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Was This Really a 1 in 700,000,000,000 Year Event?!

For decades, Antarctic sea ice trends seemed to defy climate change, until…they didn’t. In just two years, Antarctica lost as much sea ice as the Arctic lost in three decades. Statistics say that the record low sea ice in 2023 was a 1 in 700 BILLION year event, suggesting that the models in this case may be broken, or that this anomaly was caused by climate change. And a new study asked the questi

Was This Really a 1 in 700,000,000,000 Year Event?!

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    The AMOC Might Be Way More Unstable Than We Thought...Here's Why

    S6 E2 - 12m 45s

    There is a mysterious cold blob in the North Atlantic that could be a warning sign that the largest heat transfer system on the planet, the AMOC, is on the brink of collapse. But it turns out that the AMOC’s collapse is a highly debated topic among scientists – climate models are inconsistent and there isn’t enough observational data to determine a trend. So, perhaps the answer to understand a pos

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    Arctic Warming Is Out of Control. But Can We Fix It?

    S6 E1 - 12m 11s

    Arctic sea ice is melting at record levels throwing global weather into chaos and contributing to extreme warming. Stay tuned as we explore a promising new technology that has high hopes of cooling the Arctic, just when we need it the most.

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    Is this type of fire Impossible to stop?

    11m 24s

    Fires are getting bigger and more homes are burning each year. Firefighters are having to change tactics when it comes to the most destructive fires, but why? Jennifer Blach, Ph.D., just released a new study in the journal, Science, and her findings point to a new type of fire that is the culprit for all this destruction. In this episode, we dive into why fires are getting more dangerous.

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