Daily Episode 165 - Weekly Climate News Roundup

About this episode

This episode covers the latest climate news, including warnings about uninhabitable regions, species at risk, and extreme weather events.

Another weeks of climate news from around the world: Experts warn climate change will make parts of Israel uninhabitable in decades Antarctic emperor penguins on the brink of extinction due to climate change and disease - Kuriozitete Wellington, New Zealand Just Shattered Its Rainfall Intensity Record — Over Half a Month’s Rain Fell in One Hour : r/collapse An ‘ordinary’ storm with extraordinary impacts: what made Wellington’s deluge so intense? Opinion | Extreme Weather Is Sending Home Insurance Rates Through the Roof; Big Oil Should Pay | Common Dreams Too hot for solar and too much wind for turbines: Can renewables withstand our worsening climate? | Euronews An intense marine heat wave has California in its crosshairs, with impacts set for land and sea | CNN Climate change eroding nighttime breaks in wildfire activity Ocean warming weakens the sea–land breeze in coastal megacities | Nature Climate Change In climate change fight, doomerism is out. Laughter is in | AP News Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Kory, Kellan

Topics covered

• climate change
• environment
• extreme weather
• renewable energy
• wildfires
• marine heat waves

Keywords

• climate news
• extinction
• rainfall
• insurance rates
• marine heat wave
• wildfire activity

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Common Dreams, Euronews, CNN, Nature Climate Change, AP News

Places: Israel, Antarctic, Wellington, New Zealand

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