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Harvey in the Strange New Climate Emergency -- Radio Ecoshock podcast
As Hurricane Harvey smashed weather records, Weather Underground Meteorologist Bob Henson explains. From The Nation magazine, Zoe Carpenter says Houston was a catastrophe zone long before Harvey came ashore. Plus global climate headlines you missed this summer – climate Apocalypse now!. All new Radio Ecoshock 170906
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Download or listen to this Radio Ecoshock show in CD Quality (57 MB) or Lo-Fi (14 MB)
This week on Radio Ecoshock, we have two reports on the major weather event that could reshape America and the world economy: the unbelievable Hurricane Harvey. But that’s not all. At the same time, even worse floods have killed thousands in Africa, India, and East Asia. That’s part of global wetting, as warmer oceans feed more water vapor into the heated atmosphere.
On the other side of the Jet Stream, fires continue in the Western States and around my home in Canada. That’s after a disastrous fire season in Portugal, Spain, and Italy, more fires in Siberia, and even on Greenland. I’m going to squeeze in some of the jaw-dropping headlines you may have missed this summer.
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Download or listen to this Radio Ecoshock show in CD Quality (57 MB) or Lo-Fi (14 MB)
This week on Radio Ecoshock, we have two reports on the major weather event that could reshape America and the world economy: the unbelievable Hurricane Harvey. But that’s not all. At the same time, even worse floods have killed thousands in Africa, India, and East Asia. That’s part of global wetting, as warmer oceans feed more water vapor into the heated atmosphere.
On the other side of the Jet Stream, fires continue in the Western States and around my home in Canada. That’s after a disastrous fire season in Portugal, Spain, and Italy, more fires in Siberia, and even on Greenland. I’m going to squeeze in some of the jaw-dropping headlines you may have missed this summer.
