Global Weirding with Katharine Hayhoe

A few degrees is no big deal. Outside temperature can go up or down by that much in a single hour, right? So why are scientists so worked up about such a little change? Learn more about the ins and outs of climate change on this episode of Global Weirding!   Global Weirding was originally a video series. You can watch even more episodes of Global Weirding at globalweirdingseries.com

Climate change, that's one of those environmental issues. It's fine for people who eat granola for breakfast, but it's just not something that someone like me would care about, right? Learn more about the ins and outs of climate change on this episode of Global Weirding!   Global Weirding was originally a video series. You can watch even more episodes of Global Weirding at globalweirdingseries.com

Canada's got more trees sucking up carbon than we have people producing it, so nothing we do will really make a difference to stop climate change, right? Learn more about the ins and outs of climate change on this episode of Global Weirding!   Global Weirding was originally a video series. You can watch even more episodes of Global Weirding at globalweirdingseries.com

Climate change isn't just an issue for future generations anymore or for people or animals who live far away. It's already affecting us right here in the places where we live and the more climate changes, the bigger impacts we'll see. Learn more about the ins and outs of climate change on this episode of Global Weirding!   Global Weirding was originally a video series. You can watch even more episodes of Global Weirding at globalweirdingseries.com

Climate change isn't just an issue for future generations anymore or for people or animals who live far away. It's already affecting us right here in the places where we live and the more climate changes, the bigger impacts we'll see. Learn more about the ins and outs of climate change on this episode of Global Weirding!   Global Weirding was originally a video series. You can watch even more episodes of Global Weirding at globalweirdingseries.com

Climate change isn't just an issue for future generations anymore or for people or animals who live far away. It's already affecting us right here in the places where we live and the more climate changes, the bigger impacts we'll see. Learn more about the ins and outs of climate change on this episode of Global Weirding!   Global Weirding was originally a video series. You can watch even more episodes of Global Weirding at globalweirdingseries.com

Climate change isn't just an issue for future generations anymore, or for people or animals who live far away. It's already affecting us right here in the places where we live. And the more climate changes, the bigger the impacts we'll see.  Learn more about the ins and outs of climate change on this episode of Global Weirding!   Global Weirding was originally a video series. You can watch even more episodes of Global Weirding at globalweirdingseries.com

There's no way carbon dioxide is a pollutant! Every living thing needs carbon to grow, and heck! I'm breathing it out right now, right? Learn more about the ins and outs of climate change on this episode of Global Weirding!   Global Weirding was originally a video series. You can watch even more episodes of Global Weirding at globalweirdingseries.com

Fossil fuels are terrible. If I could get in a time machine and go back to the 1700s, I'd do everything I could to make sure the industrial revolution never happened, right? The answer may surprise you! Learn more about the ins and outs of climate change on this episode of Global Weirding!   Global Weirding was originally a video series. You can watch even more episodes of Global Weirding at globalweirdingseries.com

You can't trust those climate models. They're already fixed to get the exact answer you're looking for. And even then they're always wrong, right? The short answer is no, the long answer is on this episode of Global Weirding!   Global Weirding was originally a video series. You can watch even more episodes of Global Weirding at globalweirdingseries.com

First they told us it was the spray cans, now they're saying it's our cars that are the problem. I thought they fixed that hole in the ozone, right? Learn more about the ins and outs of climate change on this episode of Global Weirding!   Global Weirding was originally a video series. You can watch even more episodes of Global Weirding at globalweirdingseries.com

It's freezing outside, so clearly all the global warming is a bunch of hooey, right? Learn more about the ins and outs of climate change on this episode of Global Weirding!   Global Weirding was originally a video series. You can watch even more episodes of Global Weirding at globalweirdingseries.com

Poor people and developing countries need fossil fuels to reach the standard of living we enjoy. It's completely unfair to tell them they can't, right? Learn more about the ins and outs of climate change on this episode of Global Weirding!   Global Weirding was originally a video series. You can watch even more episodes of Global Weirding at globalweirdingseries.com

You're just one kid. What can you do to fix global warming? Learn more about the ins and outs of climate change on this episode of Global Weirding!   Global Weirding was originally a video series. You can watch even more episodes of Global Weirding at globalweirdingseries.com

The easiest ways to fix climate change are controlling our population and going vegan, right? Learn more about the ins and outs of climate change on this episode of Global Weirding!   Global Weirding was originally a video series. You can watch even more episodes of Global Weirding at globalweirdingseries.com

If people don't care about climate change, the best way to get them on board is to scare the pants off them, right? Learn more about the ins and outs of climate change on this episode of Global Weirding!   Global Weirding was originally a video series. You can watch even more episodes of Global Weirding at globalweirdingseries.com

If we can keep the Earth's temperature from warming more than two degrees, we'll be totally fine. But if it goes even a tiny bit above, we're screwed right? Learn more about the ins and outs of climate change on this episode of Global Weirding!   Global Weirding was originally a video series. You can watch even more episodes of Global Weirding at globalweirdingseries.com

What happens in the Arctic stays in the Arctic... We don't really need glaciers and sea ice, right? Learn more about the ins and outs of climate change on this episode of Global Weirding!   Global Weirding was originally a video series. You can watch even more episodes of Global Weirding at globalweirdingseries.com

Isn't a warmer world a better world? I mean, who minds a little warmer weather, right?  Learn more about the ins and outs of climate change on this episode of Global Weirding!   Global Weirding was originally a video series. You can watch even more episodes of Global Weirding at globalweirdingseries.com

