What’s The Deal With These Heat Waves? | Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains...

[@camelot1722]

That perspective on how the avg temp was in the ice age vs industrial rev vs where we are now was crazy insightful. Context is everything

[@rudolfgernd8760]

Would love to see a comparison of the median temp difference. 50% of all measurings were X now 50% are Y. Could visualize how big the change truely is if even the median is affected.

[@Zellymackintosh]

Context is ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING!! 🙏🏽

[@christinearmington]

Adding 2 C to human temperature 🤒 becomes 102.2 F - a proper fever 🥵 and you’ll feel pretty sick. That’s where we’re headed.

[@Poopdeck1015]

Context can be everything but what happens in another period doesn’t necessarily account for what happens today. The Earth’s cycles do naturally oscillate, but what we’re seeing is rather different to the past which was most likely catalysed by erupting volcanoes that spewed carbon into the atmosphere that thawed methane which doubled up on the threat. That activity has not been seen for years, and the data today shows that since the Industrial Age, has correlated with an increase in global temperatures.

[@StarTalk]

Great communicators are important for granting perspective and inspiring action!

[@logix8969]

I'm glad to see people taking this seriously. I'm from the U.K (unfortunately) and whenever we have high temperatures, people immediately jump to mocking us, because they reckon they have it worse elsewhere, like it's some sort of sick competition to see who has it worse, which it isn't. They don't realise that unlike a lot of other places, we don't have anything to prepare us for or to help us through a heatwave. As Gavin rightly pointed out we have no A.C, that's just not a thing that's readily available outside of the commercial sector. Our houses were designed to trap heat in for the colder temperatures, which is what we experience for the majority of the year. The brickwork is several layers thick with insulation in-between. The windows are double or even triple-glazed, with an air pocket sealed in and lined with a rubber seal. When the 40+°C heatwave hit, it was absolutely HORRIFIC for us. We were warned to stay indoors by the Met Office who had issued red weather warnings and it was clear why - I had to go out on that day and within less than a minute of being outside it felt like my eyes were going to literally burst. Despite having been drinking lots of water beforehand I was incredibly dehydrated by the time I'd reached the end of the street. Things were melting, there were fires everywhere (including just down the road from me), anything metal (and even painted wood) was simply too hot to touch. it was genuinely very dangerous and I dread to think what it would've been like for the elderly folk. Thank you all for approaching the subject with a level of respect, this may be the first time I've heard Americans talking about the situation over here with any level of understanding.

[@Muddslinger0415]

I hate that you guys are have it so bad over there people in the us ate more worried about a harder way of life then climate change and doing something about it.

[@sean7850]

They also forget we are a wet island so when the heat comes we are also humid

[@Spaghetti_policy]

The entire Western world has climate deniers. It seems to go hand in hand with right wing politics and nationalism. Sad we are going downhill fast.

[@joeking1019]

Happens so rarely you should be very happy according to old Klaus, 'cos you won't have nothing else.

[@UCCLdIk6R5ECGtaGm7oqO-TQ]

Insulation is what keeps homes cool too, so having more of it is beneficial when it's hot outside. It certainly was a very hot time for the U.K, but you do dramatise it somewhat.

[@emuahemuah]

Look at it this way: if your body temperature goes up +2C your are not feeling well, +4C you're hospitalized, +6C you're dead. Our beautiful planet provides us with air, water, food, a rich ecosystem with everything to sustain billions life forms, and most people take it for granted. Meanwhile it costs billions for a few men to survive in the international space station. There is no beach to relax, no mountain to hike, no jungle to trek. It is just an aluminum can. Maybe it is time we stop considering nature gifts are free and invest in nature's conservation big time.

[@shanepatrick641]

100% Totally agree!

[@d32kdiekdi300]

I wish I had more than 1 like to give you.

[@JuniorJr...]

I'm in Brazil in the middle of winter, in a particularly cold region, and this year we are facing a heat wave that I've never seen before. 31°C (87,8°F) since the beginning of the season, no rains, and the humidity level is extremely low. Things are going really bad, folks.

[@Sektion9]

Humans underestimate how everything is connected on Earth.

[@shookreeseeree4]

Wow..31°C in winter..that is like summer..

[@JuniorJr...]

@@shookreeseeree4 We're really concerned about this summer!

[@DjBrunoFiasco]

Agreed. I remember 4 to 6 years ago, I opened up my windows during winter in February. Which in the northeast USA used to be the coldest month. I had my windows open as if it was spring for 2 weeks. That was the first time I experienced something like that. Our winters are still cold, but snow doesn’t accumulate like it used to.

[@thesilentone4024]

Idaho in America was 90 to 100f for a month then hit 88 for 2 days now its back to 90 to 100. Tomorrow is 101.

[@quellenathanar]

When I was 11 I got the strong flu, high fever, etc... My mom wanted to know if I was delerious. She asked if I knew where we were. I thought about it, and I was always interested in science, so I told her we were in space, thinking I would give her the snarky smart kid answer. As it turns out, my mom was not a student of science, and it earned me a trip to the emergency room. The Dr. understood /shrug.

[@radman8321]

Rail track buckling happens far more now that track is continuous welded. That was done to remove the noise and improve the comfort of passengers that comes about when plates are used to join the track sections together. The old method of plates had a built in gap between the sections which facilitated expansion and contraction.

[@desdoyle7839]

Thanks Radman, always willing to learn something new.

[@MaryAnnNytowl]

They're still like that on the tracks near me, though I don't think passenger trains ever use that line. Just stuff, not people, and stuff doesn't care how loud the ride is. 😄

[@StarTalk]

Thanks for teaching us something new!

[@jeffsellers5069]

I knew Neil was bought off this proves it thank you.

[@robertlynn4709]

Have you noticed that American music has turned to crap since the end train travel on 39 foot rails along with fewer switches and frogs?

[@S197Bryan]

Dude they need to do a longer episode with Gavin! He put it in perspective for me. I never believed climate change to be anything serious but now I look at it differently.

[@rickricky5626]

it is very serious,,,,we in big trouble

[@jeremyoberg2409]

Nuclear power. The problem with climate messaging is the people doing the messaging don’t care about the climate, they care about making money (and the public understands this). We could be replacing fossil fuels with nuclear power but if climate activists pushed for that then the fossil fuel industry would loose money. Instead, climate activists push for wind and solar, both of which only INCREASE our reliance on fossil fuels (at this stage of technology) and make people tons of money through government initiatives. We need to replace as much fossil fuels with nuclear power now as we continue to develop solar and other renewable technologies until they are ready to be a primary power source. Climate activists demonize the only technology capable of replacing fossil fuels now (nuclear power), then try to guilt trip the public for getting nowhere with solving the carbon emission problem. Government regulation, complicit activists and scientists, and fossil fuel profits are holding back the solution, nuclear power.

