89: How Climate Change Affects Natural Disasters, Why The Australian Fires Are So Bad, Hurricanes Impacting Bahamian Islands

ECO CHIC

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4.7 • 641 Ratings

🗓️ 7 January 2020

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

The Australian Fires are unprecedented in their size, destruction, and duration. The staggering number of lost lives, homes, and wildlife is heartbreaking. We’re all wondering: is this happening because of climate change? We’re exploring today how and why climate change exacerbates natural hazards. First, we’re clarifying the difference between weather and climate, and then getting into human-induced climate change as a risk multiplier. Beyond breaking down the impact of temperature rise and low rainfall on the Australian bushfires, we’re also briefly discussing the severity of hurricanes in the Caribbean. Follow us @ecochicpodcast + shop totallyecochic.com (use code ECOCHIC for 10% off – the sale for silicone storage bags is still on!) Personal page is @lauraediez + you can email me [email protected] Some great organizations to donate to if you’re willing and able are the Australian Red Cross, Australian Salvation Army, NSW Rural Fire Service, and Wires Wildlife Rescue. Information, stats, and inspiration for this particular episode was drawn from this USGS collection of research + this news article + this NPR piece. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:10.6	Hey everyone, this is episode 89 of EcoSheek, the podcast about practical science and sustainability. My name is Laura Diaz.
1:13.5	Welcome, if you're new, really happy to see you if you're returning. Today's episode is a really good one,
1:19.1	because I think it's particularly timely and really important information that we should be looking
1:25.0	at when we're looking at current events and we're looking at the news. I'm particularly speaking about the Australian fires. If you have read the title of
1:32.1	this episode, you know what we're going to be talking about today. Before we get into that,
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1:40.8	call-in episode, my favorite type of episode to put together. Essentially, we have listeners
1:44.9	call in and speak on one particular topic. And last week's was all about careers and people who
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