2026-09-04
23 分钟This episode is brought to you by Facebook.
So you were scrolling on Marketplace, and there it was, the bike you'd been searching for.
You sent a message, and it turned out the seller was super chatty, kind of funny, and an avid cyclist.
The next thing you know, you're in a cycling crew.
Well, a community cycling group.
The thing about Facebook, you might find more than what you're looking for.
From a browse to a bike ride, this summer, find more on Facebook.
It's really the era of climate disasters.
At least 1,200 people now have died in Nepal.
More than 4,200 are missing as a result of the glacier disaster there.
On top of that, the UN Environment Programme finally admitted that we will overshoot 1.5 degrees of warming.
It's also officially been the hottest summer in the UK since records began.
And the El Nino event that's only really just getting started is already off the charts
and predicted to be the biggest we've had for at least 1,000 years.
Yeah, and, you know, I think we're getting to understand now, aren't we, that these things aren't one-offs anymore.
We're going to be seeing more and more records broken, definitely more glaciers melting and collapsing.
In Europe, we're on track to see the most ice loss from glaciers since records began.
And, you know, the climate crisis, the heat waves, the ice loss.
They're reshaping the world very palpably in real time.
That's what we're getting into on this episode of The World, the Universe, and Ask from New Scientist.