This is the first episode of Ezra Klein’s four part series on the science of climate change and how it will impact our lives, politics, and futures. In this episode Ezra interviews Kate Marvel, a research scientist for NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, professor of Applied Physics and Mathematics at Columbia University, and contributing writer for Scientific American. Klein and Marvel cover a wide range of topics, including: climate models and projections, the politics of climate change, the sustainability of continued economic growth, and much more.