How Hot is Too Hot?

Big Picture Science

Science, Technology

4.6 • 986 Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Extreme heat is taking its toll on the natural world. We use words like “heat domes” and “freakish” to describe our everyday existence. These high temperatures aren’t only uncomfortable - they are lethal to humans, animals, and crops. In search of an answer to our episode’s question, we discuss the dilemma of an ever-hotter world with an author who has covered climate change for more than twenty years. Guest: Jeff Goodell – author of “The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet.” Featuring music by Dewey Dellay and Jun Miyake Big Picture Science is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Please contact [email protected] to inquire about advertising on Big Picture Science. You can get early access to ad-free versions of every episode by joining us on Patreon. Thanks for your support! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	You're listening to an Airwave Media Podcast.
0:05.0	This episode is brought to you by Revolute.
0:07.8	Revolute is your perfect travel companion for all things money.
0:11.3	You can spend in over 150 currencies with great exchange rates
0:15.2	and withdraw from ATMs all over the world with no charges from Revolute
0:19.3	within your plan allowance. Sign up to Revolute at Revolute.com slash Podcast reward and receive
0:24.8	20 pounds when you make your first purchase with Revolute.
0:28.1	Until 18th of June 2024, 18 plus, T's and C's apply, exchange fees and fair usage limits supply.
0:36.0	The world is constantly changing and transforming.
0:39.0	Cut through some of the noise with What's New With Wired.
0:42.0	A podcast that goes in depth on the latest
0:44.9	news and technology and culture. Their award-winning journalism will help you make
0:49.6	sense of what's happening in the world. Listen to What's New with Wired wherever you get your podcasts.
0:55.8	That's What's New with Wired, wherever you get your podcasts.
1:01.2	This program is brought to you in part by our amazing subscribers at Patreon.
1:06.0	Join them now at Patreon.com slash Big Picture Science.
1:11.0	Like them, you can get early access to ad free episodes, exclusive bonus content
1:16.3	and more. Our Patreon subscribers help keep us in production and you can too. It's easy to sign up at patreon.com slash big picture science.
1:26.2	Thanks for your support. Let's take the temperature of our warming world. Cities are sizzling, Polar ice caps are melting faster and vegetation is
1:45.4	withering on baked farmlands. Weather reports now routinely refer to heat domes
1:50.6	and use words like freakish to describe record-breaking temperatures.
1:55.4	We've known that climate change brings hotter temperatures, but to hear that heat itself
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Big Picture Science, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Big Picture Science and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.