The Effects of Black Carbon on Climate Change

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The climate is such a massive system and pushing it in the direction that we're pushing it is going to have effects that we can't predict. The amount of uncertainty that we're going to be living with is maybe the only certain thing. And, you know, it could also work out positively. There's these mind-bogglingly complicated things that are all interdraming in a way that is not yet able to put together with confidence.

This week Adam welcomes an author whose book blew his mind more than perhaps any other. Americans are typically taught that prior to the arrival of European settlers, indigenous communities were sparsely populated, lacked technology, and did little to shape the natural landscape. But as this week’s guest Charles C. Mann’s 1491 tells Adam, the most recent research reveals that the American indigenous civilizations were sophisticated, dynamic, and massively populated. Purchase his books 1491 and 1493 at http://factuallypod.com/books. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.