NEIL DE GRASSE TYSON AND AL GORES EXPLORE CLIMATE CHANGE, LIFE IN A NAVAL OBSERVATORY AND MORE
Earlier this year, the astrophysicist and science-literacy evangelist Neil deGrasse Tyson recorded a conversation for his Star Talk Radio program with former Vice President Al Gore exploring Gore’s decades-long campaign for action to stem climate change, what it’s like to live in the United States Naval Observatory (the official vice presidential residence), the path from the vice president’s “GoreSat” vision in 1998 to the functioning Deep Space Climate Observatory satellite, and more.
Tyson then invited me into the studio to discuss Gore’s career and comments, along with his smartly comedic co-host, Maeve Higgins.
The topics included paths to a world with abundant clean energy, Gore’s thoughts on trends in renewable energy technology, ethics on science frontiers (Gore broached the topic of “spider goats“), and my interview with Bill Gates.
Tyson also talked with me about the emerging idea that Earth has entered a new geological epoch named for us — the Anthropocene. (He said he prefers my 1992 “Anthrocene” proposal — fewer syllables, simpler.)
I hope you’ll listen to the program at the Soundcloud link and weigh in constructively below:
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