The chapter explores the reasons behind the unexpected decrease in Antarctic sea ice cover this year and discusses the possible influences on the ice cover, including climate change.
Once again, fears are ripping through the industry—this time starting from a firm once thought too big to fail. In an economy so dependent on housebuilding, that will have wide-ranging consequences. We take a ride in one of the autonomous taxis that have flooded onto San Francisco’s streets (10:22). And crunching the numbers on Antarctica’s worrisome dearth of sea ice (19:40).
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