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Today I Learned: Climate

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.

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S2 E4: TIL about wind and solar power
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What will it take to generate the electricity our society needs, without generating carbon emissions? In this episode of TILclimate (Today I Learned Climate), Dr. Magdalena Klemun at the MIT Institute for Data, Systems and Society joins host Laur Hesse Fisher to begin exploring this question, starting with wind and solar power. What exactly are wind and solar power? What challenges do we currently face when trying to use wind and solar to generate most of our electricity? What’s the role of energy storage, and what could our future zero-carbon energy mix look like?

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Atmospheric Science
Earth and Space Science
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MIT
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TILclimate Educator Hub
Date Added:
02/10/2023
S2 E5: TIL about energy efficiency
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We hear a lot about technologies that produce carbon-free energy, but what about actually using less energy to begin with? In this episode of TILclimate (Today I Learned Climate), Harvey Michaels, lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management, joins host Laur Hesse Fisher to explore the three ways that energy efficiency can help us reduce carbon emissions.

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Atmospheric Science
Earth and Space Science
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MIT
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02/10/2023
S2 E6: TIL about nuclear power
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We know how to generate tons of electricity without pumping greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, using a technology that’s already mature, widespread, and competitive with fossil fuels—and also, very controversial: nuclear power. In this episode of TILclimate (Today I Learned Climate), Prof. Jacopo Buongiorno, Director of the MIT Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems, sits down with host Laur Hesse Fisher to explore how nuclear power works, why even some climate advocates don’t agree on using it, and what role it can play in our clean energy future.

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Atmospheric Science
Earth and Space Science
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MIT
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Date Added:
02/10/2023
S2 E7: TIL about carbon capture
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This season, we’ve talked about alternative energy sources that don’t emit carbon dioxide -- but what if there was a way to continue using fossil fuels for energy without emitting CO2 into the atmosphere? In this episode of TILclimate (Today I Learned Climate), Dr. Howard Herzog and Professor Brad Hager sit down with host Laur Hesse Fisher to talk about capturing, using, and storing carbon emissions, and how it fits into a clean energy future.

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Atmospheric Science
Earth and Space Science
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Lesson
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MIT
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02/10/2023
S2 E8: TIL about fusion energy
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Let’s talk about a technology that could change our whole energy system, but so far hasn’t generated a single watt. In the season finale of TILclimate (Today I Learned Climate), Professor Dennis Whyte sits down with host Laur Hesse Fisher to talk about fusion energy.

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Atmospheric Science
Earth and Space Science
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MIT
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02/10/2023
S2 E9: TIL about cleaning up clean tech
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Technologies like solar panels and batteries help us slow down climate change, but they’re not inherently perfect. In this episode of TILclimate (Today I Learned Climate), Suzanne Greene of the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics and the MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative sits down with host Laur Hesse Fisher to help us navigate how to massively scale up clean tech while making a conscious and dedicated effort to ensure people’s rights, health, and safety.

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Atmospheric Science
Earth and Space Science
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Lesson
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MIT
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TILclimate Educator Hub
Date Added:
02/10/2023
S3 Bonus Episode: TIL about what I eat
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Today we bring climate change to the dining room table. In this episode, we reinvited Dr. Cynthia Rosenzweig onto the TILclimate podcast to tell us just a little more about the connections between the food we eat and climate change.

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Atmospheric Science
Earth and Space Science
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MIT
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02/10/2023
S3 E1: TIL what Americans think about climate change
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Surveys show that both left- and right-leaning Americans support policies that slow climate change. So why aren’t we seeing more of these policies pass as legislation? In this episode of TILclimate (Today I Learned: Climate), MIT alum Parrish Bergquist joins host Laur Hesse Fisher to explain the significance of public opinion and climate change: what people believe, what influences their opinion and how policies are implemented. They also explore what bipartisan policy making could look like, and how to bridge the gap between support and action.

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Atmospheric Science
Earth and Space Science
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Lesson
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MIT
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TILclimate Educator Hub
Date Added:
02/10/2023
S3 E2: TIL about sea level rise, part 1
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If you’ve heard only one thing about climate change, it might be that sea levels are rising and many of the Earth’s islands and coastlines are at risk. But why? In this episode of TILclimate (Today I Learned: Climate), Professor James Renwick of Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand joins host Laur Hesse Fisher to break down the science of sea level rise and what’s in store for the future if we do — and don’t — significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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Atmospheric Science
Earth and Space Science
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Lesson
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MIT
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TILclimate Educator Hub
Date Added:
02/10/2023
S3 E3: TIL about sea level rise, part 2
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Sea level rise is already happening and affecting people right now. We invited Prof. James Renwick back to TILclimate to talk about the near future: what will sea level rise look like for coastal areas in the next 20 or 30 years, and what can we do about it?

