Episode 6 - Heatwaves, Cows, and Muppets--Oh My!

Show Notes

Hosts:  Jeff Cunningham and Ryan Harris

Guest: No Guest

Description:  In this episode, Ryan and Jeff talk about the ongoing heat waves across what seems to be the entire world lately and the impacts on society including energy, agriculture, cattle, and more.  Even the Muppets get a surprise invocation with one seemingly innocuous word: phenomena!

References:

• Is climate change causing more “blocking” weather events? (Carbon Brief)
• Silent Killer: A series on surviving the extremely hot future (Atomic Science)
• WMO has no immediate plans to name heatwaves (WMO)
• Texas drought prompts early cattle sales | News | corsicanadailysun.com
• The Limits to Growith with Gaya Herrington (This Sustainable Life Podcast)
• A Land Remembered (Patrick D. Smith)
• US Drought Monitor
• Agricultural Statistics on Cattle
• What causes a heat dome? (NOAA)
• Different Atmospheric Blocking Patterns (NOAA)
• Statistics on weather-related fatalities (NOAA)
• Low winds affect renewable energy generation in Europe (EU)
• Drought post (Jeff Cunningham LinkedIn)
• Earth Observations for Agriculture (Planet)
• Earth Observations and Machine Learning (Maxar)
• Earth Observation Agriculture Monitoring (ICEYE)

Rising gasoline and energy prices

(0:03:10)

Human impacts on the environment and adaptation

(0:08:19)

Drought, cows, mosquitoes, and Florida history

(0:13:38)

Heat, air conditioning, and evolution

(0:22:18)

Power outages, renewable energy sources, and climate change

(0:29:30)

Weather and climate phenomena; cue the Muppets

(0:37:37)

Naming heatwaves?

(0:47:07)