laur Hesse Fisher https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/laur-hesse-fisher/, Host and Producer David Lishansky https://twitter.com/DaveResonates, Editor and Producer Aaron Krol https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/aaron-krol/, Scriptwriter and Associate Producer Ilana Hirschfeld https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/ilana-hirschfeld/, Production Assistant Sylvia Scharf https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/sylvia-scharf/, Education Specialist Michelle Harris, Fact Checker Music by Blue Dot Sessions https://sessions.blue/ Artwork by Aaron Krol https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/aaron-krol/
Refrigerants are in every refrigerator, freezer and air conditioner, and the world is on track to make a lot more of them in the years to come. They’re also powerful greenhouse gases: often thousands of times more warming than carbon dioxide. Prof. Ronald Prinn, an expert in the physics and chemistry of our climate system, joins TILclimate to discuss the past, present and future of how these chemicals affect our planet. For a deeper dive and additional resources related to this episode, visit: https://climate.mit.edu/podcasts/e3-dont-throw-away-your-refrigerator For more episodes of TILclimate by the MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative, visit tilclimate.mit.edu https://climate.mit.edu/tilclimate-podcast. Credits Laur Hesse Fisher https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/laur-hesse-fisher/, Host and Producer David Lishansky https://twitter.com/DaveResonates, Editor and Producer Aaron Krol https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/aaron-krol/, Scriptwriter and Associate Producer Ilana Hirschfeld https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/ilana-hirschfeld/, Production Assistant Sylvia Scharf https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/sylvia-scharf/, Education Specialist Michelle Harris, Fact Checker Music by Blue Dot Sessions https://sessions.blue/ Artwork by Aaron Krol https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/aaron-krol/
Carbon dioxide—CO2—is the greenhouse gas you’ve probably heard most about, on this podcast and elsewhere. But it turns out, methane is an incredibly important greenhouse gas too. Stopping methane emissions today is a powerful way to dampen climate change in the very near term—to keep the Earth cooler in the next 10 or 20 years. So today, Prof. Desiree Plata returns to TILclimate to tell us—how do we get that done? For a deeper dive and additional resources related to this episode, visit: https://climate.mit.edu/podcasts/e2-how-tackling-methane-cools-planet-fast For more episodes of TILclimate by the MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative, visit tilclimate.mit.edu https://climate.mit.edu/tilclimate-podcast. Credits Laur Hesse Fisher https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/laur-hesse-fisher/, Host and Producer David Lishansky https://twitter.com/DaveResonates, Editor and Producer Aaron Krol https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/aaron-krol/, Scriptwriter and Associate Producer Ilana Hirschfeld https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/ilana-hirschfeld/, Production Assistant Sylvia Scharf https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/sylvia-scharf/, Education Specialist Michelle Harris, Fact Checker Music by Blue Dot Sessions https://sessions.blue/ Artwork by Aaron Krol https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/aaron-krol/
You probably know that today’s climate change is caused by certain gases—what scientists call greenhouse gases—that human activity has been adding to our atmosphere. But—how do these gases actually keep heat from escaping into space? And why these gases in particular? To help answer these questions, we invited Desiree Plata https://cee.mit.edu/people_individual/desiree-plata/, an associate professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at MIT and the director of the MIT Methane Network. For a deeper dive and additional resources related to this episode, visit: https://climate.mit.edu/podcasts/wait-how-do-greenhouse-gases-actually-warm-planet For more episodes of TILclimate by the MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative, visit tilclimate.mit.edu https://climate.mit.edu/tilclimate-podcast. Credits Laur Hesse Fisher https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/laur-hesse-fisher/, Host and Producer David Lishansky https://twitter.com/DaveResonates, Editor and Producer Aaron Krol https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/aaron-krol/, Scriptwriter and Associate Producer Ilana Hirschfeld https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/ilana-hirschfeld/, Production Assistant Sylvia Scharf https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/sylvia-scharf/, Education Specialist Michelle Harris, Fact Checker Music by Blue Dot Sessions https://sessions.blue/ Artwork by Aaron Krol https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/aaron-krol/
This is MIT’s climate change podcast, Today I Learned: Climate. If you're looking to get smart quick on climate change – without the jargon and without the politicking – this podcast is for you! In each episode, we work with experts at MIT and beyond to explain climate change science and solutions in fifteen minutes or less. ON OCTOBER 5, TILCLIMATE IS RETURNING FOR OUR FIFTH SEASON! We’ll give you the straight answers to things like: __ __ And much more. Here’s a sneak peek of what’s to come.
