EPISODE · Jan 19, 2022
Summer series: Pigs and billionaires polluting our skies
from Lost in Science · host Christopher O'Bryan
Chris looks back on how the climate fared in 2021, and brings back two classic stories from the year: Claire speaks to biologist Christopher O'Bryan about the surprisingly high carbon emissions that feral pigs cause by disturbing the soil; and Stu looks at the impact of Elon Musk’s Starlink and other billionaires’ satellite networks, and how they’re contributing to concerns of increasing space junk in low Earth orbit.
What this episode covers
Chris looks back on how the climate fared in 2021, and brings back two classic stories from the year: Claire speaks to biologist Christopher O'Bryan about the surprisingly high carbon emissions that feral pigs cause by disturbing the soil; and Stu looks at the impact of Elon Musk’s Starlink and other billionaires’ satellite networks, and how they’re contributing to concerns of increasing space junk in low Earth orbit.
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Summer series: Pigs and billionaires polluting our skies
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