[@musingsbymarco5001]

@@jeremyoberg2409 Hilariously France's nuclear power plants are shutting down because the cooling towers can't handle the extreme heat! Plenty of issues with nuclear, it's not a cure-all. Promising news of small factory produced reactors being approved recently, that could really speed things up and reduce the costs of nuclear which are astronomical.

[@بغدادأبوالحاج]

@@jeremyoberg2409 too many KZbin experts

[@vladimirputin4822]

@@jeremyoberg2409 Individuals have to make changes, don't wait for government solutions. Get panels, get wind turbines or hydro if you can. Use less and do it more efficiently. Stop burning stuff, BEV's work and with home storage you're protected against outside forces. Nuclear has it's place, and small plants could take over for current power plants that are burning stuff, but..... The sun provides enough power if we just capture it. The wind supports that if we just capture it. The movement of water downhill and across the sea supports that if we just capture it. We have a HUGE power plant in the sky, use that.

[@blackdragongametech912]

Sir Neil and Chuck, I'm from a tropical climate (Balochistan, central Asia) and we got heavy heavy rain this July. Villages got wiped out and bridges got blown away. I have never seen so much rain in my entire 30 years of life.

[@RobertMJohnson]

your 30 years of life isn't even a nanosecond in time if the history of Earth represented by one year.

[@blackdragongametech912]

@@RobertMJohnson i agree but that's not my point. I didn't say 30 years is huge. I talked about my lifetime not Earth's lifetime. Stop searching mistakes in everything.

[@em945]

Scarey stuff. Hope things are able to rebuild, and add more resilience.

[@blackdragongametech912]

@@em945 thanks :))

[@furusaogoge]

I so loved how this began! Dr. Tyson, an incredibly smart man, begins by saying the topic isn't his area of expertise so he interviews someone who is. In a country full of overly confident ultracrepidarians, it's a blessing that one of our best and brightest is a lifelong student and a model for us all.

[@Mouse_007]

me too, that stood out, and that he allowed himself to be wrong on camera about the musical group Heat Wave! Neil is the best!

[@mh0862]

Who do you think you are, William F. Buckley? Sending me off to the dictionary like that. Ultracrepidarian. Sheesh. 😄

[@furusaogoge]

@@mh0862 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I'll never have a vocabulary that large! I was recently reading about people who offer opinions outside of their area of expertise, saw the word, and immediately liked it. Thank you for making my evening!

[@RobertMJohnson]

except Neil is FAR FROM one of the best and brightest. clearly you're just another fan and you don't know his background

[@RobertMJohnson]

@@furusaogoge EVERYONE is an ultracrepidarian

[@garybowler5946]

Chuck Nice is an excellent addition to this conversation, he brings intelligent conversation and humor.

[@Yozhura]

The fundamental reason why a reality has to exist, is because of the fact that it has to exist. If death didn't exist this would contradict everything logic means.

[@deathbowlerOG]

20min + explainer?? Let's go 💪🏻

[@mau48310]

I'm so glad Neil agrees Phoenix is spitting distance from the sun during summer ☀️. Amazing winters though, even Star Talks like these are really nice . Thank you for all the work you all do and stand for .

[@jimmydriveway]

I live in Phx and this is probably the most mild summer that I can remember in a long time.

[@josephrittenhouse5839]

@@jimmydriveway yeah, you guys got lucky this year, heatwise.

[@jimmydriveway]

@@josephrittenhouse5839 You wouldn’t know it if you watched the National news. I just read an article about the deadly heat wave here. Lol.

[@just4funallday508]

And turning into Morlocks!

[@phxgen]

@@jimmydriveway word, plus the monsoon season appears to have returned.

[@djimoncolbert1192]

Very insightful conversation, need more people to recognize whats going on around the world. Thanks Neil

[@anthonymartino9917]

It does not matter as this problem will get far worse not better. The greed and political motivation to work together in a world community to do anything meaningful about it is not there. Hate to burst any body's bubble not happening.

[@Joe-Dead]

@@anthonymartino9917 except is happening, hate to introduce to reality. but hey, keep ignoring all the progress that's been made to keep your nihilistic world view.

[@HypnosisBear]

@@anthonymartino9917 You're right my friend. Some people may not want to hear it. But, truth is always bitter. They try to run away from the truth. Unfortunately, greed and political motivation are always the driving force.

[@whoshotdk]

@@HypnosisBear As I like to say quite a lot; “Humans are gonna human”

[@slevinchannel7589]

@@anthonymartino9917 Only the Best Climate-Change-Videos, warmly recommended from me to you (multiple times so to reach more people, but that doesnt mean im a bot), so here: UpisNotJump, Hbomberguy, Some More News, Second Thought.

[@randymetellus680]

I love this show. I use to feel like I couldn’t understand space and science but recently I find myself watching these videos and i have to say my experience have been amazing. I actually feel smart. A little.

[@StarTalk]

We're glad to be a part of your learning journey! :)

[@Yozhura]

The fundamental reason why a reality has to exist, is because of the fact that it has to exist. If death didn't exist this would contradict everything logic means.

[@heronimousbrapson863]

Although the summer temperatures in the British Columbia interior can get quite hot for Canada, the town of Lytton reached a temperature of 121 degrees F. in 2021. It was noted that even Las Vegas has never been that hot.

[@RobertMJohnson]

that's because vegas is at 2000' elevation, Ace.

[@heronimousbrapson863]

@@RobertMJohnson Lytton is 640 feet above sea level and more than 50 degrees north latitude.

[@thewb8329]

Most people were not aware of the meaning of 2 degrees Fahrenheit difference on AVERAGE which doesn’t sound like much. Chuck is insightful in the idea about developing some kind of scale that would get people to understand the true severity of climate change.

[@jeremyoberg2409]

Nuclear power. The problem with climate messaging is the people doing the messaging don’t care about the climate, they care about making money (and the public understands this). We could be replacing fossil fuels with nuclear power but if climate activists pushed for that then the fossil fuel industry would loose money. Instead, climate activists push for wind and solar, both of which only INCREASE our reliance on fossil fuels (at this stage of technology) and make people tons of money through government initiatives. We need to replace as much fossil fuels with nuclear power now as we continue to develop solar and other renewable technologies until they are ready to be a primary power source. Climate activists demonize the only technology capable of replacing fossil fuels now (nuclear power), then try to guilt trip the public for getting nowhere with solving the carbon emission problem. Government regulation, complicit activists and scientists, and fossil fuel profits are holding back the solution, nuclear power.

[@blakeh6250]

@@jeremyoberg2409 and elitist liberals still have huge carbon footprints with their huge mansions and multiple vehicals..

