Rowan Hooper

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1,427 appearances 18 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 5d ago

Rowan Hooper’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 18 in all, peaking in Jul 2026 with 7.

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The World, the Universe and Us · Latitude Special: Why Festivals Make You Live Longer; Clearing Alzheimer’s Proteins from the Brain;Clouds Made of Rocks and Rubies; Orcas Blow Up Giant Fish · 5 Aug 2026 podcast

But breathing the high CO2 basically turbocharges the cleaning system. matched

Such a clever idea. matched

As a treatment. matched

Is that because we haven't really had a way of getting rid of these tangled masses before? matched

Brilliant. matched

OK, look, one thing I've been enjoying about the weather today is that there are clouds here, which we haven't really seen many this summer, which is my very clever link to bring in astrophysicist Hannah Wakeford to talk about clouds, not just here, but on other planets as well. matched

But let's start about why are clouds so important? matched

Super complex, isn't it? matched

And also, there's a big worry that as we increase the temperature of the planet, we're going to start destroying clouds, which perform this vital function, as you say. matched

And the other thing... matched

that clouds are really critical for is this thing called climate sensitivity, which is how much warming you can add to an atmosphere, how much extra CO2 you can add, and how much warming you will get as a result. matched

And we don't really know. matched

And that climate sensitivity is the measure of that. matched

Can you take us through that a bit? matched

So why don't they fall down, these rocks? matched

Clouds made of rocks. matched

Because, you know, in Interstellar, when they fly to the planet, when they find Matt Damon, matched

Do you remember the bit they bump onto clouds? matched

Frozen ammonia clouds. matched

And they, I mean, probably not realistic, but it's a solid cloud and that's what you're talking about. matched

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