Climate News: 'The planet's getting irreversibly hotter and I don't understand how people cannot be freaked out by that': NASA climate scientist, Peter Kalmus episode artwork

EPISODE · Jan 24, 2024 · 21 MIN

Climate News: 'The planet's getting irreversibly hotter and I don't understand how people cannot be freaked out by that': NASA climate scientist, Peter Kalmus

from Climate Conversations · host Robert McLean

Take a listen to "The Green New Deal" and hear NASA climate scientist, Peter Kalmus, talk about the mysteries of the mind and global warming. "Hinkley Point C could be delayed to 2031 and cost up to £35bn, says EDF"; "Cookstove carbon offsets overstate climate benefit by 1,000%, study finds"; "As another cyclone heads for Queensland, we must be ready for the new threat: torrential rain and floods"; "Much of North America may face electricity shortages starting in 2024"; "The US needs 22m acres for the solar energy transition – here’s what that looks like"; "The Big Question: Will climate change alter the flavour of my beer? Carlsberg CEO says probably": "How Australia’s huge superannuation funds can do much more to fight climate change, with a little help"; "Did the BOM get it wrong on the hot, dry summer? No – predicting chaotic systems is probability, not certainty"; "Retailers on path to redemption as millions of kilos of batteries recycled"; "U.S. Hit by Record Number of High-Cost Disasters in 2023"; "A Republican 2024 Climate Strategy: More Drilling, Less Clean Energy"; "Jane Goodall Keeps Going, With a Lot of Hope (and a Bit of Whiskey)"; "Alok Sharma urges ministers to heed climate ‘wake-up calls’"; "Why are there so many storms and are they getting worse? Met Office confirms Jocelyn after Isha disruption"; "Euroviews. Norway's latest plan for Arctic deep sea mining will inevitably sink"; "Australia's year ahead in climate and environment — the good, the bad and the controversial"; "Nigeria’s Lagos State Bans Single-Use Plastics and Styrofoam"; "Arsenic in Bangladesh Drinking Water to Rise With Sea Levels"; "Drought Cuts Panama Canal Traffic by 36%"; "Heatwave warning issued for large parts of Australia as temperatures set to hit 40C"; "A severe cyclone is forming off flood-hit far north Queensland. Here's what we know"; "‘Oh my God, I can put a shoe on my head’: waste walks the runway at Sydney festival"; "Wearable sensors worn by scuba divers could contribute to climate science"; "Will the crash in critical minerals derail the clean energy transition?"; "Nearly 5,000 Brits froze to death last year due to heating costs – study"; "Takeaway coffee cups could be next as NSW EPA looks to regulate more single-use plastics"; "Cyclone set to hit Qld harder and cause flooding for a week"; "Nufarm pushes biofuel, crop protection in decarbonisation push"; "The Global Lead Poisoning Crisis"; "Undeniable - the climate emergency network"; "Cyclone called Kirrily predicted to form on Tuesday"; "Inside Antarctica’s sea ice puzzle"'; "How meat and milk companies are racing to ease your climate guilt"; "What does the ‘common good’ actually mean? Our research found common ground across the political divide"; "‘It’s not game over – it’s game on’: why 2024 is an inflection point for the climate crisis"; "Businesses Need To Get Serious About Climate Change"; "Conservative hostility to net zero proves the party has turned its back on British capitalism"; "Missing Russian Data Is Harming Arctic Research at a Critical Time"; "The Internet’s ‘Dog Mom’ Talks the Science of the Human-Dog Bond"; "‘It’s the industry’s dirty secret’: why fashion’s oversupply problem is an environmental disaster"; "Climate crisis ignored by Republicans as Trump vows to ‘drill, baby, drill’"; "Parking Lots Cause More Heat and Flooding—Here’s How 100 U.S. Cities Rank"; "Cyclone, heat and floods as triple weather threat hits northern Aus"; "COP29: Azerbaijan adds 12 women to summit committee following pressure from sustainability leaders"'; "Long wary of batteries, New York’s now poised to go big on energy storage"; "Storm Isha: two dead and many without power as 107mph wind hits UK"; "Devastating drought in Amazon result of climate crisis, stud

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