What’s The Deal With These Heat Waves? | Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains...
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- What is a heat wave? On this explainer, Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice explore the massive heat waves that have been sweeping the world with Director of NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, Gavin Schmidt.
Learn what qualifies something as a heat wave. We break down the extreme heat happening globally and the pressure it's been putting on current infrastructure. Why exactly are we seeing more of the extreme heat? We get into the jet stream and wave patterns in the Earth’s atmosphere. Why do we pay attention to extreme heat in some regions but not others? Will someplace become unlivable? Finally, learn about the last ice age and what sorts of changes our climate is facing. What’s our heat limit?
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0:00 - Introduction
1:29 - NASA GISS
3:26 - What is a Heatwave?
5:08 - UK Heatwave
7:15 - Climate Change
10:31 - Climate Variability
14:00 - Global Temperatures
21:06 - Dangers of Climate Change
23:07 - Closing Notes - Věda a technologie
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
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.
Context is ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING!! 🙏🏽
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.
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.
Great communicators are important for granting perspective and inspiring action!
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.
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.
They also forget we are a wet island so when the heat comes we are also humid
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.
Happens so rarely you should be very happy according to old Klaus, 'cos you won't have nothing else.
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.
Humans underestimate how everything is connected on Earth.
Wow..31°C in winter..that is like summer..
@@shookreeseeree4
We're really concerned about this summer!
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.
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.
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.
We're glad to be a part of your learning journey! :)
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.
20min + explainer?? Let's go 💪🏻
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.
Thanks Radman, always willing to learn something new.
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. 😄
Thanks for teaching us something new!
I knew Neil was bought off this proves it thank you.
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?
Chuck Nice is an excellent addition to this conversation, he brings intelligent conversation and humor.
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.
Mr Tyson amazing interview. You are a amazing person. Keep your head in the science and still represent the everyday person. We need you.
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 .
I live in Phx and this is probably the most mild summer that I can remember in a long time.
@@jimmydriveway yeah, you guys got lucky this year, heatwise.
@@josephrittenhouse5839 You wouldn’t know it if you watched the National news. I just read an article about the deadly heat wave here. Lol.
And turning into Morlocks!
@@jimmydriveway word, plus the monsoon season appears to have returned.
Very insightful conversation, need more people to recognize whats going on around the world. Thanks Neil
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.
@@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.
@@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.
@@HypnosisBear As I like to say quite a lot; “Humans are gonna human”
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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.
that's because vegas is at 2000' elevation, Ace.
@@RobertMJohnson Lytton is 640 feet above sea level and more than 50 degrees north latitude.
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…
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.
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!
Chuck always looks like he's hungry for D
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.
it is very serious,,,,we in big trouble
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.
@@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.
@@jeremyoberg2409 too many CZcams experts
@@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.
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.
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!
Who do you think you are, William F. Buckley? Sending me off to the dictionary like that. Ultracrepidarian. Sheesh. 😄
@@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!
except Neil is FAR FROM one of the best and brightest. clearly you're just another fan and you don't know his background
@@furusaogoge EVERYONE is an ultracrepidarian
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.
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.
your 30 years of life isn't even a nanosecond in time if the history of Earth represented by one year.
@@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.
Scarey stuff. Hope things are able to rebuild, and add more resilience.
@@em945 thanks :))
Neil is a national treasure just like Carl Sagan was.
Feel like Bill Nye should be there too but because we watched him when our science teacher was lazy no one respects him
@@Haze-vi6ng Nye is a great advocate for science but he is NOT A SCIENTIST! He has a BA IN ENGINEERING ONLY!
@@anthonymartino9917 still he knows and understand more than the average person
@@anthonymartino9917 WHO CARES?
Very true love him. He is an iterupter tho. Lol. I am too
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.
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.
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.
Keep looking up! Thank you Neil, Chuck and Gavin for that climate explanation.
This is about to turn into "Don't look up".
@@bivens3ify sadly, yes.
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.
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.
@@jeremyoberg2409 and elitist liberals still have huge carbon footprints with their huge mansions and multiple vehicals..
if climate change is so severe why are predators increasing in numbers all over the north american continent?
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?
@@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.
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.
I really look up to Neil he’s a wonderful human being and I learned a lot from him in the past and still learning from him now, Keep ON keeping on fellas, I’ll be here watching and listening thanks.🙂
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.
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
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.
If it was only 2 days it can't be considered a heatwave.
The temperature in the UK is creeping up again
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@@module79l28 its subjective. However the average ambient temperature is now over 35... That is 10 to 20 degrees higher than the previous century
@@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.
