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Meet The Climate Scientist Trying to Fly Less for Work

2020/6/29
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A few years ago, climate scientist Kim Cobb had a brutal realization about how much she was flying for conferences and meetings. Those flights were adding lots of climate-warming carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Host Maddie Sofia talks with her about her push to get scientists to fly less for work, and what happened when the pandemic suddenly made that idea a reality.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices)NPR Privacy Policy)