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Earth: A Millennium Hence

Earth: A Millennium Hence

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Earth: A Millennium Hence

FromBig Picture Science

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Length:
53 minutes
Released:
Oct 11, 2010
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

ENCORE Humans have not gone unnoticed on this planet. We’ve left our mark with technology, agriculture, architecture, and a growing carbon footprint. But where is this trajectory headed?
In the second of a two-part series: what we’ll lose and what will last in 1000 years or more.
Discover what the planet might look like to geologists of the far-off-future… the stubborn longevity of plastic and radioactive waste... human civilization in space… and postcards from the galactic edge; crafting interstellar messages to E.T.
Guests:

Charles Moore - Sea Captain and founder of Algalita Marine Research Foundation
Jan Zalasiewicz - Geologist, University of Leicester and author of The Earth After Us: What Legacy Will Humans Leave in the Rocks?
Matthew Wald - Reporter for the New York Times and author of the article “Is There a Place for Nuclear Waste?” in the August 2009 issue of Scientific American
Doug Vakoch - Director of Interstellar Message Composition at the SETI Institute
David Korsmeyer - Chief of the Intelligent Systems Division at NASA Ames Research Center

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Released:
Oct 11, 2010
Format:
Podcast episode

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