[@RobertMJohnson]

if climate change is so severe why are predators increasing in numbers all over the north american continent?

[@rd264]

thats not the problem. the problem is those clueless people wasted their education throwing spitballs instead of learning, and now theyre illiterate and you suggest dumbing it down for them?

[@thewb8329]

@@rd264 I guess that includes Neil deGrasse Tyson as well since he was also unaware of it. The problem is more like the failure of experts/ educators to get their message out to the general population who don’t have a degree in the field.

[@Undeadangel]

Video was great, chuck pushing for perspective from a "common" person about what this means and how noticable it is was helpful if I wanted to talk to someone who doesn't know much about the science behind this! As always you guys are great love the videos keep it up!

[@Synathidy]

Really helpful explanation. The idea of the bell curve with a constantly increasing extreme end due to the overall shift of the entire curve was a great way to understand why the heat waves are happening, and the context that an ice age ago was 8 or 9 degrees of global average temperature change is enlightening. I had no idea that's all the difference an ice age made. I fear for the results of mirroring that magnitude of change in the opposite direction toward burning everything.

[@slevinchannel7589]

ONLY the Best Climate-Change-Videos, warmly recommended from me to you (multiple times so to reach more people, but that doesnt mean im a bot), so here: UpisNotJump, Hbomberguy, Some More News, Second Thought.

[@musicloverme3993]

@@slevinchannel7589 "warmly" recommended 😂

[@slevinchannel7589]

@@musicloverme3993 :)

[@StarTalk]

Glad the explanation was useful!

[@josephrittenhouse5839]

@@slevinchannel7589 "Just one problem, BEN! Sell them to who? $%#*& AQUAMAN?!" - HBomberguy I gotta watch that one again.

[@Trainfan1055Janathan]

My parents used to say, "every winter, it gets colder, and yet scientists believe in global _warming?_ "

[@binkwillans5138]

Science is not about belief.

[@DmDrae]

Using ice age units really helped me understand how far we’re moving in the other direction. This is the runaway greenhouse effect they taught us about 25 years ago in action. Terrifying to think our Venus stage is that much closer 🤯

[@Pit1993x]

While yes, the runaway greenhouse effect is absolutely problematic, the planet has seen higher temperature not even 100 million years ago and still flourished. The average global temperature during the creataceous is estimated to have been around 5-10°C higher than today. CO2 was over 1000ppm while today we're at roughly 410-420ppm. Not saying climate change isn't a big issue that should be addressed but the doom and gloom Venus scenario is a tad overdramatic. ;) And yes, I've found the Ice age measuring "unit" a very nice way to put this into context as well. Gonna be using that one in the future. :)

[@kaptain1477]

@@Pit1993x we should be pouring billions into space exploration we got a ton of technology just racing to be first to space imagine what more technology we can get if we dedicated to habiting another planet or it's moons

[@Pit1993x]

@@kaptain1477 Oh if I would have any say in those things, most money would go to science, education and social/medical security. If all the energy and resources we waste on conflicts alone would go to something productive, imagine what more we could've already achieved by now. I'm optimistic about the future but I'm not expecting any quick shift.

[@kaptain1477]

@@Pit1993x if we continued advancing space exploration since we landed on the moon we could be possibly colonizing mars and the moons and harvesting resources and advancing our technology

[@Pit1993x]

@@kaptain1477 Not unlikely.

[@fireup8140]

UK had a 2 day heatwave of 40 degrees. The rest of the Summer has been pretty normal, if unspectacular. Last Summer wasn't that hot, most days were cloudy.

[@module79l28]

If it was only 2 days it can't be considered a heatwave.

[@AbAb-th5qe]

The temperature in the UK is creeping up again

[@nenmaster5218]

Only the Best Climate-Change-Videos, warmly recommended from me to you (multiple times so to reach more people, but that doesnt mean im a Bot), so here: UpisNotJump, Hbomberguy, Some More News, Second Thought.

[@iHelpSolveIt]

@@module79l28 its subjective. However the average ambient temperature is now over 35... That is 10 to 20 degrees higher than the previous century

[@module79l28]

@@iHelpSolveIt - It's not subjective at all. The World Meteorological Organization established an index, the HWDI (Heat Wave Duration Index), which determines that to be considered a heatwave there has to be a period of 6 or more consecutive days with daily highs higher than 5ºC above the average daily values for the reference period.

[@paulvamos7319]

Keep looking up! Thank you Neil, Chuck and Gavin for that climate explanation.

[@bivens3ify]

This is about to turn into "Don't look up".

[@MaryAnnNytowl]

@@bivens3ify sadly, yes.

[@Amalgamotion]

Gavin! Thank you for the ice age explanation. That's a great way to talk about the relatively low number of 2 or 3 degrees when its put in that perspective.

[@TheMobileHomestead]

I thank Gavin for putting up with Tyson and the other guy while they disrespect him and try to say Climate Scientists haven't explained things well enough . Gavin has been on the IPCC since it very beginning explaining things perfectly

[@emchant2224]

I'm an idiot!! I missed your show soo very much and didn't even think about looking on youtube until today. Me - No longer an idiot!! I am not a scientist, just a normal human lol. Listening to you really makes me think differently about the world and our amazing universe. Thank you for being you and talking to us normal humans!! Keep doing what you are doing, your words just completely enthrall me.

[@vidalgonzalez2420]

Mr Tyson amazing interview. You are a amazing person. Keep your head in the science and still represent the everyday person. We need you.

[@abamiedo1]

Dr. DeGrasse Tyson the 70's group Heatwave were famous for the songs "Ain't No Half Steppin'" (not to be confused with Big Daddy Kane's song by the same title), "Boogie Nights", "Always and Forever", and "Groove Line". Their first album has a melting album on it.

[@TassieEV]

Thank you Neil, Chuck & Gavin for this, really hope you do more of these types of talks. Rather worrying that only 8-9 degrees F between ice age temps and pre-industrial temps but now we're on human caused heat age with too many people globally not caring enough and governments moving far too slowly all in the name of greed and corruption.

[@jeremyoberg2409]

Nuclear power. The problem with climate messaging is the people doing the messaging don’t care about the climate, they care about making money (and the public understands this). We could be replacing fossil fuels with nuclear power but if climate activists pushed for that then the fossil fuel industry would loose money. Instead, climate activists push for wind and solar, both of which only INCREASE our reliance on fossil fuels (at this stage of technology) and make people tons of money through government initiatives. We need to replace as much fossil fuels with nuclear power now as we continue to develop solar and other renewable technologies until they are ready to be a primary power source. Climate activists demonize the only technology capable of replacing fossil fuels now (nuclear power), then try to guilt trip the public for getting nowhere with solving the carbon emission problem. Government regulation, complicit activists and scientists, and fossil fuel profits are holding back the solution, nuclear power.

