It's the Brian Laird Show on W.N. Y.C.

Good morning again everyone.

It's the Brian Laire Show on WNYC.

Good morning again everyone.

Happy New Year again, everyone.

Again in 2024, we will do our Climate Story of the Week.

Again in 24, we will do it on Tuesdays. So this is Tuesday, not Monday,

remember, so now our first Climate Story of the Week for 2024. Now, while the problem remains overwhelming and anxiety-inducing

it might be helpful to break down the issue of climate change into its most basic

building blocks to start the year, let's say the five elements of hydrogen,

oxygen, carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus, which make up the delicate balance needed to sustain life on Earth in the first place.

In the current climate crisis, we have focused, of course, a lot on the impact that carbon dioxide

has had on warming the planet, but we can look to the past as well to

see what happens when one element or another is altered.

So joining us now is our first climate story of the week guests for

2024 to explain how five essential elements have changed the climate and the

earth and how we might learn from them to prevent more destructive climate change this year and in the future

is Stephen Porter, Associate Provost for Sustainability and Professor of Ecology, Evolution,

and Organismal Biology,

I think I said that word, right,

at Brown University, co-founder of the radio show

Possibly, and author of the new book,

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