Can science fiction help us fight climate change?

The Climate Question by BBC

Jul 12, 202626:28Science & Medicine

The acclaimed US sci-fi author Kim Stanley Robinson is also a star in the world of climate activism because his work often features climate change - on Earth and beyond. Robinson has been a guest speaker at the COP clima...

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