On August 16, 2022, President Joe Biden signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). It was the largest of three bills signed over the course of 10 months that together make up the United States’ largest investment in addressing climate change… well, ever. Dr. Liz Reynolds https://workofthefuture.mit.edu/team-member/elisabeth-reynolds/, lecturer in MIT's Department of Urban Studies and Planning and former Special Assistant to the President for Manufacturing and Economic Development at the National Economic Council at the White House, joins the TILclimate podcast to help us see the big picture of what these bills are trying to accomplish. For a deeper dive and additional resources related to this episode, visit: https://climate.mit.edu/podcasts/americas-big-year-climate-action For more episodes of TILclimate by the MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative, visit tilclimate.mit.edu https://climate.mit.edu/tilclimate-podcast. Credits Laur Hesse Fisher https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/laur-hesse-fisher/, Host and Producer David Lishansky https://twitter.com/DaveResonates, Editor and Producer Aaron Krol https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/aaron-krol/, Scriptwriter & Associate Producer Ilana Hirschfeld https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/ilana-hirschfeld/, Production Assistant Sylvia Scharf https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/sylvia-scharf/, Education Specialist Michelle Harris, Fact Checker Music by Blue Dot Sessions https://sessions.blue/ Artwork by Aaron Krol https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/aaron-krol/
On Wednesday, April 19, TILclimate will host its first live event at the MIT Museum in Cambridge, Massachusetts! Reserve your seat at tilclimate.org https://climate.mit.edu/tilclimate-podcast to watch a live recording and join the questions as your host Laur Hesse Fisher sits down with MIT lecturer and former Special Assistant to the President for Manufacturing and Economic Development Dr. Elisabeth Reynolds about “America’s big year of climate action” and the course set for U.S. climate policy in 2021-22.
We often hear about recycling as a way to make an impact on climate change right in your own home. But how big a difference are we really making when we recycle? For this episode, Anders Damgaard, senior researcher at the Technical University of Denmark, joins the TILclimate podcast to help us understand the climate benefits of recycling—and why they depend on what we’re recycling and how. For a deeper dive and additional resources related to this episode, visit: https://climate.mit.edu/podcasts/til-about-recycling For more episodes of TILclimate by the MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative, visit tilclimate.mit.edu https://climate.mit.edu/tilclimate-podcast. Credits Laur Hesse Fisher https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/laur-hesse-fisher/, Host and Producer David Lishansky https://twitter.com/DaveResonates, Editor and Producer Aaron Krol https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/aaron-krol/, Associate Producer Natalie Jones http://nataliefjones.com, Script Writer Ilana Hirschfeld https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/ilana-hirschfeld/, Production Assistant Sylvia Scharf https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/sylvia-scharf/, Education Specialist Michelle Harris, Fact Checker Music by Blue Dot Sessions https://sessions.blue/ Artwork by Aaron Krol https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/aaron-krol/
Winters are warming faster than any other season here in the U.S. So why are some winter storms getting even more intense? Today, we’re going to explore the connections between climate change and extreme winter weather. For this episode, we sat down with atmospheric science expert Dr. Jennifer Francis of the Woodwell Climate Research Center. Dr. Jennifer Francis is a senior scientist at the Woodwell Climate Research Center, and her research is focused on the rapidly changing Arctic. This work engages in why change is occurring, how those changes are affecting the Arctic as well as temperate regions across Earth where billions live. Dr. Francis has devoted more time in recent years towards effective science communication acoss media and helping non-scientists and public officials to gain deeper understanding of why the climate is changing and how it will continue to affect each of us. For more episodes of TILclimate by the MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative, as well as educator guides, sources and further reading, visit https://tilclimate.mit.edu. To receive notifications about new episodes, follow us on Twitter @tilclimate. Credits __ __
What if you could pay someone else to cancel out your carbon emissions? As countries, organizations, and even individuals around the world commit to lowering their impact on the climate, many have been doing just that. So today, we’re going to look at how “carbon offsets” work and whether they are an effective tool for slowing climate change. For this episode, we sat down with carbon trading and offsets expert Dr. Barbara Haya from the University of California Berkeley. Dr. Barbara Haya is a Research Fellow at the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California Berkeley. She leads the Berkeley Carbon Trading Project, which studies the effectiveness of offset programs and carbon trading with the goal of ensuring these programs and policies support effective climate action. Dr. Haya is also helping the University of California to develop its own strategy of using offsets to meet their carbon neutrality goals. Haya received her PhD at UC Berkeley’s Energy and Resources Group, and has previously worked with NGOs to help support international offset program reform. For more episodes of TILclimate by the MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative, visit tilclimate.mit.edu. To receive notifications about new episodes, follow us on Twitter @tilclimate. Credits __ __
