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Nov 2020
55m 46s

StarTalk Live – Climate Science, with Ne...

NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON
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How can we combat climate change? Neil deGrasse Tyson, comic co-host Chuck Nice, climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe, PhD, and chemist Peter Mahaffy, PhD, investigate on our first virtual StarTalk Live, sponsored by Pocketlab. 
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