Todaywehaveastoryaboutthesometimesobviousbutsometimessneakyeffectsofthewaythatwehumansrearrangetheelementalstuffaroundus.ReporterAvirMitraandsciencejournalistLydiaDenworthbringusastoryabouthowoneman’srelentlesspursuitofadeeptruthabouttheEarthledtoanobsessionthatreallychangedtheveryairwebreathe.

ThisepisodewasreportedbyAvirMitra,andproducedbyMattKielty,BeccaBressler,RachaelCusick,andMariaPazGutiérrez.

SpecialthankstoCliffDavidson,PaulM.Sutter,DentonEbel,andSamKean. 

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