This month we have decided to tackle the BIG topic of Global Warming. We have gone right back to basics discussing those greenhouse gases we've all heard about, the story of carbon, what is happening to our world's temperature right now and why it is so important that we take action before it's too late. Do you want to know why it's so warm?
With many European countries experiencing record breaking temperatures this week, it seems a fitting time to ask, WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON? We have the answers for you. So grab a cool, refreshing drink and buckle up!
Since recording this episode we discovered that a woman called Eunice Newton Foote was one of the first women in climate science and in 1856 she theorized that changes in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere could affect the Earth’s temperature. She is hardly mentioned at all through articles, research and history in general, in fact she didn't even get a chance to present or read her own research at the American Association of the Advancement of Science, a mad did it instead. So we would like to dedicate our episode to this incredible woman who was written out of history and recognise her breakthrough discovery. Women are at the forefront of this fight for a better, safer planet and we now know that over 150 years ago, this was also the case.
https://time.com/5626806/eunice-foote-women-climate-science/
*SHOW NOTES*
*Definition of Global Warming:
*More on James Hansen and climate science in the U.S. (long read but worth it):
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/08/01/magazine/climate-change-losing-earth.html
*Carbon Cycle:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXGPL0sZ3CY
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2011/feb/03/carbon
http://www.rsc.org/periodic-table/element/6/carbon
https://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view.php?id=88245
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