Physicists Pinpoint the Quantum Origin of the Greenhouse Effect
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🗓️ 15 January 2025
⏱️ 15 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Quanta Science podcast. |
| 0:07.0 | Each episode we bring you stories about developments in science and mathematics. |
| 0:12.0 | I'm Susan Vallett. |
| 0:14.0 | Carbon dioxide's powerful heat-trapping effect has been traced to a quirk of its quantum structure. |
| 0:20.0 | The finding may explain climate change better than any computer model. |
| 0:24.8 | That's next. |
| 0:28.3 | It's season three of the joy of why, and I still have a lot of questions. |
| 0:32.9 | Like, what is this thing we call time? |
| 0:35.5 | Why does altruism exist? |
| 0:37.1 | And where is Jan 11? |
| 0:38.9 | I'm here. |
| 0:39.7 | Astrophysicist and co-host. |
| 0:41.3 | Ready for anything. |
| 0:42.4 | That's right. |
| 0:43.0 | I'm bringing in the A team. |
| 0:44.7 | So brace yourselves. |
| 0:46.0 | Get ready to learn. |
| 0:47.2 | I'm Janelle Levin. |
| 0:48.5 | I'm Steve Strogatz. |
| 0:49.8 | And this is... |
| 0:50.9 | Quantum Magazine's podcast, The Joy of Why. |
| 0:53.7 | New episodes drop every other Thursday. |
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