In this video, climate researcher and MPI GEA Director Prof. Ricarda Winkelmann talks to Max Planck President Prof. Patrick Cramer about the role humans play in the Earth system. How do our activities change the Earth system and trigger climate change? And what can we do about it?
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Synthesizer Podcast (in German)
February 06, 2025
What does the future hold for chemistry? What does ‘chemistry turnaround’ mean? Why are cultural scientists and social scientists concerned with this question? In the Synthesizer podcast, Benjamin Steininger looks at the transformation of chemistry.
Interview with Dr. Benjamin Steininger. Crude oil is the substance that made modernity possible: a miracle cure for progress, inventions and mobility. But burning oil harms the climate and endangers humanity. We know that. Nevertheless, we can't get away from it. (Audio in German)
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What do Antarctic glaciers and extreme weather, retail chains and political role-playing games have in common? Ricarda Winkelmann is researching the Anthropocene in Jena. Prof Ricarda Winkelmann speaks with Petra Pinzler and Stefan Schmidt of Zeit Online. (Audio in German)
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Podcast: “Networking with plants in the Anthropocene”. Interview with Prof. Patrícia Vieira from the MPI-GEA project RESILIENT: Forest Cities - Utopia and Development in the Modern Amazon.
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From the Leakey Foundation’s “Origin Stories” Podcast: Travel through 50,000 years of human history following clues hidden inside beads made from ostrich eggshells. In this episode, researchers Jennifer Miller and Yiming Wang share how these tiny artifacts reveal a sweeping story of ancient social networks, cultural connections, and human adaptability.
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How political should science be? A conversation with Jürgen Renn about research into the Anthropocene and responsibility in the climate crisis. (Audio in German)
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