What Next TBD: From the Vault: It's Hot. It's Flooding. Is This the New Normal?

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🗓️ 19 June 2022

⏱️ 23 minutes

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This episode originally aired in July 2021. Last year, North Americans saw record-breaking heat, droughts, wildfires, and floods. The science is clear: we are living through the effects of climate change. Now scientists are trying to answer: is this the new normal? Guest: Daniel Swain, climate scientist at UCLA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Exclusively on Disney Plus.
0:02.0	It's hard and it's brutal and that's what makes it special.
0:06.0	The multi-award winning series, FX's The Bear, is back for a brand new season.
0:11.0	Upon my signal, unleash hell.
0:15.0	And every second counts.
0:17.0	When that shows zero, this restaurant ceases operations.
0:21.8	FX is the bear.
0:23.1	New season streaming June 26th exclusively on Disney Plus.
0:27.3	18 plus subscription required teas and sees apply.
0:30.3	It's hot.
0:31.3	Too hot in many places across the planet.
0:33.7	With extreme heat comes extreme natural disasters.
0:37.4	In the U.S. alone, this year is poised to be the sixth warmest on record.
0:42.0	States in the south, such as Texas, are experiencing unusually high temperatures this early in the year.
0:49.6	In the triple digit range, south central Montana is currently experiencing unprecedented levels of flooding,
0:57.5	so much so that they had to shut down Yellowstone National Park.
1:02.0	And earlier this month, Fort Wayne, Indiana was hit with a severe storm that had wind speeds
1:08.1	of nearly 100 miles per hour, decimating the city and leaving over 50,000 people without power.
1:15.6	So with summer right around the corner,
1:17.5	we thought it was the right time to revisit an episode
1:20.1	we did almost exactly one year ago.
1:23.2	I'm Cynarine Glinton in for Lizzie O'Leary,
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