Climate Cast 10-Year Anniversary special airs Tuesday at 9 am on MPR News
Our Minnesota and global climate has shifted dramatically since we began Climate Cast 10 years ago.
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Where do our Minnesota and global climate stand in the year 2023.
10 years ago this month I started Climate Cast on MPR News. The idea was simple. What’s the latest climate science, news, and solutions coming out each week? And what does it all mean to us in our daily lives?
Fast-forward 10 years and the last 8 years are the 8 warmest years on record globally. And the 10 warmest years on record have all occurred since 2010.
The earth’s average temperature in running is about 1.2 degrees Celsius, or about 2.1 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than during pre-industrial times around 150 years ago.
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Now, our 2-degree warmer earth is cranking out more ferocious hurricanes, flash droughts, instant flash floods, and massive devastating wildfires. The number and cost of billion-dollar-plus weather disasters have spiked in the past decade.
And this is only the beginning of what’s to come as our earth continues to warm because of the greenhouse gases we’ve pumped into our atmosphere.
So I decided to produce this 10-year check-in on climate changes since we started Climate Cast. MPR News producer Kelly Gordon and I have been working on the special for the past few months. You can stream the show live here.
Here’s what we’ll be talking about Tuesday morning. And we’ve got an amazing guest list.
The Science: Katharine Hayhoe - Texas Tech professor and the Nature Conservancy Chief Scientist
How much has the earth’s climate changed in the past 10 years?
How do we measure climate change?
Where is the climate heading in the next 10 years?
News and Impacts: Bernadette Woods Placky - Climate Central; Jason Samenow - Washington Post Capital Weather Gang
What are the biggest climate news trends and events of the past decade?
How much more extreme is climate change making storms?
What are the impacts on us?
How is climate change already costing us all a lot more money each year?
Climate Change Opinion: Ed Maibach - George Mason Center for Climate Change Communication
About 6 in 10 Americans are now "alarmed” or “concerned” about global warming.
How much has climate opinion shifted in the past decade?
Are more extreme storms changing climate opinion in America?
Climate Solutions: Jon Foley and Jamie Alexander - Project Drawdown
How far have climate solutions progressed in the past 10 years?
What’s ahead for climate solutions in the next decade?
What climate solutions can you put into action in your life?
I hope you’ll join us at 9 am Tuesday on MPR News stations including 91.1FM in the Twin Cities.