[@The.world.has.gone.crazy...]

@@jeremyoberg2409 i agree with you. Here in Belgium (Europe) they are gonna shut down the nuclear plants and built 2 extra natural gas plants! In a time where there are gas shorts becouse of the Russian -Ukrain war! Its better for the environment says our "green" government (pushed by the European government ). In Germany they are also closing nuclear plants, but they are restarting theire brown cole plants. 😔

[@jeremyoberg2409]

@@The.world.has.gone.crazy... on every post and video about climate change, we need comment “nuclear power.” The people want it, but we have to overcome the profit resistance, the activist ignorance, and the scientist community silence.

[@ingleberthumperdink9455]

This guy is literally renowned as not being very credible or respected in his field

[@undercoveragent9889]

@@ingleberthumperdink9455 Exactly but when the audience is characterized by its low IQ, facts are largely irrelevant.

[@angeloavanti2538]

Heat is the enemy of electronics, fiber optical lines, all types of metal, almost all moving parts of a car and the fluids contained there in, your roof, your lawn, your crops and yes even your dog.

[@paulvamos7319]

Don't forget all the blacktop we have put down that traps heat at ground level.

[@angeloavanti2538]

@@paulvamos7319 yup still hot at 2 am.

[@paulvamos7319]

It's 100 degrees here at 9pm in Oklahoma, USA. It will be 99 at 5am🥵

[@deepakchhangani7295]

Hello Neil, I am a Neuroscientist who belongs to deserts of western India. I saw first hand, a desert getting floods from last 15 years, definitely due to Climate change. We used to have less than a few hour of rain in a whole year (sometimes no rain at all), though now it floods almost every year.. but as you say, no one cares what happens in Africa, or similarly in India. Very unfortunate!

[@iHelpSolveIt]

And they should care. The weather in Africa directly affects the rainfall in North America.

[@DodgyDaveGTX]

One of the most critical things about extreme temps for a location is the damage to the flora. Anyone who's been to the UK (particularly rural areas) knows how lush and green everything is. But since mid-July everywhere just looks brown, barren and dead. Thick lawns and flourishing gardens/parks are a very rare sight at present and it's sad - some places even have hosepipe bans in place. Bee/pollinator populations are dropping because there are hardly any wildflowers remaining. 😕 After these sort of heatwaves end, there typically follows extreme stormy weather, and I wouldn't be surprised if - in places which are as equally unprepared for _that_ kind of extreme weather - there's a proverbial shitstorm of literal shitstorm flooding.

[@petermoody6147]

To: Manzabhad Mann -- Ha, ha! I remember reading that in the UK, between the months of March and September, more inches of water is lost through evaporation, than falls as rain. The reason being the wind(s) providing a constant flow of air, thus increasing absorption. Perhaps weather forecasts should include 'inches of evaporation'. For those associated with maintaining or cultivating the environment, water provisioning before heavy downpours could be better calculated.

[@Hemzees]

This is brilliant. As a climate change adaptation specialist I'm glad Niel is doing this and glad he stuck out and improved as a podcast host.

[@jimdandy9118]

Climate change adaptation specialist? Really? Greenland ice cores shows we are in the normal temp fluctuations that have been consistent for the past 10,000 years. A down cycle was the 1970’s, we are on an up which will then be followed by a down. The 1930’s were much hotter then now. All drama.

[@Hemzees]

@@jimdandy9118 Thank you Jim. We appreciate your public display of ignorance. You can now move on!

[@jimdandy9118]

@@staticsiege kzbin.info/www/bejne/fWGmoWp6p9uBgrM Here is someone walking through the ice core data.

[@hon.mr.ronburgundyiiiesq.2096]

Right but... if the earth has been warming since the end of the last ice age doesn't that kinda show its NOT man made?

[@Hemzees]

@@hon.mr.ronburgundyiiiesq.2096 Nope it doesn't.

[@sandal_thong8631]

I remember hearing the first result of global warming would be that night time low temperatures were expected to rise, since the heat wouldn't be able to radiate to space as easily with greenhouse gases. Then I heard that arctic temperatures were likely to increase next and a lot more than at the temperate zone, further polar ice would thin and pests would move north. They happened, but scientists didn't predict (or I didn't hear) that the jet stream would weaken or stall leading to these heat waves.

[@MaryAnnNytowl]

I read a few papers about it waaaaaaaaay back when, and the currents in the oceans altering, too. And they're both happening.

[@christinearmington]

Jennifer Francis from Rutgers warned us. 😳🤷‍♀️🤒🔥

[@barrettagray3781]

Heat Wave by Martha and the Vandellas

[@sandal_thong8631]

@@christinearmington I thought I responded that hers was like 2013-4, not 2000-1 when I was paying most attention. Still, every year we don't get serious about reforming our society so we halve our energy use and halve it again along with Europeans means it's just going to cost more lives and do more damage.

[@jinx20001]

I cant believe how good this show is, its captivating every time, just the right mix of deep knowledge and fun, so thankyou all. As somebody from the UK i think we have a strange attitude towards heatwaves and global warming, one where because we dont see it all too often it cant really be that bad in our minds, even when we have 2 of the hottest days ever recorded in july our mentality is... well it was only 2 days right so whats the issue, nobody here really gives it much of a second thought which is a shame because its quite clear the planet as a whole is having difficult times, times we know the planet will likely make it through but will we and our children and their children. The answer to that is yes ofcourse our generation will make it and our selfishness will inevitably result in a generation in the future suffering for our attitude towards this.

[@wokelion1573]

Towards everyone's everything!!!

[@jinx20001]

@@wokelion1573 well i wouldn't say that, sounds like somebody British upset you my friend :)

[@jeremyoberg2409]

Nuclear power. The problem with climate messaging is the people doing the messaging don’t care about the climate, they care about making money (and the public understands this). We could be replacing fossil fuels with nuclear power but if climate activists pushed for that then the fossil fuel industry would loose money. Instead, climate activists push for wind and solar, both of which only INCREASE our reliance on fossil fuels (at this stage of technology) and make people tons of money through government initiatives. We need to replace as much fossil fuels with nuclear power now as we continue to develop solar and other renewable technologies until they are ready to be a primary power source. Climate activists demonize the only technology capable of replacing fossil fuels now (nuclear power), then try to guilt trip the public for getting nowhere with solving the carbon emission problem. Government regulation, complicit activists and scientists, and fossil fuel profits are holding back the solution, nuclear power.

