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Q&A: The jobs of the future, nitrous oxide, ice cores

YOUR climate questions answered 鈥 from 鈥済reen鈥 careers to the world鈥檚 electricity challenge! Plus, the controversial scientists who鈥檝e won the Nobel Prize.

We answer YOUR climate questions 鈥 on everything from 鈥済reen鈥 careers to ice cores to the world鈥檚 electricity challenge!

In this edition of The Climate Question, Host Graihagh Jackson explores your climate-related headscratchers. Her panel chat about the new jobs that will open up as the world economy moves away from fossil fuels 鈥 and the skills that will be needed.

They also discuss the dangers of nitrous oxide 鈥 a planet-warming gas, but also crucial for the fertilisers that help feed us. And have you ever wondered how scientists actually date the ice cores they dig out of glaciers. Some of them are 100,000s of years old!

Plus: the controversial scientists who鈥檝e won the Nobel Prize, and is there anywhere on Earth that鈥檚 untouched by humans?

Host: Graihagh Jackson
Guests: 麻豆社 Climate Editor Justin Rowlatt, 麻豆社 CrowdScience Presenter Caroline Steel, and Akshat Rathi, Bloomberg Senior Climate Reporter and Host of the Bloomberg Green podcast.

Production Team: Diane Richardson, Nik Sindle, Graihagh Jackson, Grace Braddock
Sound Mix: Tom Brignell
Editor: Simon Watts

Got a question or a comment? You can email us: theclimatequestion@bbc.com

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