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Atmospheric Science
Earth and Space Science
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Lesson
Provider:
MIT
Provider Set:
TILclimate Educator Hub
Date Added:
02/10/2023
S3 E4: TIL about national security
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Is climate change really a national security issue, in the same way we think about terrorism or nuclear weapons? And if so, what are our governments doing about it? In this episode of TILclimate (Today I Learned: Climate), national security expert Alice C. Hill joins host Laur Hesse Fisher to help answer these questions.

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Atmospheric Science
Earth and Space Science
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MIT
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TILclimate Educator Hub
Date Added:
02/10/2023
S3 E5: TIL about removing CO2 from the atmosphere
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We’ve had people ask us, if climate change is caused by adding too much CO2 into the atmosphere, can’t we just suck it back out? Won’t that solve our climate change problem? In this episode of TILclimate (Today I Learned: Climate), Professor Niall Mac Dowell of Imperial College London joins host Laur Hesse Fisher to demystify the process and feasibility of removing CO2 from the atmosphere.

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Atmospheric Science
Earth and Space Science
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Lesson
Provider:
MIT
Provider Set:
TILclimate Educator Hub
Date Added:
02/10/2023
S3 E6: TIL about planting trees
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In our last episode, we talked about using technology to suck out extra carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. But you might also be thinking—don’t trees do that? Yeah, they do! In fact, some people have proposed that by planting enough trees, we could make a big dent on climate change. In this episode of TILclimate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Charles Harvey helps us answer the question: could we just plant a whole lot of trees to solve our climate problem?

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Atmospheric Science
Earth and Space Science
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MIT
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TILclimate Educator Hub
Date Added:
02/10/2023
S3 E7: TIL about farming a warmer planet
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Over the last fifty years, humans have made remarkable progress in reducing hunger around the world. How can we keep our farms and food system resilient in a warming climate? Dr. Cynthia Rosenzweig, Senior Research Scientist at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, joins host Laur Hesse Fisher on this episode of TILclimate to explain how climate change is already impacting our global food system.

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Atmospheric Science
Earth and Space Science
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Lesson
Provider:
MIT
Provider Set:
TILclimate Educator Hub
Date Added:
02/10/2023
S3 E8: TIL what it costs
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Today’s episode is about the money of climate change. When people talk about how much it costs to stop climate change, what are we paying for? And who’s paying, exactly? And if we don’t pay to stop climate change – how much will that cost us? To answer these questions, we spoke with Dr. Barbara Buchner from the Climate Policy Initiative.

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Atmospheric Science
Earth and Space Science
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MIT
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Date Added:
02/10/2023
S4 E1&2: TIL about the changing ocean
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The ocean is a critical piece of the climate change puzzle. It's estimated that the ocean has absorbed about one third of the excess CO2 humans have added to the atmosphere and more than 90% of trapped heat in the atmosphere. So, today, we’re going underwater to talk about the ocean and climate change with renowned marine biologist Dr. Sylvia Earle.

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Atmospheric Science
Earth and Space Science
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Lesson
Provider:
MIT
Provider Set:
TILclimate Educator Hub
Date Added:
02/10/2023
S4 E3: TIL about hydrogen energy
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Hydrogen gas acts like a fossil fuel, but with no carbon emissions. Is it the silver bullet we’ve been waiting for? Prof. Svetlana Ikonnikova of the Technical University of Munich joins us to bring light to how hydrogen works and its potential in the energy transition.

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Atmospheric Science
Earth and Space Science
Material Type:
Lesson
Provider:
MIT
Provider Set:
TILclimate Educator Hub
Author:
Svetlana Ikonnikova
Date Added:
02/10/2023
S4 E4: TIL about electric cars
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Electric vehicles (EVs) are being touted as a major solution to climate change. But why is that? How do they work and what kinds of changes are needed as more EVs hit the road? To dig into this, we brought in MIT Sloan Prof. David Keith, who studies transportation technology.

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Atmospheric Science
Earth and Space Science
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MIT
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David Keith
Date Added:
02/10/2023
S4 E5: TIL about everyday travel
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Roughly ten percent of the world’s CO2 emissions come from passenger vehicles: cars, pickups, motorcycles, buses, and taxis. So today, we’re going to zoom in on how people across the world get around every day, how that’s quickly changing, and what to consider when thinking about reducing carbon emissions from everyday travel. For this episode, we sat down with our former MIT colleague and transportation expert Dr. Joanna Moody.

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Atmospheric Science
Earth and Space Science
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Lesson
Provider:
MIT
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TILclimate Educator Hub
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Joanna Moody
Date Added:
02/10/2023
Travel and Climate Change Educator Guide
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This Guide for Educators was developed by the MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative as an extension of our TILclimate (Today I Learned: Climate) podcast, to make it easier for you to teach climate change, earth science, and energy topics in the classroom. It is an extension of the TILclimate episode "TIL about everyday travel."

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Atmospheric Science
Earth and Space Science
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
MIT
Provider Set:
TILclimate Educator Hub
Date Added:
02/10/2023