[@ebthedoc4992]

Thanks. Excellent overview. Gavin began explaining the dynamics of the Jet-Streams’ interactions with unfolding weather events in the lower atmosphere. Truly, I wish people would pay more attention to the Polar Vortices driving the Jet-Streams. Shifts of only a few degrees of latitude can have massively disproportionate effects in the temperate regions and the tropics. That’s why I also worry about the Gulf-Stream / Humboldt-Current cycle. If that rips, up in the North Atlantic? REALLY bad…

[@andrewlee8843]

Also, stratospheric warming events have been displacing the polar vortex causing wild swings in weather. There has also been some research conducted that the warming environment is contributing to stalled jet-stream patterns...one event that happened last year was the "heat dome" over the Pacific Northwest because the buckled jet-stream wave was stuck in a pattern bringing record-breaking temperatures in that region for weeks.

[@redelf1968]

We will break more cold records this year than the amount of heat records.

[@christinearmington]

Yes Neil. We’ve been hearing about the Arctic warming 4-5 times the global average warming.

[@mw2207]

Neil andChick, great stuff as always! Can you explain the ‘warmer’ cycles that earth goes through and how that’s also being disrupted.

[@RussCR5187]

As I understand it, the most influential NATURAL factors driving the climate - restricting our view now to ones that have their cycles measured in multiple decades rather than millennia -- can combine to account for both warm periods and cool periods. At present they imply a relative cooling period. In particular, based on the combined net effects of 1) solar irradiance, 2) the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO), and 3) the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) as measured over the past 30 years, we should be in a cooling period. But obviously we are not based on actual measured temperatures taken from both land- and satellite-based instruments. So something has been superimposed upon those natural forces. In my opinion, the correlation of measured temperatures with measured levels of CO2 in the atmosphere, plus the long-known heat trapping properties of CO2, make a pretty compelling story that our greenhouse gas emissions are overwhelming the effects of the natural factors. The result: global warming.

[@distantmind956]

Love how you end it on 'Keep looking up'. That movie must never be forgotten. Thanks for what you're doing!

[@OZtwo]

Yep, just tell people who still do not believe to simply Do not look up and all will be fine.

[@FernandoRodriguez-pj5uh]

Neil has finished his videos with that phrase long before the movie

[@AbandonedMines11]

The quote “Keep looking up!” was how the stargazer Jack Horkheimer closed his astronomy episodes on PBS stations back in the 70s, 80s, and 90s.

[@OZtwo]

@@AbandonedMines11 Yep, but most people these days simply do not want to look up and will start wars over it even. heh

[@DjBrunoFiasco]

First, I want to thank you for this content. I finally know what is being said when we talk about the 3 degree C. But I have to say that I get disappointed every time we talk about climate and we don’t address how it impacts planetary life. Fauna, and flora. We (most humans in rich countries) can somewhat adapt for now, but there will come a time soon when I expect massive food shortages and extinctions. Not just airports melting. Which in itself is already terrifying. Inevitably, lack of resources and global economic instability will end up in military conflicts around the world, I fear; instead of humanity pulling together to fix the root problem. We are already seeing the very beginning of things like this. When will we (governments and companies) do something significant about this situation?

[@shanepatrick641]

Problem is they'll point their fingers at us again 🙄 marketing about "carbon footprint" like when BP invented it to not have to take accountability..

[@markrymanowski719]

They won't do anything about it until the world population has been drastically reduced. All climate scientists are gagged. These scientists jabber about everything but the root cause of climate change. OZONE LAYER DEPLETION and ongoing geoengineering to tackle the worst of it's effect. Even enviromental groups are gagged.

[@DjBrunoFiasco]

@@markrymanowski719 and by then it will be too late. If it isn’t already. 😰

[@shadyd2544]

I wish I could tell you some good news but things look bleak. If we aren't talking complete human extinction we're probably talking a ton of death in the coming century. And for the people that are left a huge decline in quality of life. This is only if we can't change on time but people&governments seem to be hardly moving at all at a time we need like the whole planet to take this dead seriously.

[@markrymanowski719]

@@DjBrunoFiasco Correct. They are gambling with mother nature. Only one winner there.

[@JarofMayonaise]

There is an argument to be made that the earth naturally fluctuates in temperature and we just happen to be living during a transition event, making this unavoidable in the grand scheme of things. While likely true, the point we are trying to make is that humans are speeding that process up. That's what people aren't understanding.

[@michaeldeierhoi4096]

When Chuck mentioned what point could the temperature reach where it would be deadly for people and I wish that they had addressed wet bulb temperature. Wet bulb temperature can occur most likely in very humid regions say in India or in Texas recently.

[@shanepatrick641]

😳😳

[@alien9279]

Thanks so much for making this video and sharing all this information 💕

[@StarTalk]

Our pleasure!

[@ozgurkaratas6450]

Seeing a fresh one came out just 10 mins before when you crave for an explainer, goodie.

[@dustinlockett9752]

I’m a landscaper and I finally for the last two years now, can notice global warming

[@kaputkittie]

Over in Phoenix we count the days over 110F and 115F. That low humidity makes it tolerable though. I went to Orlando and the high humidity with 90F temp was way worse than 110 in Phoenix. Also something interesting to note is Arizona uses less kwh per capita than most cold states even though we crank our ACs all summer. Our big issue is water usage which is turning into a disaster.

[@RambofromWarzone]

I was in Mesa one summer when it was 115F but I was more comfortable there then the usual 105F in the Central Valley of Cali.

[@hareecionelson5875]

Heatwaves been freaking Neil out

[@WalksWithBooks]

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[@gregorytyse597]

You guys are an awesome team, the perfect blend of scientific information and comedy relief.

[@nenmaster5218]

Only the Best Climate-Change-Videos: UpIsNotJump, Hbomberguy, Some More News, Second Thought.

[@R0bobb1e]

We're definitely seeing the impacts here in Australia! I believe the Simpson Desert his 56 or 59 degrees C and while this year we got away with what equates to no serious fires (on the East coast at least) we've had unprecedented rain systems come through, causing massive flooding and destruction. Thankfully the Australian response services are extremely good and there was minimal loss of life, it is all too apparent that we can not sustain these changes, let alone have them get worse. Please use all of your power to promote and implement clean energy and I mean clean, not these silly systems where the production of energy is clean, but the tools used to make the devices are toxic to the environment and ourselves! ;)

[@jacobdorsey2440]

Try again.... The highest temperature ever recorded in Australia was on the 1st of February, 1960, when the mercury rose to 50.7°C (123.3°F), at the small South Australian town of Oodnadatta, on the edge of the Simpson Desert.

[@R0bobb1e]

@@jacobdorsey2440 According to ABC news a couple years ago, it was mid 50's degrees C and they went on for days about having to create a whole new colour for the temperature chart due to the rise. Aside from that, I've had hotter temps than that outside my house.

