Melting Down (rebroadcast)

Big Picture Science

Science, Technology

4.6 • 986 Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Climate change isn’t waiting for us to act. We’ve missed several deadlines to mitigate the dangers of this existential threat, which suggests we prefer to avert our gaze rather than deal with the problem. It’s similar to the way society reacts to an incoming comet in the movie “Don’t Look Up!” As a major Antarctic ice sheet shows signs of collapse, it’s no wonder we feel some “climate anxiety.” Can we leverage this emotion to spur action? That, and where hope lies, in this episode. Guests: Joellen Russell – Oceanographer and climate scientist at the University of Arizona Katie Mack – Professor of Theoretical Physics at North Carolina State University, and author of “The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking)” Jessica Tierney – Professor of Paleoclimatology at the University of Arizona Susan Clayton – Professor of Psychology and Environmental Studies, College of Wooster Originally aired February 21, 2022 Big Picture Science is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Please contact [email protected] to inquire about advertising on Big Picture Science. You can get early access to ad-free versions of every episode by joining us on Patreon. Thanks for your support! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:55.8	That's What's New With Wired, wherever you get your podcasts. In the movie, don't look up, Humans are unable to mobilize and protect civilization from a massive
1:16.3	comet headed for Earth. In fact, some refuse to look at it at all.
1:20.1	Don't look up!
1:22.1	Don't look up. In the film, society faces a threat from the so-called planet
1:29.4	killer, but it also faces a deadline. Six months in a couple of weeks before it slams into the earth,
1:35.5	there's enough time to act and prevent annihilation from the menace hurling through space yet.
1:40.8	People can't seem to get it together to stop the rock and save themselves.
1:45.0	Well, our climate crisis has been defined by consecutive deadlines over the years, even decades.
1:51.0	We've met some, but seem to have ignored most of them. The consequence of inaction,
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