26 Jul 2023

Science: Atlantic current shutdown, less polluting engines

From Nine To Noon, 11:45 am on 26 July 2023

Science commentator Laurie Winkless joins Kathryn to talk about Danish research that suggests a key system of ocean currents could collapse in the next 25 years. Researchers from Washington State University have found a way to remove 90 percent of the methane that can be pumped into the atmosphere when you start up your car engine and excavations at a site in the Mekong Delta in southern Vietnam have found remnants of spices on ancient cookware that suggest the area was a rich cultural crossroads 2000 years ago.

Laurie Winkless is a physicist and science writer.

Ocean currents, car exhaust, spices

Photo: Pixabay, Wikipedia

 

 

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