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Oops, Our Bad
Episode 436

Oops, Our Bad

Intervening to try to mitigate the negative effects of the human interventions of the past.

99% Invisible · Roman Mars, Chris Berube

March 23, 202130m 53s

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Show Notes

In the 20th century, humans became very good at the control of nature, but now that we’ve spent some time with the consequences, such as species extinction and climate change, humans are focused on the control of the control of nature. In this episode, Elizabeth Kolbert, author of Under a White Sky, talks about everything from the introduction of poisonous frogs in Australia to launching diamond dust into the stratosphere.

Oops, Our Bad

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