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Bringing Back the Mammoth
1:06:28 - 1:13:06 (06:37)
George Church and Sergey Zimov are working to create a park where they hope to bring back species that went extinct, including the woolly mammoth, in an effort to combat climate change. However, the process is controversial and faces obstacles due to ethical concerns and the practicality of it.
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George Church and Sergey Zimov hope to bring back the woolly mammoth and other extinct species to Pleistocene Park in the next decade, though the fragile population of Asian elephants may complicate the process.
1:06:28 - 1:09:22 (02:53)
Summary
George Church and Sergey Zimov hope to bring back the woolly mammoth and other extinct species to Pleistocene Park in the next decade, though the fragile population of Asian elephants may complicate the process.
ChapterBringing Back the Mammoth
Episode104: Resurrection. Pleistocene Park & Beyond.
PodcastNational Park After Dark
The Zimovs give tours of their park featuring 30,000-year-old permafrost and teach visitors about the importance of preserving it.
1:09:22 - 1:11:37 (02:15)
Summary
The Zimovs give tours of their park featuring 30,000-year-old permafrost and teach visitors about the importance of preserving it. The hope is for more Pleistocene parks to be established around the world.
ChapterBringing Back the Mammoth
Episode104: Resurrection. Pleistocene Park & Beyond.
PodcastNational Park After Dark
This transcript explains how if earth's 4.5 billion year history was compressed into a 24 hour day, humans would only emerge in the last minute and subsequent to this, the earth's structure always undergoes major changes.
1:11:37 - 1:13:06 (01:28)
Summary
This transcript explains how if earth's 4.5 billion year history was compressed into a 24 hour day, humans would only emerge in the last minute and subsequent to this, the earth's structure always undergoes major changes.