That conceptualization of global average temperature changes was just fantastic. Thanks guys.
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.... 😊
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.
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@@slevinchannel7589 "warmly" recommended 😂
@@musicloverme3993 :)
Glad the explanation was useful!
@@slevinchannel7589 "Just one problem, BEN! Sell them to who? $%#*& AQUAMAN?!" - HBomberguy
I gotta watch that one again.
Neil andChick, great stuff as always! Can you explain the ‘warmer’ cycles that earth goes through and how that’s also being disrupted.
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.
Loved it. I’m subscribed and hooked. Two unlikely ppl together. Good job and much success to you both.
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.
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.
Thanks so much for making this video and sharing all this information 💕
Our pleasure!
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.
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.
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.
I'm from London and live in Madrid, Spain. There was one day during the last heatwave when London was actually hotter than Madrid! Although later that day, Madrid got up to about 42º while London was "only" at 36º.
I live in Madrid too. I take skype french lessons with a belgian teacher, and one day this summer it was hotter there than in Madrid. But yeah, the normal days this summer have been super hot. The nights specially, cant remember in my life hotter nights than this summer
@@belenlg5978 Hola Belen. I honestly don't think that this year in Madrid is any hotter than any other year. It's hot, yes, but no more so than any other year. There were a few days in May that got up to around 39º or 40º... That was really unusual and very worrying, but the second half of July and the first week or two of August is always like this, don't you think? It's 4 in the morning right now and it's only 27º outside and in my living room it's 31,4º. I don't think that is particularly hot for the time of year, tbh. Saludos.
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.
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.
@@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. 😔
@@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.
This guy is literally renowned as not being very credible or respected in his field
@@ingleberthumperdink9455 Exactly but when the audience is characterized by its low IQ, facts are largely irrelevant.
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. :))
I am so excited for your next release!
Star Talk isn't Star Talk without Chuck Nice !
It's there a great filter, humans can develop to fix the atmosphere?
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.
Towards everyone's everything!!!
@@wokelion1573 well i wouldn't say that, sounds like somebody British upset you my friend :)
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.
Excellent. Thank you. I was wondering about just those things.
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.
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.
100% Totally agree!
I wish I had more than 1 like to give you.
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.
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Wow! Shout out to Rose Royce! Loved it. Highly recommended to listen to their music.
I never thought I would have to hear the words, "The airport melted," in my life.
Love the show... thank you all, very interesting stuff...
You guys are an awesome team, the perfect blend of scientific information and comedy relief.
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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.
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.
Now am glad I watched this.....very educative.
Really insightful episode, thanks Neil,Chuck and Gavin
Another awesome science video on StarTalk!
Please make a line video about this! So interesting
Informative and funny. Thanks for this and keep it up.
Love how you end it on 'Keep looking up'. That movie must never be forgotten. Thanks for what you're doing!
Yep, just tell people who still do not believe to simply Do not look up and all will be fine.
Neil has finished his videos with that phrase long before the movie
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.
@@AbandonedMines11 Yep, but most people these days simply do not want to look up and will start wars over it even. heh
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.
I read a few papers about it waaaaaaaaay back when, and the currents in the oceans altering, too. And they're both happening.
Jennifer Francis from Rutgers warned us. 😳🤷♀️🤒🔥
Heat Wave by Martha and the Vandellas
@@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.
I love space so this channel is a great fit!
Thank you for explaining
You guys are the best! Keep up the great work!
Will do!
Great convo as always guys! The laughs plus science is such a great combo
Very good information, thank you
Hi, Love Startalk! Keep at it!
Yes Neil. We’ve been hearing about the Arctic warming 4-5 times the global average warming.
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.
Don't forget all the blacktop we have put down that traps heat at ground level.
@@paulvamos7319 yup still hot at 2 am.
It's 100 degrees here at 9pm in Oklahoma, USA. It will be 99 at 5am🥵
very informative and timely
Born and raised in the valley of the oven Phoenix AZ I don't miss those hot summer nights and waking up to hot summer mornings, although the humidity out here in MI is a trade off can't please everyone but I love it
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.
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.
@@jimdandy9118 Thank you Jim. We appreciate your public display of ignorance. You can now move on!
@@staticsiege czcams.com/video/G0Cp7DrvNLQ/video.html Here is someone walking through the ice core data.
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?
@@hon.mr.ronburgundyiiiesq.2096 Nope it doesn't.
You guys are the best.
Thanks for sharing it was good information.
