Going Global

Big Picture Science

Science, Technology

4.5 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2012

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

The Internet is not the only globally-uniting phenomenon. Viruses and bacteria can circle the globe as fast as we can, and the effects can be devastating. Discover what it takes for an animal disease to become a human pandemic. Also, was hurricane Sandy a man-made disaster? The future of severe storms and climate change. Plus, the view of our science from abroad: why Brits have no trouble accepting the theory of evolution but Americans do. And what about a new annex for Silicon Valley – 12 miles out to sea? Guests: • Jerry Meehl – Senior scientist, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO • Alok Jha – Science correspondent, The Guardian • David Quammen – Science journalist and author, most recently of Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic • Max Marty – Co-founder and CEO of Blueseed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:54.6	podcasts. The internet isn't the only phenomenon that unites us globally.
1:00.3	We're essentially inside the storm, Diane. It is just to our south and we're
1:04.4	easily getting into some of the worst gusts. 60 to even 74 miles per hour that
1:08.8	threshold of hurricane force, one of the worst storms that has ever hit Atlantic City. This city is
1:14.6	basically underwater. When Hurricane Sandy stormed under the East Coast in
1:19.0	October 2012 it lived up to its advanced billing by atmospheric scientists.
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