About this episode

Dr. Samantha Burgess discusses how scientists measure the Earth's temperature and monitor its health.

Dr. Samantha Burgess, of the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service, joins the show to explain how we know the temperature of the Earth, and how a global community of scientists works together to keep tabs on the health of our planet.

People in this episode

Guest: Dr. Samantha Burgess

Topics covered

• climate change
• earth science
• temperature measurement
• scientific collaboration
• environmental monitoring

Keywords

• Copernicus Climate Change Service
• global community of scientists
• Earth's temperature
• climate monitoring
• planet health

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Places: Earth

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