RADIO ECOSHOCK

Will we have yet another record fire year? – in the West, in Boreal Forest, in Europe & Russia? Explore little-known risks with new science. From VU Amsterdam, Max van Gerrevinke answers a hard question: are super-fires heating or cooling the planet? Then  …

Global late May harsh heat waves pop up: UK and Northern Europe, India, even Moscow. First science: Dr. Ben Poulter of Spark – methane emissions from wetlands passes human emissions and getting stronger. Another climate emergency. You need to hear this. Listen to  …

Super El Nino global impacts around the world; panic on compound disasters; data farm madness kills the renewable revolution. All three this week on Radio Ecoshock. Listen to or download this Radio Ecoshock show in CD Quality (57 MB) or Lo-Fi (14 MB)  …

Retreat from New Orleans! Professor Torbjörn Törnqvist from University of Tulane finds its inevitable and start now. Carbon dioxide is cooling the Stratosphere. Lamont-Dorherty scientist Sean Cohen explains. Much of America in frightening drought, going into hot El Nino year. And new science  …

In the last El Nino in 2023, carbon from Canada’s wildfires equaled total emissions from India. Wildfires are a world problem. Fire expert Michael Flannigan joins us. Then Amazon Godfather of rainforest science. Dr. Carlos Nobre: the Columbia conference to get off fossil  …

The forecast is: record-breaking heat, wildfires in the West, and extreme rainfall mayhem across the world.  Maybe the strongest El Niño in 150 years. Following breaking climate news, we explore a return to mass famine – including real hunger in the UK and  …

From war to the world, the new stage is climate extremism. Scientist Paul Beckwith covers worrying new science from failing food to wild weather changes. Can weather forecasting keep up? From Columbia University, Dr. Jeffrey Shrader asked leading professionals. It gets better and  …

You see crazy food prices. Last week I covered preparing an emergency food supply on a budget. The next step is community food growing. This Spring is a great time to start your neighborhood on Victory Gardens. This speech by Lamanda Joy to  …

Keep a stock of cheap food on hand, just in case – on a small budget. Should you move – or stay? The late Dr. Norman Myers of Oxford on eco-migration. Replay from Ecoshock 2009: financial crash, Peak Oil, and climate disruption –  …

Why was the American West hotter than anyone’s seen, hotter than even Doomers believed possible? Explore historic March heat with the weather-master, meteorologist Jeff Masters and large systems specialist Deirdre Des Jardins. Why is climate splitting into blocks? When summer comes in winter  …

Record-smashing winter heat in the U.S. – is not a story about America. Heat domes appeared over Europe, Russia, Canada, Iran, Japan, China, and Australia to name a few – stalled heat waves out of season and in new geography. A panel of  …

While record heat pummels the West, two great scientists explain a speeding ocean heat pump pushing the planet hotter – in steps. Dr. Kevin Trenberth Distinguished Scholar at the National Center for Atmospheric Research explains ocean heat storage, El Nino – the way  …

Could the closure of the Strait of Hormuz help save us from Hellish climate change? At least 20 percent of the world’s oil and gas has been shut down. What does it mean? The awful bright side of this crazy war – or  …

Experts warn about the climate cost of modern war. Dr. Patrick Bigger, Research Director at Climate and Community Institute. Neta Crawford, Brown University, author of “The Pentagon, Climate Change, and War: Charting the Rise and Fall of U.S. Military Emissions.” Journalist Mark Hertsgaard  …

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney: the international order is broken. Is climate cooperation done for? What now? Political Science Professor Matthew Hoffmann talks us through it. But we begin with the biggest under-rated climate killer in America: wildfire smoke.  Shocking new science with  …

No rules now. Eat your smog, enjoy disasters. Trump killing American climate rules and science. Voices outside the bubble of U.S. corporate media: Germany, Canada, UK, France – and Democracy Now. This includes mini-interviews with Bob Ward from Grantham Institute and science historian  …

Warning: Speed Bump. The deep freeze holding thousands-year carbon is thawing faster. The Arctic tosses gigatons of CO2 and methane into the atmosphere. The newest permafrost science with Christina Schädel, Senior Research Scientist at the Woodwell Climate Research Center in Massachusetts. Strangely, the  …

AI swarms – self-directing fake “persons” around us. When AI swarms connect unreality grows. Dr. Daniel Schroeder Lead Author of the new paper “How malicious AI swarms can threaten democracy”. Clips from Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti on Breaking Points “AI Bots Plot  …

What does Trump’s push for more oil, gas and coal mean for our climate future? Alexis Normand, CEO of data firm Greenly adds it up: Texas, Venezuela, Greenland …Canada? An in-depth review. Plus: fossil decline has tipping points and economic land-mines. “Fossil energy  …

Forget conspiracy. Contrails are real and dangerous to climate – from Sweden’s Chalmers University of Technology, Dr. Daniel Johansson. While thousands died of heat in Europe in 2003, a marine heat wave ripped the North Atlantic. From Germany, Dr. Karl-Michael Werner, of the  …

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.  …

“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  …