Masters of Disasters: Broken records!
When Mother Nature is setting climate disaster records every year, what can we do?
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Show Notes
Record heat. Record drought. Record floods. Record hail. Record bad air. In a world where climate disasters seem to break records every year, do records even mean anything anymore? And if not, then what’s next when it comes to measuring climate misery?
Today, we reconvene our Masters of Disasters to examine this existential question. Read the full transcript here.
Host: Gustavo Arellano
Guests: L.A. Times wildfire reporter Alex Wigglesworth, L.A. Times energy reporter Sammy Roth, and L.A. Times air quality reporter Tony Briscoe.
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