We're Maybe, Probably, Mostly Doomed

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jul 13, 2017

David Wallace-Wells, deputy editor at New York Magazine and Michael Oppenheimer, professor of Geosciences and International Affairs at Princeton University, discuss the scientific evidence laid out in Wallace-Wells' recent article, "The Uninhabitable Earth." After the article came out, Wallace-Wells got a lot of push back for being too alarming and focusing on the worst case scenario. However, Oppenheimer explains that talking about the extreme cases has value in educating the public. 

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