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Radio Ecoshock podcast:
SIMONE RUSSO EXTREME HEAT
New science shows killer heat waves will sweep the world as the globe warms. Are you ready for 55 degrees C, or 131 Fahrenheit? Nobody is.
Our guest is Simone Russo, a geophysicist working at the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission, located in Ispra Varese, in Northern Italy. Simone is the lead author in a new paper published in the journal Nature. The title is
Humid heat waves at different warming levels.
Inhuman heat predicted by new science from Europe. Lead author Simone Russo explains 55 degree C (131 F) heat for U.S., India & China. From Ottawa, climate scientist Paul Beckwith walks us through the forces behind record storms, fires, and floods. Radio Ecoshock 170913
Record-breaking Harvey, followed by the largest hurricane ever seen in the Atlantic, with Hurricane Jose right behind. Add the West engulfed in fire, millions flooded out in Asia who can keep up in a destabilized climate? Were going to try this week on Radio Ecoshock. We start with critical new science from Italy about the incredible heat to come. Then our regular guest scientist Paul Beckwith paints the big picture missing in the media. Its radio that tries hard, in trying times.
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