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Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea

Jonathan responds to your texts and tweets, is joined in studio for all the latest science stories for Newsround and speaks to one of our two guests featured on the show. Listen and subscribe to Futureproof with Johnathan McCrea on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.   You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'

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Mass Extinctions

We’re all probably loosely familiar with the idea that the dinosaurs were the victims of a mass extinction event You’re probably less familiar with the idea that that was the fifth of five such events over the course of the planet’s history Now that we ourselves are becoming a geological force, what can these past extinctions tell us about the future survival of life on this planet? Lauren Sallan is a Paleobiologist and Martin Meyerson Assistant Professor in Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. First Aired: 11/8/18