Roughly ten percent of the world’s CO2 emissions come from passenger vehicles: cars, pickups, motorcycles, buses, and taxis. So today, we’re going to zoom in on how people get around every day and what to consider when thinking about reducing carbon emissions from everyday travel. For this episode, we sat down with our former MIT colleague and transportation expert Dr. Joanna Moody. For a deeper dive and additional resources related to this episode, visit: https://climate.mit.edu/podcasts/til-about-mobility For more episodes of TILclimate by the MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative, visit tilclimate.mit.edu https://climate.mit.edu/tilclimate-podcast. Credits Laur Hesse Fisher https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/laur-hesse-fisher/, Host and Producer David Lishansky https://twitter.com/DaveResonates, Editor and Producer Aaron Krol https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/aaron-krol/, Associate Producer Barrett Golding, Script Writer Ilana Hirschfeld https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/ilana-hirschfeld/, Production Assistant Michelle Harris https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelle-harris-5856704/, Fact Checker Sylvia Scharf https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/sylvia-scharf/, Education Specialist Music by Blue Dot Sessions https://sessions.blue/ Artwork by Aaron Krol https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/aaron-krol/
Electric vehicles (EVs) are being touted as a major solution to climate change. But why is that? How do they work and what kinds of changes are needed as more EVs hit the road? To dig into this, we brought in MIT Sloan Prof. David Keith, who studies transportation technology. For a deeper dive and additional resources related to this episode, visit: https://climate.mit.edu/podcasts/til-about-electric-cars For more episodes of TILclimate by the MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative, visit tilclimate.mit.edu https://climate.mit.edu/tilclimate-podcast. Credits Laur Hesse Fisher https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/laur-hesse-fisher/, Host and Producer David Lishansky https://twitter.com/DaveResonates, Editor and Producer Aaron Krol https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/aaron-krol/, Associate Producer Barrett Golding, Script Writer Ilana Hirschfeld https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/ilana-hirschfeld/, Production Assistant Michelle Harris, Fact Checker Sylvia Scharf https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/sylvia-scharf/, Education Specialist Music by Blue Dot Sessions https://sessions.blue/ Artwork by Aaron Krol https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/aaron-krol/
Hydrogen gas acts like a fossil fuel, but with no carbon emissions. Is it the silver bullet we’ve been waiting for? Prof. Svetlana Ikonnikova of the Technical University of Munich joins us to bring light to how hydrogen works and its potential in the energy transition. For a deeper dive and additional resources related to this episode, visit: https://climate.mit.edu/podcasts/til-about-hydrogen For more episodes of TILclimate by the MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative, visit tilclimate.mit.edu https://climate.mit.edu/tilclimate-podcast. Credits Laur Hesse Fisher https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/laur-hesse-fisher/, Host and Producer David Lishansky https://twitter.com/DaveResonates, Editor and Producer Aaron Krol https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/aaron-krol/, Associate Producer Natalie Jones, Script Writer Ilana Hirschfeld https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/ilana-hirschfeld/, Production Assistant Michelle Harris, Fact Checker Sylvia Scharf https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/sylvia-scharf/, Education Specialist Music by Blue Dot Sessions https://sessions.blue/ Artwork by Aaron Krol https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/aaron-krol/
The ocean is a critical piece of the climate change puzzle. It's estimated that the ocean has absorbed about of the excess CO2 humans have added to the atmosphere and more than of trapped heat in the atmosphere. So, today, we’re going underwater to talk about the ocean and climate change with renowned oceanographer Dr. Sylvia Earle. For a deeper dive and additional resources related to this episode, visit: https://climate.mit.edu/podcasts/til-about-the-ocean For more episodes of TILclimate by the MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative, visit tilclimate.mit.edu https://climate.mit.edu/tilclimate-podcast. Credits Laur Hesse Fisher https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/laur-hesse-fisher/, Host and Producer David Lishansky https://twitter.com/DaveResonates, Editor and Producer Aaron Krol https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/aaron-krol/, Associate Producer Natalie Jones http://nataliefjones.com/, Script Writer Ilana Hirschfeld https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/ilana-hirschfeld/, Production Assistant Carolyn Shea, Fact Checker Sylvia Scharf https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/sylvia-scharf/, Climate Education Specialist Music by Blue Dot Sessions https://sessions.blue/ Artwork by Aaron Krol https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/aaron-krol/