I've heard that those white streaks we see criss-crossing the sky are part of a secret government experiment to control the population... Is that true? Learn more about conspiracy theories surrounding climate change on this episode of Global Weirding!   Global Weirding was originally a video series. You can watch even more episodes of Global Weirding at globalweirdingseries.com

Climate change, it's just a money grab for scientists to rake in millions of dollars from government grants, right? Learn more about the ins and outs of climate change on this episode of Global Weirding!   Global Weirding was originally a video series. You can watch even more episodes of Global Weirding at globalweirdingseries.com

Climate change matters to life on land, but the oceans... They're so big! They'll be fine, right? Learn more about the ins and outs of climate change on this episode of Global Weirding!   Global Weirding was originally a video series. You can watch even more episodes of Global Weirding at globalweirdingseries.com

Are the latest hurricanes caused by global warming or not? These days it seems like there's no shortage of devastating weather events unfolding around the entire world. Learn more about the ins and outs of climate change on this episode of Global Weirding!   Global Weirding was originally a video series. You can watch even more episodes of Global Weirding at globalweirdingseries.com

Carbon dioxide is plant food, and animals can adapt to a changing climate because they've done it before, right? So what's the big deal? Learn more about the ins and outs of climate change on this episode of Global Weirding!   Global Weirding was originally a video series. You can watch even more episodes of Global Weirding at globalweirdingseries.com

"Renewable energy." It's a nice fad, but it's way too expensive, right? Learn more about the emergence of renewable energy, energy storage, and more on this episode of Global Weirding!   Global Weirding was originally a video series. You can watch even more episodes of Global Weirding at globalweirdingseries.com

All this worry about warming when it's just a natural cycle. Climate's always changed and today's no different, right? Learn more about the ins and outs of climate change on this episode of Global Weirding!   Global Weirding was originally a video series. You can watch even more episodes of Global Weirding at globalweirdingseries.com

When it comes to climate change, the cake is BAKED! It is too late to do anything about it! At this point all we can do is sit back and get ready for a truly wild ride... right? Learn more about what actually CAN be done and why it's not too late to change our fate on this episode of Global Weirding!   Global Weirding was originally a video series. You can watch even more episodes of Global Weirding at globalweirdingseries.com

I'm just one person, and climate change is such a huge overwhelming problem! No matter how hard I try and no matter how small I shrink my carbon footprint, it won't make a difference, right? Learn more about what one person can do to be a part of the solution on this episode of Global Weirding!   Global Weirding was originally a video series. You can watch even more episodes of Global Weirding at globalweirdingseries.com

My elected official isn't on board with climate science; they're saying crazy things like the data is fake or the planet's not even warming. Could you just come and talk to them? If you explain the science clearly, I know they'll get it... right? Learn more about the reasons why some people reject climate science on this episode of Global Weirding!   Global Weirding was originally a video series. You can watch even more episodes of Global Weirding at globalweirdingseries.com

I'm an Evangelical, so climate can't be changing because God's in control, not us! And even if it is, who cares, the world's going to end anyways. That's what all Evangelicals think, right? The answer may surprise you on this episode of Global Weirding!   Global Weirding was originally a video series. You can watch even more episodes of Global Weirding at globalweirdingseries.com

In June of 2015, the Pope issued a formal report called an encyclical on climate change. Some were puzzled, "they're not a scientist!" they said, "why is a religious leader weighing in on climate change?" Learn why climate change isn't just a scientific issue on this episode of Global Weirding!   Global Weirding was originally a video series. You can watch even more episodes of Global Weirding at globalweirdingseries.com

Crazy weather? We see it all the time. Here in Texas, WE GET IT! Hail and haboobs, blizzards and heat waves, tornados and tropical storms. So there's been a lot of extreme weather in the news lately, that doesn't mean anything's different, right? Learn a bit about weather, climate and more on this episode of Global Weirding!   Global Weirding was originally a video series. You can watch even more episodes of Global Weirding at globalweirdingseries.com

The world is getting warmer, so what? Sure it matters to the polar bears and maybe some people who live on low lying islands in the South Pacific, but honestly the world's just warmed by a degree celsius or a degree and a half Farenheit. We've weathered far bigger changes than that before, right? Learn more about Global Warming than just polar bears and ice caps on this episode of Global Weirding!   Global Weirding was originally a video series. You can watch even more episodes of Global Weirding at globalweirdingseries.com

Scientists are always changing their mind about stuff. One day coffee's good for you, the next day it's bad. We should just wait until they figure out this global warming thing for good before we take it too seriously, right? Learn about the scientific consensus on climate change and how it's become one of the most polarizing political issues in the United States on this episode of Global Weirding!   Global Weirding was originally a video series. You can watch even more episodes of Global Weirding at globalweirdingseries.com

Texans don't care about climate change, this state will live and die on fossil fuels, right? Learn a bit about the great state of Texas that might surprise you on this second episode of Global Weirding!   Global Weirding was originally a video series. You can watch even more episodes of Global Weirding at globalweirdingseries.com

Global warming... Climate change... Whatever people are calling it these days, it hasn't been around for that long, right? Learn about the history of climate science and how we got to now on this first episode of Global Weirding.   Global Weirding was originally a video series. You can watch even more episodes of Global Weirding at globalweirdingseries.com

Regardless of what we might think about climate change, many of us have bought into a very insidious myth about it...   You are listening to Global Weirding, the podcast! Visit globalweirdingseries.com to watch video versions of every episode!   Global Weirding is produced by Texas Tech Public Media.