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Climate Chat

Climate Chat

By: Dan Miller and Leon Simons hosts
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Climate Chat is a channel where we discuss all things climate with scientists, technologists, authors, advocates, communicators and others helping us understand and fight climate change.Copyright 2026 Climate Chat Earth Sciences Science
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  • Ten Major Misconceptions About Climate Change

    Ten Major Misconceptions About Climate Change
    Jul 5 2026
    In this Climate Chat episode, host Dan Miller discusses 10 major misconceptions about climate change held by people involved in climate action. This is not about climate denial myths, but rather about "conventional wisdom" that turns out to be wrong. Please Like and Subscribe! Listen to Climate Chat on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/climate-chat/id1893162516 Listen to Climate Chat on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1m0OSLWRPPcyOddErvxJ1e Dan Miller has been giving talks around the world on the need for urgent climate action for over 20 years. He is co-founder of The Roda Group, a climate-tech venture capital group, and he serves as an advisor for other climate funds and climate-focused non-profit groups. He started Climate Chat in 2021 on Clubhouse and added YouTube in 2023. Follow Dan Miller on X/Twitter: @danmiller999 Follow Dan Miller on Bluesky: @danmiller999.bsky.social and @climatechat.bsky.social Leon Simons is a climate scientist based in the Netherlands. He was a co-author with James Hansen on the 2023 "Global Warming in the Pipeline" paper that discussed the recent acceleration in global warming. Leon's work has focused recently on changes in aerosol emissions from ships and the impact of those changes on climate change. You can access Leon's research writings here: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Leon-Simons Follow Leon on X/Twitter: @LeonSimons8 and Bluesky: ‪@leonsimons.bsky.social‬ Follow Leon on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/LeonSimons/home Follow Stacey Randecker on X/Twitter: @DrivingMzStacey and Bluesky: @bikingmzstacey.bsky.social Follow Eli Rabani on X/Twitter: @radsci and Bluesky: @radsci.bsky.social You can leave a question in the YouTube Live chat. Please begin your question with "Question:" to make it easy for our mods to spot it. For more Climate Chat episodes, see our YouTube home page: https://www.youtube.com/@climatechat For recent YouTube Live Climate Chat programs: https://www.youtube.com/@climatechat/streams
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  • Methane Eradication: Matthew Johnson's Radical Chemistry

    Methane Eradication: Matthew Johnson's Radical Chemistry
    Jun 28 2026
    In this Climate Chat episode, host Dan Miller interviews atmospheric scientist Dr. Matthew S. Johnson on his critical work to find ways to eradicate methane from point sources such as a cow barn, as well as from the atmosphere. Matthew S. Johnson, PhD is a Professor of Chemistry at the University of Copenhagen. He has a Bachelor in Chemistry from Macalester College in St. Paul Minnesota and a PhD in Physical Chemistry from the California Institute of Technology for work on laser spectroscopy of solvated ions in a molecular beam. He received a Fulbright Fellowship to work at the MAX-Lab Synchrotron in Lund Sweden on spectroscopy related to stratospheric ozone depletion. He is coauthor of 134 peer-reviewed publications in atmospheric chemistry, kinetics and spectroscopy, 12 patents and the textbook Chemistry and the Environment published by Cambridge University Press. He has founded and/or worked with multiple startup companies including Infuser, Airlabs, Airscape, Rensair, Sterisafe, Devlabs and Ambient Carbon. Matthew's University of Copenhagen page: https://researchprofiles.ku.dk/en/persons/matthew-stanley-johnson/ Matthew's LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewjohnson-atmoschem/ Please Like and Subscribe! Listen to Climate Chat on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/climate-chat/id1893162516 Listen to Climate Chat on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1m0OSLWRPPcyOddErvxJ1e Dan Miller has been giving talks around the world on the need for urgent climate action for over 20 years. He is co-founder of The Roda Group, a climate-tech venture capital group, and he serves as an advisor for other climate funds and climate-focused non-profit groups. He started Climate Chat in 2021 on Clubhouse and added YouTube in 2023. Follow Dan Miller on X/Twitter: @danmiller999 Follow Dan Miller on Bluesky: @danmiller999.bsky.social and @climatechat.bsky.social Leon Simons is a climate scientist based in the Netherlands. He was a co-author with James Hansen on the 2023 "Global Warming in the Pipeline" paper that discussed the recent acceleration in global warming. Leon's work has focused recently on changes in aerosol emissions from ships and the impact of those changes on climate change. You can access Leon's research writings here: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Leon-Simons Follow Leon on X/Twitter: @LeonSimons8 and Bluesky: ‪@leonsimons.bsky.social‬ Follow Leon on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/LeonSimons/home Follow Stacey Randecker on X/Twitter: @DrivingMzStacey and Bluesky: @bikingmzstacey.bsky.social Follow Eli Rabani on X/Twitter: @radsci and Bluesky: @radsci.bsky.social You can leave a question in the YouTube Live chat. Please begin your question with "Question:" to make it easy for our mods to spot it. For more Climate Chat episodes, see our YouTube home page: https://www.youtube.com/@climatechat For recent YouTube Live Climate Chat programs: https://www.youtube.com/@climatechat/streams
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  • I Met These Climate Start-ups—Here’s What They’re Building

    I Met These Climate Start-ups—Here’s What They’re Building
    Jun 20 2026
    In this Climate Chat episode, host Dan Miller reviews a number of climate tech start-up companies that he met at the recent Venture Summit West conference in Mountain View, California. Links to the start-up companies mentioned in the episode: Green Gravity: https://greengravity.com RISE Robotics: https://riserobotics.com Element Zero: https://elementzero.green/ ADAR Plus: https://www.adartech.com/ Volexion: https://www.volexion-inc.com/ Aeromutable: https://www.aeromutable.com Renu Robotics: https://renurobotics.com NEG (Non-Ergodic Generator): https://www.institut-kurz.com/NEG/ Please Like and Subscribe! Listen to Climate Chat on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/climate-chat/id1893162516 Listen to Climate Chat on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1m0OSLWRPPcyOddErvxJ1e Dan Miller has been giving talks around the world on the need for urgent climate action for over 20 years. He is co-founder of The Roda Group, a climate-tech venture capital group, and he serves as an advisor for other climate funds and climate-focused non-profit groups. He started Climate Chat in 2021 on Clubhouse and added YouTube in 2023. Follow Dan Miller on X/Twitter: @danmiller999 Follow Dan Miller on Bluesky: @danmiller999.bsky.social and @climatechat.bsky.social Leon Simons is a climate scientist based in the Netherlands. He was a co-author with James Hansen on the 2023 "Global Warming in the Pipeline" paper that discussed the recent acceleration in global warming. Leon's work has focused recently on changes in aerosol emissions from ships and the impact of those changes on climate change. You can access Leon's research writings here: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Leon-Simons Follow Leon on X/Twitter: @LeonSimons8 and Bluesky: ‪@leonsimons.bsky.social‬ Follow Leon on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/LeonSimons/home Follow Stacey Randecker on X/Twitter: @DrivingMzStacey and Bluesky: @bikingmzstacey.bsky.social Follow Eli Rabani on X/Twitter: @radsci and Bluesky: @radsci.bsky.social You can leave a question in the YouTube Live chat. Please begin your question with "Question:" to make it easy for our mods to spot it. For more Climate Chat episodes, see our YouTube home page: https://www.youtube.com/@climatechat For recent YouTube Live Climate Chat programs: https://www.youtube.com/@climatechat/streams
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