TILclimate Podcast

Series produced by Laur Hesse Fisher

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Climate change is confusing. This award-winning MIT podcast breaks down the science, technologies, and policies behind climate change, how it’s impacting us, and what our society can do about it. Each quick episode gives you the what, why, and how on climate change — from real scientists — to help us all make informed decisions for our future.

Climate change is confusing. TILclimate (Today I Learned: Climate) is an award-winning MIT podcast that breaks down the science, technologies, and policies behind climate change, how it’s impacting us, and what we can do about it. Each quick episode gives you the what, why, and how on climate change — from real scientists and experts — to help us make informed decisions for our future.
Produced by the MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative.


10 Pieces

Order by: Newest First | Oldest First
Do wind turbines kill birds?
From: Laur Hesse Fisher
Series: TILclimate Podcast
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Wind power is the largest source of clean, renewable energy in the United States. But the large turbines that create that power can endanger wildli...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2024
  • Length: 06:41
Do wind turbines freeze up in the cold?
From: Laur Hesse Fisher
Series: TILclimate Podcast
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In the terrible Texas cold front of 2021, some wind turbines stopped producing electricity. Does this mean we can’t rely on this clean, renewable s...

  • Added: Apr 04, 2024
  • Length: 07:03
Won't more CO2 help plants grow?
From: Laur Hesse Fisher
Series: TILclimate Podcast
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Plants take in CO2 from the air to grow—and today’s atmosphere has about 50% more CO2 than it did before we started burning massive amounts of foss...

  • Added: Mar 28, 2024
  • Length: 08:23
Why does it take five years to build a wind farm?
From: Laur Hesse Fisher
Series: TILclimate Podcast
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The United States has a goal to power the country with 100% clean electricity by 2035. Unfortunately, our energy regulations are not set up to make...

  • Added: Feb 01, 2024
  • Length: 14:31
A public health expert’s guide to climate change
From: Laur Hesse Fisher
Series: TILclimate Podcast
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We all want to live full, healthy lives. But climate change is threatening a growing number of people’s lives and well-being. Professor of public h...

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  • Added: Feb 01, 2024
  • Length: 11:20
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Wildfires—and how we're changing them
From: Laur Hesse Fisher
Series: TILclimate Podcast
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If you live in the U.S. Mountain West, the Pacific Coast of the Americas, or large parts of Australia or southern Europe, there’s a good chance a m...

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  • Added: Feb 01, 2024
  • Length: 13:08
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Don't throw away your refrigerator
From: Laur Hesse Fisher
Series: TILclimate Podcast
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Refrigerants are in every refrigerator, freezer and air conditioner, and the world is on track to make a lot more of them in the years to come. The...

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  • Added: Jan 25, 2024
  • Length: 14:21
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How tackling methane cools the planet fast
From: Laur Hesse Fisher
Series: TILclimate Podcast
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Carbon dioxide—CO2—is the greenhouse gas you’ve probably heard most about. But it turns out, methane is an incredibly important greenhouse gas too....

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  • Added: Jan 25, 2024
  • Length: 12:02
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Wait, how do greenhouse gases actually warm the planet?
From: Laur Hesse Fisher
Series: TILclimate Podcast
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You probably know that today’s climate change is caused by certain gases—what scientists call greenhouse gases—that human activity has been adding ...

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  • Added: Jan 25, 2024
  • Length: 13:36
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America's Big Year of Climate Action
From: Laur Hesse Fisher
Series: TILclimate Podcast
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On August 16, 2022, President Joe Biden signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). It was the largest of three bills signed over the course...

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  • Added: Aug 17, 2023
  • Length: 15:11
  • Purchases: 1