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Geostorm

This week we're talking about the 2017 cli-fi movie, Geostorm!

Episode 8 of the Science at the Movies podcast, hosted by Abigail James and Freda Werdiger, titled "Geostorm" was published on September 17, 2020 and runs 68 minutes.

September 17, 2020 ·68m · Science at the Movies

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This week we're talking about the 2017 cli-fi movie, Geostorm!We've got frozen deserts, exploding cities, giant tsunamis and #airlockdrama! Abi tries to understand the scientific and economic logistics of a space net while Freda just wants this movie to flush itself out of her brain. It hurts all the science parts. "I want it dead, I want it's whole family dead, I want it down in the ground!"Things you might find interesting:Will weather control happen in the future? - BBCCan China control the weather? - How Stuff WorksCloud Seeding: should we or shouldn't we? - IndependentGeostorm and the ethics of geoengineering - The ConversationThe disasters of disaster movies - Yale Climate ConnectionsProject Poyeye - Office of the Historian (US Dept of State...not an onion article)The science behind Geostorm - Smithsonian MagRockets and rocket launches - National GeographicBBC How to build a satellite - Youtube Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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This week we're talking about the 2017 cli-fi movie, Geostorm!

We've got frozen deserts, exploding cities, giant tsunamis and #airlockdrama! Abi tries to understand the scientific and economic logistics of a space net while Freda just wants this movie to flush itself out of her brain. It hurts all the science parts.

"I want it dead, I want it's whole family dead, I want it down in the ground!"

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Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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