Is Extreme Weather Here to Stay? (3012)

Extreme weather events are making climate an increasingly urgent topic of conversation in halls of power, in board rooms, in research labs, and at dinner tables around the world.

The United States, Europe, Japan, and South America experienced unprecedented heat waves this last year.

According to the National Air and Space Administration, across the globe “June, July, and August of 2023, …were 0.41 degrees Fahrenheit…warmer than any other summer in NASA’s record and 2.1 degrees F…warmer than the average summer between 1951 and 1980.”

Record temperatures exacerbated wildfires in the Texas Panhandle, Canada and Hawaii . According to NASA, extreme weather has likely contributed to severe rainfall and flooding in parts of south and central Europe.

Meanwhile, data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration show that five of the seven most extreme weather years on record since 1910 have come within the past decade.

Joining Host Amanda Schnetzer to talk about our weather extremes are:

Andrew Dessler, Ph.D., Director, Texas Center for Climate Studies, Texas A&M University. Dr. Dessler studies the science and politics of climate change.

Joni Carswell, CEO, Texan by Nature, a non-profit that works as an accelerator for conservation and a strategic resource for industry, and

Peter Girard, VP of External Communications, Climate Central, an independent group of scientists and communicators who research and report the facts about climate change and how it affects people’s lives.

Is the direction our weather extremes seem to be headed, something we should be concerned about? How can this issue be resolved?

Join us to explore more about the climate extremes we have been experiencing and why this occurs.