Episodes
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Published 04/25/24
Published 04/25/24
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Published 04/23/24
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Published 04/17/24
Listen to our first audio documentary on how we solved the ozone crisis, the biggest environmental disaster humanity encountered before climate change. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Published 12/08/23
Bonus content: An interview with Naomi Oreskes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Published 12/05/23
How lessons learnt then can help us solve the climate crisis today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Published 11/21/23
Bonus content: Once there were billions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Published 11/18/23
How we saved the planet. Sources: Ozone layer recovery is on track, due to success of Montreal Protocol | UN News, | Ozone Secretariat (unep.org), About Montreal Protocol (unep.org), Oral history interview with Mario J. Molina - Science History Institute Digital Collections. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Published 11/14/23
Bonus content: A folk tale. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Published 11/11/23
How scientists fought against ozone denial. Sources: IN THE FACE OF DOUBT | The New Yorker, Look Up and Live. (The Ozone Is Still Tiere.) - The New York Times (nytimes.com), INERT | The New Yorker. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Published 11/07/23
How hair sprays and deodorants almost destroyed the ozone layer. Sources: Oral history interview with Mario J. Molina - Science History Institute Digital Collections, Oral History Interview with F. Sherwood Rowland | OpenSky (ucar.edu). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Published 10/31/23
Bonus content: All about ozone. Sources: A Killer of a Cure | Science History Institute, The Great American Fraud/Chapter 3 - Wikisource, the free online library, The History of Ozone (illinois.edu), Nasa Ozone Watch: Ozone facts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Published 10/28/23
How the world got rid of lead in gasoline. Sources: REVIEW: Clair Patterson and Robert Kehoe: Two Views of Lead Toxicity (uniwa.gr), Chemical concentrations of pollutant lead aerosols, terrestrial dusts and sea salts in Greenland and Antarctic snow strata - ScienceDirect, Historical changes in integrity and worth of scientific knowledge - ScienceDirect, The Removal of Lead from Gasoline: Historical and Personal Reflections - ScienceDirect, LSU Press :: Books - A Thousand Ways Denied, The...
Published 10/24/23
Bonus content: All about a forgotten profession. Sources: Iceman (occupation) - Wikipedia, When Everyone Wanted to Be the Iceman - Gastro Obscura (atlasobscura.com), Delivering Blocks of Ice: The Story of the Icemen Through Vintage Photos - Rare Historical Photos. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Published 10/21/23
How the refrigerator changed our lives. Sources: CFCS RISE AND FALL OF CHEMICAL 'MIRACLE' - The Washington Post, The History of the Refrigerator: How Our Ancestors Kept Their Cool (familytreemagazine.com), The Birth of The Refrigerator: How We All Ended Up With One (memphisice.com), How It All Began: The History of the Refrigerator (liebherr.com), Ice trade - Wikipedia, White Goods in Italy during a Golden Age (l948-1973) on JSTOR. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Published 10/17/23
Bonus content: Jamie Kitman talks about being an environmentalist and a car enthusiast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Published 10/14/23
How one man’s inventions almost destroyed the planet. Sources: The Secret History of Lead | The Nation, When Work Drives You Mad: Tales from the Deadly "Loony Gas" Building | Mental Floss Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Published 10/10/23
Bonus: Jonathan Shanklin talks about his experiences in Antarctica. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Published 10/06/23
How scientists discovered a hole in the sky. Sources: Ozone Layer (nationalgeographic.org), Ozone depletion - Wikipedia, Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion: 2018 (noaa.gov). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Published 10/03/23
You can listen to the part of our first episode of our new season today. The full episode is out on Tuesday, October 3rd. After that, we will be dropping a new episode every Tuesday. Subscribe to Climate Solutions so you don’t miss any of it.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Published 09/20/23
Have you ever heard of the ozone hole? If you were born after the 1990s, the chances are you might not have. If you were born before, the chances are you have forgotten all about it. But just before the turn of the century, it was on everybody’s lips. The biggest environmental disaster humanity had encountered up to that point. In our new season, we will tell you all about what caused the ozone hole, how it was discovered and how the world came together to fix it. We will also show you how...
Published 09/18/23
Climate Solutions presents Ozone: How to solve an environmental crisis. Coming soon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Published 09/15/23
A primary school in the Milan suburbs illustrates the future of school design and learning, thanks to innovative education financing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Published 09/01/23
A new Mediterranean climate change research centre on the Greek island of Antikythera will collect valuable data to help model the impacts of climate change in the region. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Published 08/25/23