Weight of the world – the climate scientists who saw the crisis coming

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🗓️ 28 November 2023

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Science Weekly brings you episode one of a new mini-series from Full Story. Pioneering Australian scientists Graeme Pearman, Lesley Hughes and Ove Hoegh-Guldberg saw the climate crisis coming. Pearman predicted the increase of carbon dioxide levels, Hughes foresaw the alarming number of species extinctions and Hoegh-Guldberg forecast the mass coral bleaching events we’re seeing today. All three went on to become some of the country’s most respected experts in their fields, travelling the globe, briefing leaders, and assuming the world would take action having heard their alarming findings. In part one of this three-part series, these climate scientists reveal the moment they realised the planet was heading for catastrophe. What did they do when they found out? How did they think the world would respond? And how do they feel today, looking back on that moment of cognisance?. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/sciencepod

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1:07.0	As we approach COP28, we wanted to play the first episode of a brand new series from Guardian Australia
1:14.1	podcast full story. The series is looking at climate science from a very
1:19.0	personal perspective. It's called Weight of the World.
1:23.0	Guardian Australia Environment reporter Graham Redfern meets three scientists who were some of the
1:27.9	first to warn us about a looming climate crisis.
1:31.2	He finds out what it's been like to fight for decades for climate action and how they feel now during the hottest year on record.
1:38.0	If you like episode one you can find episodes two and three of Weight of the World on the full story
1:43.6	podcast feed. Just search full story wherever you get your podcasts.
1:50.8	I often wonder where did I go wrong? Why didn't people respond? Is that my responsibility?
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