Find our transcript here: https://bit.ly/ScienceVsClimateTippingPoint
In this episode, we cover:
(00:00) Fire in the hole
(06:14) What is a tipping point?
(11:04) Is Planet Earth "tipping"?
(17:00) How do we know when the ice sheets tip?
(25:04) When will the ice sheets tip?
(27:34) Have we lost control of the climate?
(31:58) Why tipping points are the distracted boyfriend meme
(35:30) The good news!
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This episode was produced by Wendy Zukerman, with help from Meryl Horn Rose Rimler, Ekedi Fausther-Keeys, and Michelle Dang. We’re edited by Blythe Terrell. Fact checking by Diane Kelly. Mix and sound design by Sam Bair. Music written by Bobby Lord, Sparse Movement, Bumi Hidaka and So Wylie. Thanks to the researchers we spoke to, including Professor Andrew Dessler, Professor Christina Hulbe, Dr David Armstrong McKay, Professor Tim Lenton, Aditya Lolla, Dr Elizabeth Maroon, Dr Jan Nitzbon, Professor Johannes Quaas, Dr Jonathan Leung, Dr Kirsten Schell, Dr Madi Rosevear, Michelle Dvorak, Dr Robin Lamboll, Dr Zeke Hausfather, Dr Sam Krevor, Flowra Zhang and others. And extra thanks to the Zukerman Family and Joseph Lavelle Wilson.
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