[@inkoalawetrust]

@@jacobdorsey2440 And that record was reached again this year in Australia.

[@R0bobb1e]

@@inkoalawetrust Thankfully we didn't have the horrendous fires. Still had some, but nowhere near as bad. I'm guessing Jacob was getting his temps from Wikipedia ... doesn't really matter as I know for a fact it has been FAR hotter than 49 degrees... From 3 separate thermometers :)

[@ThallanarRabidtooth]

I have been living in Phoenix Arizona for about 22 years, and the first visual indicator I saw of human-caused Climate Change is when the text on the street signs start melting. I have never seen it do that before.

[@paranoxxxx]

I never thought I would have to hear the words, "The airport melted," in my life.

[@brucefrykman8295]

Heavy aircraft on hot asphalt has been an issue ever since heavy aircraft began to be produced during World War II. Their wheels leave tracks in the soft asphalt. Airports don't melt. Don't be so easily duped by these con artists. Trust me on this, I'm an Air Force veteran. Concrete runways, taxiways, and aprons NEVER "melt"

[@hackebeil20]

man I so wished for Neil to be my uncle. I would have visited him every week to learn about astronomy, science and life. such a great human being!

[@barretwaltz6631]

The ice age unit was a great way to conceptualize how quickly warming will radicalize everything. It'll be useful to put it in context when discussing the "small temp changes" to climate change deniers (the ones I know don't appreciate how quickly small changes can make major impacts). Excellent information.

[@jeremyoberg2409]

Nuclear power. The problem with climate messaging is the people doing the messaging don’t care about the climate, they care about making money (and the public understands this). We could be replacing fossil fuels with nuclear power but if climate activists pushed for that then the fossil fuel industry would loose money. Instead, climate activists push for wind and solar, both of which only INCREASE our reliance on fossil fuels (at this stage of technology) and make people tons of money through government initiatives. We need to replace as much fossil fuels with nuclear power now as we continue to develop solar and other renewable technologies until they are ready to be a primary power source. Climate activists demonize the only technology capable of replacing fossil fuels now (nuclear power), then try to guilt trip the public for getting nowhere with solving the carbon emission problem. Government regulation, complicit activists and scientists, and fossil fuel profits are holding back the solution, nuclear power.

[@yeroc5033]

@@jeremyoberg2409 The nuclear option is the most efficient use of energy man has ever designed. Virtually emission free.

[@charleslindsey6789]

@@jeremyoberg2409 How bout stopping all the copy/paste crap? We get it; you like radiation producers.

[@jeremyoberg2409]

@@charleslindsey6789 I don't like radiation producers, I like a climate that supports human life on Earth.

[@nicklebuck]

@@jeremyoberg2409 wind and solar work great on a small scale. I have (4) 100 watt panels and (1) 200 amp hour battery that gives me all the energy I need for lighting, electronics, refrigeration, fans, power tools. All off grid so no power line/bill. Unfortunately it requires you to be more conscious of your energy consumption. Seems like most Americans would rather remain unconscious consumers.

[@MrHarvenator]

I do wish that the part of the world that uses Fahrenheit considers to use both Fahrenheit and Celsius to make the content more inclusive for people like myself living in Europe. When Neil spoke about 90 Fahrenheit I had to look it up in Celsius for me to make sense of it! Anyone else having the same issues?

[@damenwhelan3236]

Was explained to me abiut the temps going up that "The deserts aren't getting hotter. The Arctic is. The island zones are. The coastlines and greater interiors remain their average. Everywhere else gets hot. When we average this out, its 2 degrees. But that means it's 10plus in some places and 0 in others."

[@67kemo]

Great explanation. I really wish everyone on the planet could see/hear this. We all need to understand what's happening to the climate and how to deal with it, and knowledge is power. Knowing what's happening and why will lead to creative solutions for dealing with it.

[@TheLosamatic]

Even if we could remove the CO2 from the Atmosphere, and we can’t, those removed molecules of CO2 continue to make the Earth hotter! Soon for hundreds of miles north or south of the equator will be deadly.

[@Leggir]

I always like the show. However this one really puts into context how the numbers work. Thanks Neil and Chuck for asking the questions we've all wondered about.

[@ebthedoc4992]

Excellently put in perspective. Laypeople? Listen up. Each degree is a huge deal, even if you reckon in Fahrenheit!

[@GDog-xl6kr]

You guys are the best! Keep up the great work!

[@StarTalk]

Will do!

[@HisameArtwork]

9:40 Thanks Mr. Tyson for telling Mr. Schmidt to be more descriptive verbally, I actually did have to stop what I was doing to look at the video and see wat he was doing with his hands. :))

[@georgemarere9965]

That conceptualization of global average temperature changes was just fantastic. Thanks guys.

[@MJ-on2xr]

It’s all those one percenters you’ve been having on jetting around everywhere. Btw this is the only star talk ever that I felt was dumbed down and definitely downplays a problem that is much bigger than this dude’s mainstream take…

[@balogungaa2301]

Really insightful episode, thanks Neil,Chuck and Gavin

[@TS-jj1wi]

Thank you for mentioning the jet stream patterns changing. What about the gulf stream slowing down and breaking. There are so many variables in this formula. After writing a couple papers on this subject last 7yrs all I'm gonna say is. Where there once was water there's now sand there will be water again. Forestry has got to spend more money on keeping the forest floors cleaner of so much built up debris. Remember also last yr 6 giga tons of ice gain in iceland, it's not melting. Also how many underwater volcanoes active now beneath Antarctica? A lot is not being talked about here. Again so many variables no one really understands and we are all still learning. This was not what I thought it would be.

[@functionatthejunction]

Its man made global warming. We understand it just fine. Just because its not what you want to be true doesnt make it not true or mean we dont "understand" it.

[@stauffap]

I also like to remind people that we're now about 8 billion people on the planet. And already many of those people are forced to live in suboptimal climates. For example climates that are already very hot and dry and are barely able to sustain the human life that is there. In such areas every fraction of a degree matters. When the glass is already full then every little drop can make it overflow. There are dozens of such situations and we have to tell people about such situations, because apparently it's not obvious to a lot of people (wasn't obvious to me either when i started thinking and reading about this topic).

[@StarTalk]

If you wanted to impress the severity of climate change on people's psyche, like Chuck suggested, what would your scale be?

