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MIT Climate Project

Get smart quickly on climate change. 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.

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85 episodes

  1. Data centers and the race to power AI (part 2) 16:20
  2. Data centers and the race to power AI (part 1) 15:38
  3. Dry spells and downpours 14:09
  4. To the ice sheets with a polar scientist 14:09
  5. Polar ice in a warming world 14:58
  6. A hard look at steel 14:08
  7. An economist’s guide to climate change 15:11
  8. Re-air and update: Carbon pricing 15:06
  9. The (micro)grid of the future 13:35
  10. The reshuffling of life on Earth 15:09
  11. Taking Earth’s temperature 14:28
  12. The nuclear price tag 13:19
  13. Marshes, mangroves, meadows 14:35
  14. New season, new name! 1:35
  15. Update: Where we've been and where we're going 15:17
  16. Transmission: Power to the people 14:35
  17. Cleaner air 14:28
  18. Dealing with dead batteries 15:03
  19. Geothermal: Earth’s infinite clean power 15:01
  20. The great indoors 15:10
  21. Did climate change do that? 13:37
  22. Hasn't the climate changed before? 15:15
  23. Farm to table, with a side of fossil fuels 15:11
  24. 2°C: the story of the global climate goal 16:06
  25. Slow carbon, fast carbon 9:43
  26. Is it safe to store CO2 underground? 12:34
  27. An introduction to carbon capture (re-air) 13:03
  28. How clean is green hydrogen? 14:10
  29. Why are EVs more popular than hydrogen cars? 10:42
  30. An introduction to hydrogen energy (re-air) 14:51
  31. Do wind turbines kill birds? 7:24
  32. Do wind turbines freeze up in the cold? 7:46
  33. Won’t more CO2 help plants grow? 8:50
  34. Season 6 Preview: Something a Little Different 1:49
  35. Why does it take five years to build a wind farm? 15:49
  36. Energy storage: keeping the lights on with a clean electric grid 14:43
  37. A public health expert’s guide to climate change 12:12
  38. TILclimate presents: What the heck is El Niño, anyway? (from Outside/In) 21:28
  39. Wildfires and how we're changing them 13:38
  40. Can desalination solve water scarcity? 14:24
  41. Don’t throw away your refrigerator 14:45
  42. How tackling methane cools the planet fast 12:30
  43. Wait, how do greenhouse gases actually warm the planet? 14:35
  44. Coming Soon: TILclimate Season 5 2:14
  45. America’s Big Year of Climate Action 16:02
  46. Announcing TILclimate's Live Event: "America’s big year of climate action" 1:48
  47. TIL about recycling 14:07
  48. TIL about winter storms 11:07
  49. TIL about carbon offsets 14:02
  50. TIL about everyday travel 14:03