Michael Le Page

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580 appearances 7 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 2d ago

Michael Le Page’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 7 in all, peaking in Jul 2026 with 4.

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The World, the Universe and Us · Wildfires Changed Human Evolution - Is It Happening Again? · 17 Aug 2026 podcast

But of course there's there's a limit because of the time scale is so compressed. voice-verified

a limit to how much evolution can happen in such a short time. voice-verified

And the other problem is that there's so many other pressures on wildlife. voice-verified

at the same time. voice-verified

So we started off talking about fires and wildfires. voice-verified

And the natures of of wildfires is changing. voice-verified

There was a study out earlier this week where they were saying not only we're getting more of these really big mega fires because of climate change, but they s they're often moving faster as well. voice-verified

And apparently these faster moving wildfires burn hotter voice-verified

So they're destroying more of the vegetation, and that means we're not gonna have time for trees and things to recover after each fire. voice-verified

And that's gonna completely change landscapes. voice-verified

This the study was looking at the US and Canada. voice-verified

So there's there's gonna be these sort of huge changes in landscapes. voice-verified

And so there's so many pressures simultaneously on on wildlife to to adapt, you know, higher temperatures, sort of more floods, wildfire. voice-verified

human pressures it's it's just you know there are gonna be a lot of losers. voice-verified

There'll be a few winners but a lot of losers. voice-verified

So dandelions can move long distances easily, obviously. voice-verified

And they have voice-verified

The World, the Universe and Us · Climate 2026: Record Heat, Tens of Thousands Dead, Mass Evacuations · 31 Jul 2026 podcast

Yes, there's so many impacts of these sort of longer, more extreme heat waves.

Food's obviously a big one.

The other that we're seeing at the moment is when it gets hotter, the vegetation dries out.

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