2min chapter

Tangentially Speaking with Christopher Ryan cover image

549 - Charlie Zender (Climate Scientist)

Tangentially Speaking with Christopher Ryan

CHAPTER

The Importance of Reflective Particles in Climate Change

After a nuclear exchange, what happens with all of the ash and soot from the fires that go up into the atmosphere? It's not good for us. It's a secondary effect that blocks all the light and stops photosynthesis. So it became known as nuclear winter because things got cold for a few years until the little particles fell out of the stratosphere. And that's a big deal even today. Putting particles in the stratosphere is one of the ways that people are thinking about trying to slow down climate change. Some sort of reflective particles. Yeah. I'm like a 19 year old interested in astronomy and astrophysics, but slowly due to just the abstractness of the courses in

00:00

Get the Snipd
podcast app

Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
App store bannerPlay store banner

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode

Save any
moment

Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways

Share
& Export

Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode