Niall Shephard continues to explore deep time with Professor Emeritus Guy R. McPherson. In this episode, we begin our discussion of greenhouse gases beyond carbon dioxide. Specifically, we discuss atmospheric methane.
In this episode, we continue our discussion of greenhouse gases beyond carbon dioxide. Specifically, we discuss greenhouse gases that persist for a very long time.
"One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we've been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We're no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us. It's simply too painful to acknowledge, even to ourselves, that we've been taken. Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back." —Carl Sagan
