Retro Report makes sense of the present by revealing the past. Join journalists Celeste Headlee and Masud Olufani as they connect the present to the past through four distinct and varied stories, and New Yorker humorist Andy Borowitz adds his signature wit.
Engineering Earth’s Climate?
Season 1 Episode 5 | 10m 56s | CC
Scientists are worried that soon, simply reducing carbon emissions won’t be enough to even slow global warming. A U.N. panel has said the world will likely need to “geo-engineer” the climate. That’s an idea that dates to the Cold War, when a different kind of global challenge gave rise to fears of a “nuclear winter.”
