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Nuclear Winter with Ann Druyan and Brian Toon

Aug 9, 2022

58:54

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Brian Toon

Ann Druyan

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The Science of Nuclear Weapons

01:54

The Nuclear War - A Collaboration Between Turco Tune Pollick and Carl Sagen

03:45

The Story of the Dinosaurs

04:45

Introduction

5min

The Nuclear War - A Collaboration Between Turco Tune Pollick and Carl Sagen

4min

Are There Any Tap Roots in the Original 19 80 Cosmos?

3min

Venus Is Near Us, in Orbit Around the Sun

1min

The Future of Life Reward

5min

Get Started With a Nose Sweat

3min

Slash Star Talk to Day

2min

What Happened When an Asteroid Hit the Earth?

2min

A Nuclear War Is Not Catastrophic

2min

10.

How Many Civilizations Are There in the Universe?

2min

11.

The Science of Nuclear Weapons

2min

12.

Smoke in the Stratosphere

2min

13.

Nuclear War and the Dinosaurs

2min

14.

The Effects of Climate Change on Agriculture and Food Production

2min

15.

Is There a Place on Earth Where Your Models Say That?

2min

16.

How to Create an on Line Presence With Square Space

3min

17.

The Future of Life Award

3min

18.

The Nuclear War, the First Human to Walk in Space, Isn't It?

3min

19.

The Science Community Was a Part of That Problem

2min

20.

The Science of Nuclear Autumn

3min

21.

The Story of the Dinosaurs

5min

22.

Is There a Nuclear War in Europe?

2min

23.

The United States and Russia Are Both Building New Weapons of Mass Destruction

2min

24.

Are We Going to Kill Everybody on the Planet?

2min

25.

The Future of Life Is in the Community of People Who Care

3min

Are advanced civilizations doomed to destroy themselves? Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice explore the Cold War, The Drake Equation, and nuclear winter hypothesis with producer of Cosmos and Carl Sagan’s widow Ann Druyan and atmospheric scientist Brian Toon.

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Photo Credit: United States Department of Energy, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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