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Season 8 Episode 16 - Geoengineering: A Horrible Idea We Might Have to Do
By the end of the 21st century, humanity is becoming desperate. Decades of heatwaves and droughts have led to unusually poor harvests, while the warming oceans yield fewer fish each year. In the tropical zones, millions suffer from famine and resource wars have made millions more flee to the north. As things quickly get worse, in an act of desperation, the world's governments decide to enact an emergency plan... It is far from certain that a grim scenario like this will play out. But the failure of world leaders to effectively address climate change, makes it far from impossible. So in the near future it might become necessary to try something radical to slow down rapid climate change: Geoengineering. Interventions so massive in scale that they might undo centuries of human behavior. Or make everything much worse. What is geoengineering, is it really an option and what if it goes wrong?
Episodes in Season 8
Milk. White Poison or Healthy Drink?
10 min
How to Make a Kurzgesagt Video in 1200 Hours
7 min
Why Blue Whales Don't Get Cancer - Peto's Paradox
8 min
The Coronavirus Explained & What You Should Do
8 min
Why Are You Alive – Life, Energy & ATP
12 min
The Past We Can Never Return To – The Anthropocene Reviewed
9 min
Could Solar Storms Destroy Civilization? Solar Flares & Coronal Mass Ejections
10 min
Who Is Responsible For Climate Change? – Who Needs To Fix It?
11 min
What Is Intelligence? Where Does it Begin?
10 min
What Do Alien Civilizations Look Like? The Kardashev Scale
12 min
Unlimited Resources From Space – Asteroid Mining
8 min
The Warrior Kingdoms of the Weaver Ant
9 min
The Largest Star in the Universe – Size Comparison
12 min
Is It Too Late To Stop Climate Change? Well, it's Complicated.
10 min
When Time Became History - The Human Era
11 min
Geoengineering: A Horrible Idea We Might Have to Do
9 min
How Large Can a Bacteria get? Life & Size 3
11 min
What If Earth got Kicked Out of the Solar System? Rogue Earth
10 min
Can You Upload Your Mind & Live Forever?
14 min
What if We Nuke the Moon?
9 min
