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Glaciers extinct & wildfires out of control

In 15 years, Earth will lose thousands of glaciers every year. New science on “Peak glacier extinction” – Swiss glaciologist Lander Van Tricht. Australia over 45 degrees C, 113 F. – and burning again. “Gazing into the Flames” – wildfire expert Hamish Clarke.  …

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The Very Thing That Makes You Rich

“Climate change has already made the United States poorer” Arizona Economics Professor Derek Lemoine reports. How could carbon from our tailpipes make the sea acidic? Exactly how does that work? Tulane Chemist Bruce Gibb explains with a great 15 minute mini-lecture on Radio  …

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Meet the Evil Twin – Ocean Acidification

New science shows ocean acidification has already passed the safety limit set by the Planetary Boundary Framework. We reached a founder in the field, recently retired NOAA Senior Research Scientist Dr. Richard Feely. That is coming up, but first an introduction from Biological  …

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Lost the climate gamble! Now what?

With record extreme cold and heat – in December! – leading scientists finally admit: “The world lost the climate gamble.” What comes after failure? Hear the latest in a full-length talk “Living Beyond Limits” by Professor James Dyke from the Global Systems Institute  …

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No One Expects the Southern Ocean

Scientists find a control knob for climate feedbacks in the Southern Ocean. Two experts with years of research and publications: Dr. Zach Kaufman at Scripps Institute in San Diego, and Professor Richard Williams, University of Liverpool. The Southern Ocean stores most heat and  …

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Danger Zone

Are we ending this civilization? Climate warnings from 8 top scientists in the UK Emergency Briefing.  First two new interviews: Prof. Brian Soden: phenomenal heat burst of 2023/24 NOT caused by change in ship pollution regs. Harvard’s Dr. Cheng He: “Escalated Heatwave Mortality  …

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Harsh Weather

Expect weather whiplash – drought to floods in a predictable see-saw of disasters. Dr. Malte Stuecker’s team finds El Nino and La Nina get stronger – changing the North Atlantic and Indian Oceans. Over 50,000 Europeans died due to excess heat in 2023  …

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Polar Change – Global Ripples

Could a rapid change in microbes unbalance world systems? Biologist Trond Kristiansen. From Montreal, scientist Scott Sugden reviews “Current and projected effects of climate change in cryosphere microbial ecosystems”. From COP30 Brazil, permafrost thaw is NOW. Worrying news from scientists Gustaf Hugelius, Christina  …

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Cosmic Dust & Cognition

Cosmic dust reveals a hidden history of past sea-ice – does it predict a crash of Arctic Ocean life? Stimulating new science with Dr. Frank Pavia, University of Washington. Then “The normalization of (almost) everything” with computational cognitive scientist Rachit Dubey. Listen to  …

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The Dark

Everybody pushing biofuels to save climate. Guest Cian Delaney from European NGO hub T&E finds these green alternatives could be worse than the fossil fuels they replace. With extreme wildfires, heatwaves, and hurricanes author and researcher Susannah Fisher on her new book “SINK  …

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Tipping Madness

Here is how worried scientists are about tipping points: 160 scientists from 23 countries just released “The Global Tipping Points Report 2025”.  Planetary shifts already in motion.  Dr. Steven R. Smith, research Fellow at the Global Systems Institute on planetary-scale risks. Then provocative  …

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Events Closer Than They Appear

From New Zealand and the U.S. National Center for Atmospheric Research, Dr. Kevin Trenberth talks ocean heating, new science and his provocative new article. But first we run away to the past. Oregon State University Professor Peter Clark just published “Global mean sea  …

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