Nitrous Oxide: A hidden threat? - The Climate Question podcast, BBC World Service

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We answer YOUR climate questions – on everything from 'green' careers to ice cores and nitrous oxide emissions to the world’s electricity challenge. Click here to subscribe to our channel 👉🏽 https://bbc.in/3VyyriM In this edition of The Climate Question, Host Graihagh Jackson tries to find answers to your climate-related headscratchers. Her panel chat about the new jobs that will open up as the world economy moves away from fossil fuels – and the skills that will be needed. Plus, the dangers of nitrous oxide – a planet-warming gas, but also crucial for the fertilisers that help feed us. And have you ever wondered how scientists actually date the ice cores they dig out of glaciers. Some of them are 100,000s of years old! Plus: the controversial scientists who’ve won the Nobel Prize, and is there anywhere on Earth that’s untouched by humans? Graihagh’s guests are BBC Climate Editor Justin Rowlatt, BBC CrowdScience Presenter Caroline Steel, and Akshat Rathi, Bloomberg Senior Climate Report and Host of the Bloomberg Green podcast. Have you got a question for us? Let us know in the comments 👇 00:00 Introduction 01:10 Is anywhere on Earth untouched by humans? 04:25 The global electricity shortfall 05:35 How do I get a climate-friendly job? 10:33 Are nitrous oxide emissions a problem? 11:36 The world’s fertilizer problem 12:20 Controversial Nobel Prize winners 17:42 How do we use ice cores to measure climate? Watch more episodes from The Climate Question here 👉 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLz_B0PFGIn4dlFahw2svjb6-aW_BVOn4x ---------------- This is the official BBC World Service YouTube channel. If you like what we do, you can also find us here: Instagram 👉🏽 https://www.instagram.com/bbcworldservice Twitter 👉🏽 https://twitter.com/bbcworldservice Facebook 👉🏽 https://facebook.com/bbcworldservice BBC World Service website 👉🏽 https://www.bbc.co.uk/worldserviceradio Thanks for watching and subscribing! #BBCWorldService #WorldService #Glaciers #GreenEnergy #ClimateAction #GreenJobs #Nitrous Oxide #NO2 #Ammonia #Fertiliser #IceCores #Caves #GlobalWarming #ClimateChange #Soya #Jobs #Careers #GreenCareers #Brazil #Amazon