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Big Picture Science

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2 Nov

Earth's Misunderstood Molecule

Carbon dioxide is more than an industrial pollutant driving climate change. The gas also played a pivotal part in the dramatic story of the beginning of all life. Starting in the ocean depths, dissolved CO2 commingled in a turbulent mix of chemicals heated by hydrothermal vents may have kickstarted carbon-based life. As the planet’s thermostat, carbon dioxide has taken the Earth on wild temperature swings, from sweltering toxic hothouses that drove mass extinctions to the frigid Snowball Earth from which early life barely escaped. With life’s growing complexity, CO2’s role evolved. Exhaled by animals and enlisted by plants in photosynthesis, the gas eventually earned its discordant reputation when belched by industrial chimneys. Now, burning fossil fuels have us playing with fire as we test the limit of our stable climate upon which human civilization has flourished. Guest: Peter Brannen – science journalist and author of “The Story of CO2 is the Story of Everything; How Carbon Dioxide Made Our World.” You can get early access to ad-free versions of every episode by joining us on Patreon. Thanks for your support! Big Picture Science is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Please contact advertising@airwavemedia.com to inquire about advertising on Big Picture Science. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
4 days ago

On the Wings of a Butterfly

We can now follow where Monarch butterflies go when they leave our gardens with tiny sensors that track their impressive 3,000-mile migrations from Canada to Mexico. The significant challenges that the journey poses are depicted in a new science exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History featuring artwork by Mad Magazine illustrator and environmentalist Peter Kuper. Their plight highlights the threats that chemicals and habitat loss pose to all insects, but all is not dire. Surprising research into how Monarchs protect themselves from disease shows the remarkable self-healing capacities of not only our colorful, vital pollinators but a diversity of species, from birds to dogs to chimpanzees. Guests: Sean Decatur – President of the American Museum of Natural History in New York City Jessica Ware – Entomologist, Chair of the Division of Invertebrate Zoology, Curator, Monarch’s Journey at the American Museum of Natural History Peter Kuper – Graphic novelist whose work appears regularly in Charlie Hebdo, The New Yorker, The Nation, and Mad Magazine, where he has written and illustrated “Spy vs. Spy” since 1997, illustrator of the AMNH exhibition, Monarch’s Journey Mark Moffett – Tropical biologist, research associate at the National Museum of Natural History in the Smithsonian Institution, visiting scholar, Department of Human Evolution, Harvard University Jaap de Roode – Biologist, Emory University, author of “Doctors by Nature: How Ants, Apes, and Other Animals Heal Themselves" You can get early access to ad-free versions of every episode by joining us on Patreon. Thanks for your support! Big Picture Science is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Please contact advertising@airwavemedia.com to inquire about advertising on Big Picture Science. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
24 Sept

Are baby girls more sociable? Super El Niño, meningitis outbreak explained

Madeleine Finlay sits down with her co-host and Guardian science editor, Ian Sample, to discuss three science stories from the week, including a study that offers a clue in the age-old debate about whether sex differences are present from birth or a product of socialisation. Also on the agenda is the super El Niño, which is predicted to lead to 450,000 deaths in the next six months, and an answer to why the UK’s meningitis outbreak earlier this year was so big.. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/sciencepod