The first minute's the most informative
Seeing a fresh one came out just 10 mins before when you crave for an explainer, goodie.
Neil and Chuck for 2024
Love this subject
When I was a kid, in Poland we had strong cold long winters and toasty but very stable 20-25c summer. Now it’s 12 during the night and 35 during the day for a week. And next week it’s 20 during the day
Chuck is so funny. And he makes some good points.
3 second in and instantly distracted 😂
Thanks Neil and Chuck. Keep telling it like it is.
Please do an explainer on colors in space? Are all of the colors we see on earth present out yonder and visa versa? To what degree, or are, JWST photos "enhanced" for visual understanding? When an object speeds up/slows down, does it's color alter?
We all need to hear this from Dr. Neil G.T. and Lord Chuck.
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! ;)
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.
@@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.
@@jacobdorsey2440 And that record was reached again this year in Australia.
@@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 :)
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.
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.
In Quebec (eastern Canada) we usually get lots of heat wave. This year, only 1 big heat wave. then.... 70 in the day and 50 in the night....all summer long. its very wierd.
Chuck risking it all with the eldery joke 😂😂
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!
And they should care. The weather in Africa directly affects the rainfall in North America.
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.
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.
@@jeremyoberg2409 The nuclear option is the most efficient use of energy man has ever designed. Virtually emission free.
@@jeremyoberg2409 How bout stopping all the copy/paste crap? We get it; you like radiation producers.
@@charleslindsey6789 I don't like radiation producers, I like a climate that supports human life on Earth.
@@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.
Reallyyyy appreciate when ppl who have a platform use it to address climate change. TY for this 💚
Love this youtube channel. Big fan of Neil.
Excellently put in perspective.
Laypeople? Listen up. Each degree is a huge deal, even if you reckon in Fahrenheit!
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 🤯
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. :)
@@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
@@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.
@@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
@@kaptain1477 Not unlikely.
Arizona has had the coolest summer in the 30 years since I've lived here
8 of the 10 warmest summers in Arizona since 1895 (not counting 2022) has occurred during the 2000s.
Lovethis!!!! Y'all are awesome!!! Thanku!😊
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?
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..
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.
@@markrymanowski719 and by then it will be too late. If it isn’t already. 😰
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.
@@DjBrunoFiasco
Correct.
They are gambling with mother nature.
Only one winner there.
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!
I’m a landscaper and I finally for the last two years now, can notice global warming
Thank you!! Luv the program
Heatwaves been freaking Neil out
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Describing the change in Earth's average temperature should be explained like you're own temperature. Normally, you're around 98.6⁰F, but if your temperature is 2⁰ warmer at 100.6 you have a fever. Around 5⁰ warmer at 103.6⁰ you're not doing well at all. Same in the opposite direction.
Prolly the smartest comment on here.
The body isn't equivalent to the earth. Nice try.
@@yoshilee7101 Ha you'd be surprised
I really like this example for this particular topic! It hits differently and is more easily digestible to those (like myself) who have a natural curiosity for our planet, but who also have very little knowledge about climate change as a whole. While I may have chuckled at parts of this interview, the message is very clear to me.. we’re SLOWLY but SURELY starting to run out of the things that make up our lives and what we all know and experience today. However, we’re also rapidly growing as a species and making huge dents with our progress and expansion.. causing our fateful “slow but sure” disintegration to speed up, and ultimately, as a human race who is more interested in traveling to completely different planets than understanding our own planet as a whole - people will not be prepared or ready to handle what we’ve got brewing. By the time climate change is finally taken seriously to the global population by what we will experience over the next several decades, there will be too many humans living to make any significant difference. We will have more cars and cell phones in 50 years than we will trees at this pace. Not to mention the amount of endangered animal species that will become extinct as we keep making room for more people to wipe us all out. I’d say the dinosaurs had it better.. at least they were present in life and the environments at play.. vs. today, where kids don’t even know an existence without technology?! When Mother Nature has finally had enough, and she decides to shock our electricity and take power back.. what will everyone do when they can’t post about it?! Be worried for our future due to past actions.. but also be hopeful about our future, because while we can only do so much with our rapid growth rate.. just talking about it and finding better ways to communicate about it and what we can perhaps do more of (even in the smallest of doses) to help us navigate a better route in the uncertainty of our planet!
But truly, (even though human bodies are nothing quite like the planet), just this example of temperature in the human body and what a 5° difference makes one feel.. just IMAGINE what the world will look like when it decides to catch a fever!?
@@yoshilee7101 But it absolutely effects it in the same manner.
Great video as usual ❤️👍
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.