Paleoecology - Dr. Jacquelyn Gill
Channel: FutureXplorations
Date: 07/03/2022

In this second interview I had the honour to chat with Dr. Jacquelyn Gill, Associate Professor of Paleoecology at the University of Maine. These are some of the topics we talked about:

-How do we define what is alive and what is not?
-Origins of life on Earth
-CO2 concentration in Earth’s atmosphere, how back data can go, how do we measure it?
-Ice cores, seafloor cores, plant fossils
-Tectonic plates
-Migrations thousands of years ago and its drivers
-What drives CO2 levels in the atmosphere, long-term, short-term and now
-Natural ways of carbon capture
-Milankovitch cycles
-Can we use plants to manipulate climate?
-Geoengineering
-Carbon capture technology and drivers
-Geopolitical implications and ethics
-The importance of immediate action
-The real problem… consumption and inequality
-Planetary stewardship