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JAMES HANSEN – Super Warming in the Pipeline

Global warming is accelerating, at double the rate just a dozen years ago. The target of 1.5 degrees Celsius is “dead as a door-nail”. Earth will warm not 3 degrees, but 4.8 degrees C – 10 degrees F. – according to former NASA  …

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Dangerous Contradiction: “Green New Deal”

Is the “Green New Deal” a solution or another problem? Rethinking our options first with Dr. Ted Trainer, founder of The Simpler Way in Australia. From Cambridge, political economist Jeremy Green finds dangerous myths in the New Deal for an overloaded system. Look  …

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Destabilized Weather in an Unstable World

New tested science shows your body’s heat tolerance is much lower than experts assume.  Dr. Daniel J. Vecellio warns of “Greatly enhanced risk to humans” as humid heat stress strikes billions of people sooner than expected.  We just lived through: the big heat  …

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It Was The Hottest of Times

During global heat records, a world-scale carbon burst is still pouring out of Northern Canada’s wildfires – bigger than the emissions of most countries. Explore with Professor Justin Angle author of “This Is Wildfire: How to Protect Yourself, Your Home, and Your Community  …

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Breaking: Smog Forces Climate Changes

Can cleaner air push us over the climate cliff?  Special investigating air pollution: hidden warming, long-range damage with drought & rain – and to your health.  New science with Geeta Persad on missing climate risk of aerosols.  Followed by a replay of Leon  …

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Hippos in London: Rising Methane & “Termination Event”

Climate can flip to a new state, quickly.  Is strangely rising methane a signal of a “termination event”? Dr. Euan Nisbet, Royal Halloway, University of London with worrying new science.  We explore abrupt climate shifts with Prof. Niklas Boers, Technical University of Munich  …

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Global Super Rain: the new face of climate change

Is this the new stormy climate James Hansen warned about? Investigate extreme rain and flash floods with expert Jonathan Gourley from NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory. But Australian climate lecturer Andrew King cautions not all floods are sure signs of global warming. Then  …

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Extreme Antarctica, Ozone & Heat

The U.N. chief warns: “Climate breakdown has begun.” In this show you hear unreported climate change: “Antarctic Extreme Events” with lead author Martin Siegert, Imperial College London. Plus Dr. Martin Jucker on early start to ozone hole – and the Tongan volcano warming  …

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A World on Fire (replay)

With more extreme wildfires, atmospheric scientist Peter Bernath on fires and ozone damage; UNEP report: “Spreading Like Wildfire” with Dr. Andrew Sullivan of CSIRO, Australia. Emissions & temperatures reach new high, polar ice a new low. News & science from the climate front.   …

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Disaster in the Making: Cascading Tipping Points & Permafrost (replay)

Top European scientists warn tipping points could cascade toward absolute climate disaster. Prof. Tim Lenton from U of Exeter. Permafrost expert Susan Natali from Woods Hole explains CO2 pouring out from the WINTER Arctic.   Listen to or download this Radio Ecoshock show  …

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ENJOY YOURSELF (It’s Later Than You Think) (replay)

With world heat records this summer – is It too late?  Should we just give up and party like there’s no tomorrow? Scientist James Lovelock, inventor of Gaia, says “yes”. Former NASA scientist James Hansen says “no”. Loaded with clips including Obama’s science  …

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The Heat Will Kill You First

As world heat records fall, on land and sea, best-selling author Jeff Goodell on his book: “The Heat Will Kill You First”. Greenland is hot and extra rainy, dumping more water into the sea.  Glaciologist Jason Box reports. But Greenland was partly ice-free  …

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