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Earth Day special: How to save the planet (again)

Earth Day special: How to save the planet (again)

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This Earth Day three environmental experts share stories about times when environmental action succeeded in saving the planet—and explain why this can be done again

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In this special Earth Day episode of Science Quickly, host Rachel
Feltman turns to three environmental experts for a healthy dose of
climate hope. Climate scientist Kate Marvel, atmospheric chemist
Susan Solomon and environmentalist Bill McKibben share stories
about times in the past when humanity encountered grave
environmental threats and succeeded in overcoming them. From
beating the London smog to healing the ozone layer to rapidly
scaling up renewable energy—these stories offer hope and lessons
for saving the planet Recommended Reading: Articles by Kate Marvel
for Scientific American Kate Marvel’s personal website Susan
Solomon Group: Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate Change at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Solvable: How We
Healed the Earth, and How We Can Do It Again. Susan Solomon.
University of Chicago Press, 2024 Here Comes The Sun: A Last Chance
for the Climate and a Fresh Chance for Civilization. Bill McKibben.
W. W. Norton, 2025 Third Act Initiative, a nonprofit organization
founded by Bill McKibben to encourage people older than age 60 to
take part in climate action E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com
if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should
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Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi,
Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex
Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck.
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