[@whatabouttheearth]

I'm just posting this everywhere Our obliquity is moving away from the sun, we are supposed to be getting cooler, not warmer, but we have been getting warmer since the industrial revolution. Learn about the Milankovich Cycles. Our fossil fuel use is about to cause utter mayhem and cause further phenological asynchrony, the offset of the cycles of plants and animals. We are already seeing some phenological asynchrony. Too much phenological asynchrony will destroy trophic networks and entire ecosystems by killing keystone species. This is likely to cause an even larger extinction event than the EXTINCTION EVENT WE ARE ALREADY IN. And we know it is our fossil fuels that causes it. Fossil Fuels come from the Carboniferous period of the Paleozoic era, plants that had lignan were brand new at this time so decomposers that consumed lignan had not evolved yet to consume the dead trees, so the remains compacted into the sediment and stored carbon while the C14 isotopes started to deplete. The half life of the radioactive Carbon 14 isotope is 5,730 years. Fossil Fuels don't have C14 because it already depleted. Since the industrial revolution we've seen an increase in C13 and C12, NOT C14. Natural recent release has C14 and the increase of the ratio between C12 and C13 found in the atmosphere was the same ratio found in plants. This is how they knew Climate Change is anthropogenic, they saw that trend and knew there was absolutely only one thing it could of been, a plant older than 12,000 years that was depleted of C14...fossil fuels. There has been no increase in the level of Carbon 14, but there has been an increase in Carbon 12 and Carbon 13, fossil fuels don't have Carbon 14. A scientist by the name of Svante Arrhenius was the first to realize the planet is warming due to fossil fuels and warned us in the 1890s.

[@samuelgomez5913]

Metres of rising sea for coastal places, risk of desertification, risk of beeing floded....

[@zackf3688]

I like health ones, people seem to relate well. At our normal 98.6 we're comfortable. Add 2.4 degrees and you're 101 and feeling sick. Add 2.4 more and you're over 103 and likely bed ridden. Add one more bump of 2.4 degrees and you're hospitalized or dead. Any ecosystem is going to be extremely reactive to heat increases of seemingly small amounts.

[@SeeTheWholeTruth]

Teach them the full cycles of the sun, the effect on all planets, including ours with the magnetosphere and the atmospheric density in dealing with blocking solar and galactic energy input. Pointing out.. that humanity is incapable of changing .0001 percent of that strength in the magnetosphere in all of its history and capability. In other words.. make all the morons believing in C02, shut up and sit down. Because all of the planets are having the same massive changes, due to the sun. Not Co2. Massive changes.. uncorrelated, and unspoken of, by the scientists that dont want people to feel less ashamed or blamed. REAL SCIENCE, full comprehensive inclusion.. not cherry picked LIES.

[@LEDewey_MD]

Another awesome science video on StarTalk!

[@stephenhammond6962]

In North Yorkshire, England, harvesting has been going on since late June/early July ( 4-6 months earlier) due to the heat wave Keep it up Lord Chuck n’ Neil 😂❤️

[@JA238979]

For people who have moved vineyards from France to the U.K., the warming trend is supposedly very helpful. Your country may have a few more hot days now, but you may replace Bordeaux or Champagne!

[@unicorn.mushroom]

If it's getting hot in here, does that mean we take off all our clothes?

[@mymoviefilms]

Yes, according to Nelly deGrasse Tyson

[@Mrderful]

😆 I was waiting for someone to comment that.

[@damiencharlesfelixganesh9526]

Heeeeellllaaa yyeeeaaahhh

[@paulvamos7319]

🤣😂

[@THEENERGYINHALER]

Arizona has had the coolest summer in the 30 years since I've lived here

[@fromnorway643]

8 of the 10 warmest summers in Arizona since 1895 (not counting 2022) has occurred during the 2000s.

[@geraldjacobs2376]

Thanks you guys. That was the first explanation of the fix we're in. Entertaining and extra informative . Please do more as this is all new ground that you cover. Instead of rumors and the sky is falling you have given the black and white information that is really needed before the feces really does hit the fan. ty.

[@docdirtymrclean3610]

Neil should be protected at all times

[@TheDoomWizard]

Ha! Go watchy channel then.

[@feleciawallace8420]

Love the show... thank you all, very interesting stuff...

[@noahjulianleard2920]

I love you guys! Keep it up!

[@paulvamos7319]

Yes!

[@randomatrix9764]

I think the numbers like 1 or 2 degrees will be more important if we consider earth as living organism and average temperature is its body temperature... Too much drop in temperature leads to no life like ice age... Is like hypothermia where some tissues die, too much of it is lethal... And if we go other way it's like increasing couple of degrees will lead to fever... Too much of it is lethal... I don't want to say this but fever is defence mechanism against infection, so maybe heatwave is earth's defence mechanism against infection and that could be us...

[@بغدادأبوالحاج]

There’s a comedian called Colin Quinn who summed up different countries attitudes on climate change Somalia: yay we’re finally getting AC and cars! West: not so fast, you can’t use those Somalia: you got to enjoy those things for so long, why can’t we? West: well we used so much of them that now you can’t use - see it’s a funny story actually…

[@sie7995]

This should be shown to EVERY PERSON ON THIS PLANET!!!! Forcefully if needed… 🤷🏻‍♀️ Thank you for translating the “two degrees” into layman’s terms. Who on earth decided that the “two degrees” explanation was good enough to present to the public??? I’ll bet that all the politicians in the world didn’t understand a thing either, just nodded and voted “yes”, not to reveal that they are as dumb as the rest of us… 🤷🏻‍♀️😅

[@Nilguiri]

Yeah, it's politicians who got us into this mess in the first place and they are still doing nothing to mitigate the disaster, let alone prevent it, and US politicians will continue to lie about it as long as they are (legally) bribed by the fossil fuel industry's lobbyists - all thanks to Citizens United. Unless and until the US overturns Citizens United, we are well and truly f***ed and not just because of climate change. They are holding the planet to ransom to earn some extra cash.

[@dulynoted2427]

I'd like to know, if the temperature changes atmospheric pressure and or is there an effect on volcanic pressure.

[@Boojyman]

More like atmospheric pressure affects temperature

[@paulvamos7319]

As you might know, heat rises so, higher heat means less pressure and therefore means less Oxygen because, Oxygen reacts to heat by combusting or moving to a higher altitude to cool off. That is what my physics professor told me 20+ years ago. Have a cool day.

[@TheLosamatic]

@@paulvamos7319 except that oxygen is not flammable!

[@paulvamos7319]

@@TheLosamatic Then how come they say to keep open flame away from Oxygen?

[@treefrog3349]

As much as I appreciate the information provided here I have to take exception to the humorous flippancy with which it was provided. This is no laughing matter.

[@bullpup1337]

you seem not to understand the point of humor. especially dark variations. everything is fair game for humor.

[@marctamtonthat]

They seem to find the British problems amusing. I find the tone quite indecent

[@gingerd2098]

As a kid, I used to jump off our balcony into 6+ feet of snow here in Canada. Now some winters we get 4-6 inches of snow in the same region. I’m only in my 30’s, WTF is going on???

