Aspen Ideas Festival: 'Climate -- Clarity and Complexity'

Kathryn Sullivan and Andrew Revkin
Kathryn Sullivan and Andrew Revkin at the Aspen Ideas Festival, June 29, 2015.
Ricky Savi | Aspen Ideas Festival

This year Texas has been plagued with floods and California with drought. What if residents in these states knew what kind of weather extremes were on the way?

Kathryn Sullivan is a scientist who hopes that climate prediction will be able to better prepare communities for disasters. She spoke at this summer's Aspen Ideas Festival about the progress made in weather prediction. She was interviewed by Andrew Revkin, environmental journalist and blogger.

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