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Children's Health: Mental Health Concerns & Effects of Screen Time

Season 6, Ep. 14

Sarah Clark, MPH, joins this episode of Michigan Minds to talk about adolescent mental health concerns and vision. Clark is a research scientist in the Department of Pediatrics at Michigan Medicine, and a member of the Child Health Evaluation and Research Center (CHEAR). She also serves as co-director of the C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health.

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    19:45||Season 8, Ep. 14
    To combat climate change, the world needs to pivot away from fossil fuels.But building battery electric vehicles and infrastructure for renewable energy will require enormous amounts of minerals and resources, which can only be obtained in the quantities needed through mining. Low and low-to-middle income countries are also looking to boost their access to electricity, which will now likely take place through renewable energy systems. Adam Simon, a professor of earth and environmental sciences at the University of Michigan, studies how metals are deposited in the Earth's crust, with the ultimate goal of ensuring a sustainable supply of resources for our growing global population. He recently published a study for the International Energy Forum that showed we currently do not mine copper quickly enough to keep up with the global demand for the energy transition.He joins the Michigan Minds podcast to discuss minerals needed for the energy transition, and how we will need to access those resources.
  • 13. When tightwads and spendthrifts can agree on spending

    19:50||Season 8, Ep. 13
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  • 12. Validation and verification for elections

    25:21||Season 8, Ep. 12
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  • 11. Tony Reames talks about the energy transition for disadvantaged communities

    18:18||Season 8, Ep. 11
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    17:43||Season 8, Ep. 10
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  • 9. One medicinal chemist's mission to bring better medicine to sick and dying species

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    18:55||Season 8, Ep. 7
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