UK scientist Paul Wignall on climate change & mass extinctions. Power expert Darren Hammell on risk of grid going down, for many reasons.
Interviews by Alex Smith for Radio Ecoshock
Spoken word "4 More Planets" by Murray Reiss.
Song: "When the Grid Goes Down" by Craig Anderton
In the Affiliates version there is a good break point at 24:42 for those who need to insert station ID or announcements.
No doubt you've heard biologists and those darned environmentalists say we are already in the Sixth Great Mass Extinction. Animals and plants are disappearing daily. So in this show, we'll take a tour of a few past mass extinction events, with one of the planet's leading scientific experts on the subject.
Then we'll explore a more direct problem: how will you make out if the electricity goes off for a while. What happens when the grid goes down, and can we ease the pain?
All that, and the ultimate solution to all our problems, this week on Radio Ecoshock.