The ocean is a critical piece of the climate change puzzle. It's estimated that the ocean has absorbed about of the excess CO2 humans have added to the atmosphere and more than of trapped heat in the atmosphere. So, today, we’re going underwater to talk about the ocean and climate change with renowned oceanographer Dr. Sylvia Earle. For a deeper dive and additional resources related to this episode, visit: https://climate.mit.edu/podcasts/til-about-the-ocean For more episodes of TILclimate by the MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative, visit tilclimate.mit.edu https://climate.mit.edu/tilclimate-podcast. Credits Laur Hesse Fisher https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/laur-hesse-fisher/, Host and Producer David Lishansky https://twitter.com/DaveResonates, Editor and Producer Aaron Krol https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/aaron-krol/, Associate Producer Natalie Jones http://nataliefjones.com/, Script Writer Ilana Hirschfeld https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/ilana-hirschfeld/, Production Assistant Carolyn Shea, Fact Checker Sylvia Scharf https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/sylvia-scharf/, Climate Education Specialist Music by Blue Dot Sessions https://sessions.blue/ Artwork by Aaron Krol https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/aaron-krol/
At MIT, we have a commitment to sharing what we know about climate change. That’s why, this summer, we’ll be back soon with a fourth season of TILclimate, bringing you new episodes that dive into even more climate topics, like the role the ocean plays in our climate, solutions for reducing transportation emissions, the future of hydrogen energy, and a whole lot more. All around 10-15 minutes, with real scientists and experts. For more episodes of TILclimate by the MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative, visit tilclimate.mit.edu https://climate.mit.edu/tilclimate-podcast. Credits __ __
Today’s episode is about the money of climate change. When people talk about how much it costs to stop climate change, what are we paying for? And who’s paying, exactly? And if we don’t pay to stop climate change – how much will that cost us? To answer these questions, we spoke with Dr. Barbara Buchner https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/people/barbara-buchner/ from the Climate Policy Initiative. For a deeper dive and additional resources related to this episode, visit: https://climate.mit.edu/podcasts/til-what-it-costs For more episodes of TILclimate by the MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative, visit tilclimate.mit.edu https://climate.mit.edu/tilclimate-podcast. Credits Laur Hesse Fisher https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/laur-hesse-fisher/, Host and Producer David Lishansky https://twitter.com/DaveResonates, Editor and Producer Aaron Krol https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/aaron-krol/, Associate Producer Ilana Hirschfeld https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/ilana-hirschfeld/, Production Assistant Carolyn Shea, Fact Checker Sylvia Scharf https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/sylvia-scharf/, Education Specialist Music by Blue Dot Sessions https://sessions.blue/ Artwork by Aaron Krol https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/aaron-krol/
Today we bring climate change to the dining room table. In this episode, we reinvited Dr. Cynthia Rosenzweig https://www.giss.nasa.gov/staff/crosenzweig.html onto the TILclimate podcast to tell us just a little more about the connections between the food we eat and climate change. For a deeper dive and additional resources related to this episode, visit: https://climate.mit.edu/podcasts/til-about-what-I-eat For more episodes of TILclimate by the MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative, visit tilclimate.mit.edu https://climate.mit.edu/tilclimate-podcast. Credits Laur Hesse Fisher https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/laur-hesse-fisher/, Host and Producer David Lishansky https://twitter.com/DaveResonates, Editor and Producer Aaron Krol https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/aaron-krol/, Associate Producer Ilana Hirschfeld https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/ilana-hirschfeld/, Production Assistant Carolyn Shea, Fact Checker Sylvia Scharf https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/sylvia-scharf/, Education Specialist Music by Blue Dot Sessions https://sessions.blue/ Artwork by Aaron Krol https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/aaron-krol/
Over the last fifty years, our world has made remarkable progress in reducing hunger around the world. How can we keep our farms and food system resilient in a warming climate? Dr. Cynthia Rosenzweig https://www.giss.nasa.gov/staff/crosenzweig.html, Senior Research Scientist at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, joins host Laur Hesse Fisher on this episode of TILclimate to explain how climate change is already impacting our global food system. For a deeper dive and additional resources related to this episode, visit: https://climate.mit.edu/podcasts/til-about-farming-a-warmer-planet For more episodes of TILclimate by the MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative, visit tilclimate.mit.edu https://climate.mit.edu/tilclimate-podcast. Credits Laur Hesse Fisher https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/laur-hesse-fisher/, Host and Producer David Lishansky https://twitter.com/DaveResonates, Editor and Producer Aaron Krol https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/aaron-krol/, Associate Producer Ilana Hirschfeld https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/ilana-hirschfeld/, Student Production Assistant Carolyn Shea, Fact Checker Sylvia Scharf https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/sylvia-scharf/, Education Specialist Music by Blue Dot Sessions https://sessions.blue/ Artwork by Aaron Krol https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/aaron-krol/
