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Climate Solutions

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Climate change is humanity’s biggest problem. This podcast tells you exactly what you can do to fight climate change. From the way you heat your home to the food you eat and the digital devices you use, Climate Solutions is your checklist for climate action.

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Trailer: Ozone: How to solve an environmental crisis
18-09-2023
Trailer: Ozone: How to solve an environmental crisis
Have you ever heard of the ozone hole? If you were born after the 1990s, the chances are you might not have. If you were born before, the chances are you have forgotten all about it. But just before the turn of the century, it was on everybody’s lips. The biggest environmental disaster humanity had encountered up to that point. In our new season, we will tell you all about what caused the ozone hole, how it was discovered and how the world came together to fix it. We will also show you how the lessons learnt then can help us (in solving the climate crisis) today. This is the story of the ozone hole. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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The future of climate adaptation
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The future of climate adaptation
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What are countries doing about climate adaptation?
3d ago
What are countries doing about climate adaptation?
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What is 'just resilience'?
17-04-2024
What is 'just resilience'?
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Audiomentary: Ozone: How to Solve an Environmental Crisis
08-12-2023
Audiomentary: Ozone: How to Solve an Environmental Crisis
Listen to our first audio documentary on how we solved the ozone crisis, the biggest environmental disaster humanity encountered before climate change. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Extra: Why trust science
05-12-2023
Extra: Why trust science
Bonus content: An interview with Naomi Oreskes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The jigsaw puzzle
21-11-2023
The jigsaw puzzle
How lessons learnt then can help us solve the climate crisis today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Extra: An endling
18-11-2023
Extra: An endling
Bonus content: Once there were billions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The smoking gun
14-11-2023
The smoking gun
How we saved the planet. Sources: Ozone layer recovery is on track, due to success of Montreal Protocol | UN News, | Ozone Secretariat (unep.org), About Montreal Protocol (unep.org), Oral history interview with Mario J. Molina - Science History Institute Digital Collections. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Extra: The wonderful story of Henny Penny
11-11-2023
Extra: The wonderful story of Henny Penny
Bonus content: A folk tale. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The sky is falling
07-11-2023
The sky is falling
How scientists fought against ozone denial. Sources: IN THE FACE OF DOUBT | The New Yorker, Look Up and Live. (The Ozone Is Still Tiere.) - The New York Times (nytimes.com), INERT | The New Yorker. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Invisible gases and invisible rays in an invisible atmosphere
31-10-2023
Invisible gases and invisible rays in an invisible atmosphere
How hair sprays and deodorants almost destroyed the ozone layer.Sources: Oral history interview with Mario J. Molina - Science History Institute Digital Collections, Oral History Interview with F. Sherwood Rowland | OpenSky (ucar.edu). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Extra: The good, the bad and the ugly ozone
28-10-2023
Extra: The good, the bad and the ugly ozone
Bonus content: All about ozone. Sources: A Killer of a Cure | Science History Institute, The Great American Fraud/Chapter 3 - Wikisource, the free online library, The History of Ozone (illinois.edu), Nasa Ozone Watch: Ozone facts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The proof is in the snow
24-10-2023
The proof is in the snow
How the world got rid of lead in gasoline.Sources: REVIEW: Clair Patterson and Robert Kehoe: Two Views of Lead Toxicity (uniwa.gr), Chemical concentrations of pollutant lead aerosols, terrestrial dusts and sea salts in Greenland and Antarctic snow strata - ScienceDirect, Historical changes in integrity and worth of scientific knowledge - ScienceDirect, The Removal of Lead from Gasoline: Historical and Personal Reflections - ScienceDirect, LSU Press :: Books - A Thousand Ways Denied, The Ancient Oyster - Country Roads Magazine, The Development of the Louisiana Oyster Industry in the 19th Century. (lsu.edu), Historical review of European gasoline lead content regulations and their impact on German industrial markets (Technical Report) | ETDEWEB (osti.gov), Precautionary Principle and the Kehoe Principle • LITFL • CCC. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Extra: The iceman only rings once
21-10-2023
Extra: The iceman only rings once
Bonus content: All about a forgotten profession. Sources: Iceman (occupation) - Wikipedia, When Everyone Wanted to Be the Iceman - Gastro Obscura (atlasobscura.com), Delivering Blocks of Ice: The Story of the Icemen Through Vintage Photos - Rare Historical Photos. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The miracle chemical
17-10-2023
The miracle chemical
How the refrigerator changed our lives. Sources: CFCS RISE AND FALL OF CHEMICAL 'MIRACLE' - The Washington Post, The History of the Refrigerator: How Our Ancestors Kept Their Cool (familytreemagazine.com), The Birth of The Refrigerator: How We All Ended Up With One (memphisice.com), How It All Began: The History of the Refrigerator (liebherr.com), Ice trade - Wikipedia, White Goods in Italy during a Golden Age (l948-1973) on JSTOR. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Extra: A car nut
14-10-2023
Extra: A car nut
Bonus content: Jamie Kitman talks about being an environmentalist and a car enthusiast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
A one-man environmental disaster
10-10-2023
A one-man environmental disaster
How one man’s inventions almost destroyed the planet. Sources: The Secret History of Lead | The Nation, When Work Drives You Mad: Tales from the Deadly "Loony Gas" Building | Mental Floss Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Extra: Opposite to the north
06-10-2023
Extra: Opposite to the north
Bonus: Jonathan Shanklin talks about his experiences in Antarctica. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
‘This has to be wrong, it has to be wrong’
03-10-2023
‘This has to be wrong, it has to be wrong’
How scientists discovered a hole in the sky.Sources: Ozone Layer (nationalgeographic.org), Ozone depletion - Wikipedia, Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion: 2018 (noaa.gov). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Preview: Climate Solutions presents Ozone
20-09-2023
Preview: Climate Solutions presents Ozone
You can listen to the part of our first episode of our new season today. The full episode is out on Tuesday, October 3rd. After that, we will be dropping a new episode every Tuesday.Subscribe to Climate Solutions so you don’t miss any of it.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.