[@dangalanga6941]

The climate is changing lol blows my mind that people argue that simple fact 😂😂🤦‍♂️

[@feleciawallace8420]

The USA gov't must pay all poor countries for climate change, isn't that what the Paris plan consist of.... sad

[@docdirtymrclean3610]

Simple people suffer from misinformation.

[@paulvamos7319]

Conservatives don't believe in it because, they don't want change (climate or otherwise).

[@TalesFromPlanetEarth]

Their tiny minds can’t handle thinking outside of their personal bubble and looking at this large scale.

[@paulvamos7319]

@@TalesFromPlanetEarth You're right on.

[@joesmith6776]

Question: What effect has the ambient temperature of spacetime on earth? As earth moves with our solar system and as our solar system moves with our galaxy and as our galaxy moves with spacetime, by how many degrees between the cold of spacetime and warmth of our star have cause and effect to climate on earth? As our galaxy and solar system moves closer into a cold spot of spacetime would this not have an effect on earth? Can anyone address this question?

[@rogoth01themasterwizard11]

since we know 'space' is a vacuum, i would assume that either red shift/blue shift would have no tangible effect on local climates, and that unless we encounter something out there that can cause a tangible change in local climates, i would say it's safe to assume that everything is moving in an equilibrium state despite the distance moved and time spent doing so.

[@siroswaldfortitude5346]

Yep that would have been a great question for this show

[@foetusleemond4547]

Good question. I think the suns' solar winds protects earth from the galatic winds. Saying that, the sun has been highly active recently, (2022) took out some starlink satalites. But honestly I think it's all the CO2 we pump out and all the trees cutting down.

[@zachcarter3186]

Based on how low the concentration of matter in interstellar space is. I'd conclude very minimal, next to nothing of importance.

[@jsnel9185]

There is nothing to be done about that. We can do something about the human caused portions of climate change. Keep your eyes on the ball. 😉

[@tetra_tinuviel]

Once we run out of fossil fuels like oil, do you think there will be an ice age due to drastically lower emissions?

[@831Billy]

That’s ridiculous

[@logicius]

No because that would simply be a stop in the increase, not a reduction in global CO2 levels. The CO2 we've added is from Carbon sources that were not part of the natural Carbon cycle for millions of years, so that CO2 level is likely to remain above what it would have been naturally for an extremely long time, perhaps permanently.

[@whatabouttheearth]

The ice age is going to be a ways off anyway. But if we completely decreased the man made C12 and C13 in the atmosphere and not just emissions than yes, there would be a regular ice age

[@sawmillsam7156]

So, since the last ice age (15,000 years ago) earths average temp has increased by around 8 degrees. 2 degrees of that, or 25%, has occurred since the industrial revolution, (300 years ago). It took 14,700 years to rise 6 degrees and 300 years to rise 2 more degrees. I've forgotten my algebra but that is a big jump! 2450 years per degree rise versus 150 years per degree rise puts it in another perspective. ..15 times faster!

[@carlh3074]

The first minute's the most informative

[@yesiamathinker1580]

Heatwave 1978. Always and Forever. Swayed to this many a Friday night at our local discotheque in high school senior year 79. Thanks for the nostalgic jolt.... 😊

[@pliniovellas3743]

Since 1989 I'm waiting for some increase of sea level - 33 years! The other day a friend sent to me a list of places where the sea level has increased a lot, and I sent him a list of other places where the sea level has decreased - A LOT! I asked him if he knows what are tectonic plates, and he said "NO...". And I said "READ THE WIKIPEDIA".

[@johnstamat256]

Land subsidence.

[@redelf1968]

Can we talk about all the cold waves too. It's not just heat that is happening, cold and hot places are shifting and the mean temperature is staying within a degree from the last 200 years.

[@danthomas6587]

Heatwave sang the best ballad ever. Always and Forever.

[@spexi513]

Reallyyyy appreciate when ppl who have a platform use it to address climate change. TY for this 💚

[@roadtoscratchgolf3481]

Finally, someone explains temperature change and why we should be concerned in a way that I completely understand. The Ice Age vs. Preindustrial era was a perfect example. So was telling us that even though the average temp has risen 2* on earth in about a century that statement doesn’t clearly explain the massive temp changes in the Arctic, which has risen about 8*. Thanks for the enlightenment.

[@dragonslayerwill_travel3476]

Heatwave, it's called Summer, Hello! It happens every year! 🥵

[@sarahcleland5688]

I really like what Chuck points out. People aren't gonna pay attention to a few degrees warmer, we need different measurements like "oh my God!" ... and, even if the airports are melting people are just gonna say "that's why I pay taxes" so what's a more impactful thing, like human health, that will get their attention? He brings really important questions to the table just from the view of the average Joe who doesn't understand the deeper meaning of subjects like these, cause a lot of people don't, and it's important to consider what other people aren't considering. Thanks Chuck!

[@meechiebaby493]

If my science teachers in high school were as down-to-earth as Neil DeGrasse Tyson, I think learning would have been more fun.

[@bullettube9863]

Don't forget jet aircraft have a hard time getting off the ground when the air is hotter and thus less dense which decreases the amount of lift the wings can generate. Rail roads now use welded rail up to a half mile long which makes for smoother travel and higher speeds but high temps have caused this type of rail to badly buckle. This is because the expansion joints are so far apart. The old forty foot lengths were separated by gaps which allowed expansion, but they could also also buckle, especially in hot climates. Excess expansion can also occur in buildings and bridges, and even on modern homes with plastic siding. So yes, high heat is bad for our infrastructure and we need to act now to prevent disaster!

[@tomw2131]

I love Star Talk, it’s most educational. I live in the U.K. north of Manchester in a place where the Industrial Revolution took hold - there were lots of textile mills and factories around that ran on water wheels in the 1700’s, then on steam power, as it was the wettest place in England! We then used coal fired power stations and finally nuclear. Sadly, most of the mills and factories have closed as it was cheaper to produce cotton goods elsewhere. On Friday, 12th August, I measured a temperature of 111°F/45°C here in my back yard. This is astonishing.

[@jeffaadkins]

Heat Wave was a song that Linda sang in the 70’s

[@grindupBaker]

Googlytube been recommending me The Pointer Sisters Fire. I'm good with that.

[@guytitanic]

Slower planet rotation now happening could be affecting that Jetstream wobble.

[@TheAngiepangie424]

@chucknice thank you for explaining that heat related illness kills more than any other weather/climate/nature related catastrophe. I read heat related illness kills MORE THAN ALL COMBINED nature related catastrophes (tornadoes, earthquakes, hurricanes, volcanoes etc.). Edit for typos

[@Seeds-Of-The-Wayside]

I love how research is quantified by how much money was spent on it