In our last episode, we talked about using technology to suck out extra carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. But you might also be thinking—don’t trees do that? Yeah, they do! In fact, some people have proposed that by planting enough trees, we could make a big dent on climate change. In this episode of TILclimate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Charles Harvey https://cee.mit.edu/people_individual/charles-f-harvey/ helps us answer the question: could we just plant a whole lot of trees to solve our climate problem? For a deeper dive and additional resources related to this episode, visit: https://climate.mit.edu/podcasts/til-about-planting-trees For more episodes of TILclimate by the MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative, visit tilclimate.mit.edu https://climate.mit.edu/tilclimate-podcast. Credits Laur Hesse Fisher https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/laur-hesse-fisher/, Host and Producer David Lishansky https://twitter.com/DaveResonates, Editor and Producer Aaron Krol https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/aaron-krol/, Associate Producer Ilana Hirschfeld https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/ilana-hirschfeld/, Student Production Assistant Robin Palmer, Fact Checker Sylvia Scharf https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/sylvia-scharf/, Education Specialist Music by Blue Dot Sessions https://sessions.blue/ Artwork by Aaron Krol https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/aaron-krol/
We’ve had people ask us, if climate change is caused by adding too much CO2 into the atmosphere, can’t we just suck it back out? Won’t that solve our climate change problem? In this episode of TILclimate (Today I Learned: Climate), Professor Niall Mac Dowell https://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/niall of Imperial College London joins host Laur Hesse Fisher to demystify the process and feasibility of removing CO2 from the atmosphere. For a deeper dive and additional resources related to this episode, visit: https://climate.mit.edu/podcasts/til-about-technological-carbon-capture https://climate.mit.edu/podcasts/til-about-technological%20carbon%20capture For more episodes of TILclimate by the MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative, visit tilclimate.mit.edu https://climate.mit.edu/tilclimate-podcast. Credits Laur Hesse Fisher https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/laur-hesse-fisher/, Host and Producer David Lishansky https://twitter.com/DaveResonates, Editor and Producer Aaron Krol https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/aaron-krol/, Associate Producer Ilana Hirschfeld https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/ilana-hirschfeld/, Student Production Assistant Carolyn Shea, Fact Checker Sylvia Scharf https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/sylvia-scharf/, Education Specialist Music by Blue Dot Sessions https://sessions.blue/ Artwork by Aaron Krol https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/aaron-krol/
Is climate change really a national security issue, in the same way we think about terrorism or nuclear weapons? And if so, what are our governments doing about it? In this episode of TILclimate (Today I Learned: Climate), national security expert Alice C. Hill https://www.cfr.org/expert/alice-c-hill joins host Laur Hesse Fisher to help answer these questions. For a deeper dive and additional resources related to this episode, visit: https://climate.mit.edu/podcasts/til-about-national-security For more episodes of TILclimate by the MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative, visit tilclimate.mit.edu https://climate.mit.edu/tilclimate-podcast. Credits Laur Hesse Fisher https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/laur-hesse-fisher/, Host and Producer David Lishansky https://twitter.com/DaveResonates, Editor and Producer Aaron Krol https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/aaron-krol/, Associate Producer Ilana Hirschfeld https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/ilana-hirschfeld/, Student Production Assistant Carolyn Shea, Fact Checker Sylvia Scharf https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/sylvia-scharf/, Education Specialist Music by Blue Dot Sessions https://sessions.blue/ Artwork by Aaron Krol https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/aaron-krol/
Sea level rise is already happening and affecting people right now. We invited Prof. James Renwick https://people.wgtn.ac.nz/james.renwick back to TILclimate to talk about the near future: what will sea-level rise look like for coastal areas in the next 20 or 30 years, and what can we do about it? For a deeper dive and additional resources related to this episode, visit: https://climate.mit.edu/podcasts/til-about-sea-level-rise-part-2 For more episodes of TILclimate by the MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative, visit tilclimate.mit.edu https://climate.mit.edu/tilclimate-podcast. Credits Laur Hesse Fisher https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/laur-hesse-fisher/, Host and Producer David Lishansky https://twitter.com/DaveResonates, Editor and Producer Aaron Krol https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/aaron-krol/, Associate Producer Ilana Hirschfeld https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/ilana-hirschfeld/, Student Production Assistant Carolyn Shea, Fact Checker Sylvia Scharf https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/sylvia-scharf/, Education Specialist Music by Blue Dot Sessions https://sessions.blue/ Artwork by Aaron Krol https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/people/aaron-krol/
