Temperature Check: Science, Texas, and Climate Chaos
After months of dealing with a volatile political climate, it’s easy to overlook the actual climate, and how it’s impacting Americans daily. Is the current chaos due to a failure of policy, a lack of attention to science, or a combination of both?
Climate One · Climate One from The Commonwealth Club
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Show Notes
Just two months into 2021, deadly winter temperatures left millions of Texans without water and power. Meanwhile, California is preparing for another year of intense drought, and Wall Street millionaires are moving their remote work to Florida, ground zero for flooding and sea-level rise.
“We think about the Earth as a system,” says Marshall Shepherd, director of Atmospheric Sciences Program at the University of Georgia, “so we can't understand climate change unless we understand changes in the Arctic, or in the ocean circulations, or in the biosphere, and so forth.”
“Hope or waiting and seeing is no longer a valid risk mitigation strategy."
Guests:
Katharine Mach, Associate Professor, Marine Ecosystems and Society, University of Miami
Marshall Shepherd, Director, Atmospheric Sciences, University of Georgia
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