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35 years on from a pivotal Greenhouse meeting we discover the scientists were all sceptics
Manage episode 348310706 series 2874331
Welcome to a Cosmos Insights podcast, where we talk to scientists in Australia about the impact of their work.
In November 1987, 35 years ago, 266 scientists met at Monash University at what was the first meeting to consider the national scientific response to the greenhouse gas problem. At the time many were working on ridding the atmosphere of chlorofluorocarbons, closing the hole over the Antarctic. Many were sceptical of claims that carbon dioxide was an existential threat.
Today Cosmos editor Ian Mannix talks to Graeme Pearman from the CSIRO, who organised the meeting, and Neville Nicholls from the Bureau of Meteorology research centre, who attended.
Find the science of everything at the Cosmos Magazine website
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286 episodes
Manage episode 348310706 series 2874331
Welcome to a Cosmos Insights podcast, where we talk to scientists in Australia about the impact of their work.
In November 1987, 35 years ago, 266 scientists met at Monash University at what was the first meeting to consider the national scientific response to the greenhouse gas problem. At the time many were working on ridding the atmosphere of chlorofluorocarbons, closing the hole over the Antarctic. Many were sceptical of claims that carbon dioxide was an existential threat.
Today Cosmos editor Ian Mannix talks to Graeme Pearman from the CSIRO, who organised the meeting, and Neville Nicholls from the Bureau of Meteorology research centre, who attended.
Find the science of everything at the Cosmos Magazine website
Subscribe to Cosmos Magazine (print) or the Cosmos Weekly
Watch and listen to all our Cosmos Briefings
Special 10% discount on Cosmos magazine print subscriptions (1 or 2 year), or 1 year Cosmos Weekly subscriptions for Cosmos Briefing podcast listeners! Use coupon code COSMOSPOD in our shop.
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