Part 1 of Surviving the Anthropocene, featuring Jonathan Amos, science writer for the BBC in London, discussing climate scientists’ predictions of a mega-drought in the American Southwest, and the new higher measurements of the amount of plastic dumped into the oceans annually.

Surviving the Anthropocene:
Part 1: Jonathan Amos / Human Influence
Part 2: David Grinspoon / Biological Inevitability
Part 3: Francisco Valero / DSCOVR
Part 4: Gaia Vince / Adaptation

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