Riley Duren, an engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab, works for the Megacities Carbon Project. The project looks at the large metropolitan areas of the world, and how their emissions contribute to global climate change. In this episode, Duren talks with host Dave Schlom about how methane fits into the greenhouse gas picture.
Blue Dot, named after Carl Sagan's famous speech about our place in the universe, features interviews with guests from all over the regional, national and worldwide scientific communities. Host Dave Schlom leads discussions about the issues science is helping us address with experts who shed light on climate change, space exploration, astronomy, technology and much more. Dave asks us to remember: from deep space, we all live on a pale, blue dot. Blue Dot is engineered, co-produced and co-hosted by Matt Shilts. It airs Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. and Fridays at 6:30 p.m.