21 episodes
Looking Glass Institute of Physics
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5.0 • 18 Ratings
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Looking Glass returns for a third series, focusing on the crucial role physics must play if we are to navigate the climate crisis. In Looking Glass: Climate Solutions, science journalist, podcaster and author Gemma Milne speaks with physicists and other scientists to discuss what hope science has to offer as we face the prospect of a rapidly a warming planet.
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Episode 6: Looking Glass reflections
What will the future hold? In the series finale, IOP Deputy Chief Executive Rachel Youngman and host Gemma Milne reflect on the ideas covered in Looking Glass and look ahead to 2030 and beyond. What can scientific organisations like the IOP do to support climate solutions – and ensure those solutions benefit everyone?
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Episode 5: Air – how will I breathe?
Ambient air pollution is responsible for 4.2 million deaths a year and almost all of the world’s population are exposed to dangerous levels. How can physics help us to make our air cleaner? With Dr Suzanne Bartington and Dr Mark Richards.
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Episode 4: Fire – is everything going to burn?
Every year, wildfires ravage the planet, burning homes, killing wildlife and scorching the earth. Can the physics of how fire spreads give us the answers to stop it? And can we use fire to our advantage? With Professor Martin Wooster and Tercia Strydom.
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Episode 3: Earth – what will I eat?
Much of our planet could become uninhabitable – so how can physics help protect our soil, enable farmers to continue farming and allow communities to survive? Featuring Professor Sacha Mooney and Dr Jacqueline Hannam.
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Episode 2: Water – running dry, or drowning?
As the earth dries up, towns and countries face their very own day zero crises – while other communities risk rising sea levels obliterating their homes. How can physics help keep water where we want it, and in a form we can access? Featuring Professor Kevin McGuigan and Dr Ana Mijic.
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Episode 1: Why activism and science need each other
Our third series opens by exploring the relationship between activism and climate policy. Host Gemma Milne is joined by climate scientist and outgoing IOP Chief Executive Paul Hardaker and climate activist and director of Green New Deal UK Fatima Ibrahim as they discuss how climate activism is changing – and the role physics and organisations such as the IOP should play in it.
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Customer Reviews
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A fabulous series of well produced and delivered topics impacting us all
Great!
Came across this after hearing Angela Saini talk about her books Inferior and Superior. Really enjoyed this podcast as well. Hope we will get some more episodes.
Excellent discussions of important issues
I’m enjoying listening to some very engaging discussions about some of the key issues we face as a society which are made very accessible by excellent, thoughtful contributors.