Warming World Explained
8 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago -A non-political podcast clarifying the basic science underlying climate questions for a general audience.Artwork by Alice Williams. Theme music courtesy of NEO Sounds.
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Episodes
Episode 7 Where Are We Now?
January 18, 2023 03:00 - 13 minutes - 9.5 MBAn update on what has been happe3ning and what scientists worldwide are saying now.
Episode 6 Why 97% of climate scientists believe humans are causing climate change
December 12, 2020 02:00 - 15 minutes - 10.8 MBA discussion of some of the evidence driving the consensus among climate scientists that we are seeing human-caused climate change.
Episode 5 Energy and Heat
June 04, 2020 06:00 - 14 minutes - 9.99 MBIn this episode we discuss the meaning of energy and different ways the word is used in different disciplines. We discuss the conversion of energy from one form to another and the fact that although the total quantity of energy is the same after any process as before, some of the energy is always converted into forms that aren't useful.
Episode 4 Why Predictions Are Hard
March 15, 2020 01:00 - 17 minutes - 12 MBA discussion of what computers models are, how they fit into the science of climate change, and why modeling clouds still causes controversy among climate scientists.
Episode 3 Vicious Cycles
November 14, 2019 04:00 - 12 minutes - 8.72 MBVicious cycles, or positive feedback loops, are described in which a little warming causes a change which causes more warming. The result is that we may expect the rate of warming to increase.
Episode 3 Vicious Cycles
November 14, 2019 04:00 - 12 minutes - 8.72 MBVicious cycles, or positive feedback loops, are described in which a little warming causes a change which causes more warming. The result is that we may expect the rate of warming to increase.
Episode 2 The Greenhouse Effect
October 17, 2019 05:00 - 14 minutes - 10 MBIn order to maintain a constant temperature, the earth would have to lose an amount of energy equal to that which it receives from the sun. This episode discusses how common greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide, methane, and water vapor make it harder for the earth to lose energy, resulting in the earth warming.
Episode 1 Introduction
August 01, 2019 03:00 - 12 minutes - 8.71 MBIntroducing Warming World Explained, a nonpolitical podcast clarifying the basic science underlying climate questions for a general audience. This episode introduces the host, discusses some of the topics to be covered, and then discusses some preliminary issues.