Examining How Climate Change Is Impacting Humanity With Andrew Dessler

Finding Genius Podcast

Richard Jacobs

Medicine, Health & Fitness

4.4 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Joining us in this episode to discuss climate science is Andrew Dessler. Andrew is the Director of the Texas Center for Climate Studies. He is also a Professor of Atmospheric Sciences and holder of the Reta A. Haynes Chair in Geoscience at Texas A&M University.

Andrew wants to know how climate change is going to affect humans in the future. In order to unpack this area of interest, he spends his time researching topics such as climate change policy, climate impacts, atmospheric chemistry, and global climate physics.

Tune in now to uncover:

The research tools Andrew is using to predict the future impacts of climate change.
What we can do to mitigate future climate challenges.
One way the U.S. could largely transition away from fossil fuels.
How electricity usage is being affected by climate change.

So, what will the future hold for humans as the climate continues to transform? What can we do to prepare for a warmer future? Andrew answers these questions and others like them in this insightful conversation about climate change!

Click here to learn more about Andrew and his work as a climate scientist!

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0:42.4	Hello, this is Richard Jacobs with the Finding Genius podcast, not part of the Finding Genius Foundation.
0:43.4	I have Andrew Dessler.
0:45.0	He's a professor at Texas A&M, part of the Center for Climate Studies.
0:50.3	He held RETA, Haynes Chair in Geosciences, and we're going to talk about his work.
0:55.8	So, Andrew, thanks for coming. How are you doing?
0:57.9	Doing good. Thanks for having me.
0:59.5	If you would, tell me about your current work and maybe a bit about your history, how you got into this position.
1:05.4	Sure. So I am a professor of atmospheric sciences here at Texas A&M.
1:10.6	And, you know, if you're a faculty member at a university, you teach classes, and you also do research.
1:17.8	And most of my research is on climate change.
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