Latimer Alder: Climate Data for Dummies | Tom Nelson Pod #174

Latimer Alder is an Independent Commentator on Twitter and elsewhere. He's a Chemist by training, was a business-oriented IT guy by profession and spent a few years as The Man on the Clapham Omnibus. He's keen on understanding the world by looking at real data and has called his presentation 'Climate Data for Dummies' in homage to the excellent set of IT textbooks that try to explain complicated things in a way that ordinary. non-specialist people can understand. 00:00 Introduction and Background 01:10 Understanding Climate Data 02:28 Journey to Climate Commentary 06:05 The Importance of Data in Science 09:01 The Impact of COVID-19 14:36 Understanding Carbon Dioxide Levels 17:43 Global Temperature Changes 23:21 The Role of Photosynthesis in Climate Change 28:01 The Impact of Climate Change on Food Production 30:40 Debunking Climate Change Myths 31:33 Climate Change and Its Impact on Different Regions 32:06 Life Expectancy and Climate Change 32:46 Understanding Sea Level Rise 34:43 The Misconception of Melting Ice and Sea Level 35:01 The Reality of Rising Sea Levels 35:59 The Maldives and Climate Change 37:31 Understanding the Real Numbers of Climate Disasters 41:52 The Truth About Wildfires and Climate Change 45:14 The Impact of Hurricanes and Climate Change 49:02 The Quest for Global Net Zero Emissions Slides for this podcast: https://tomn.substack.com/p/climate-data-for-dummies https://twitter.com/latimeralder ========= AI summaries of all of my podcasts: https://tomn.substack.com/p/podcast-summaries About Tom Nelson: https://linktr.ee/tomanelson1 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL89cj_OtPeenLkWMmdwcT8Dt0DGMb8RGR Twitter: https://twitter.com/tan123 Substack: https://tomn.substack.com/ About Tom: https://tomn.substack.com/about