extreme weather

Explore " extreme weather" with insightful episodes like "Why were the wildfires in Hawaii so deadly?", "Climate crisis up close: a week of wildfires in Rhodes", "Extreme heat: a warning shot from nature", "Heat Stroke with Bud Cooper and Radley Horton" and "Climate Science! With NASA's Gavin Schmidt" from podcasts like ""Today in Focus", "Today in Focus", "Today in Focus", "StarTalk Radio" and "StarTalk Radio"" and more!

Episodes (5)

Why were the wildfires in Hawaii so deadly?

Last week fires tore through the Hawaiian island of Maui, causing devastating destruction in the ancient capital of Lahaina. What happened?. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

en-gbAugust 17, 2023

Climate crisis up close: a week of wildfires in Rhodes

Holidaymakers on the Greek island of Rhodes found themselves evacuated from hotels and sleeping in school halls as wildfires raged nearby. As they make plans to return home, residents and business owners are counting the cost of what will be an expensive recovery. Rachel Hall reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

en-gbJuly 27, 2023

Extreme heat: a warning shot from nature

Over the last two weeks, many countries have experienced record-breaking temperatures. Guardian reporters based in the UK, US, Italy and Taiwan discuss the fallout. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

en-gbJuly 20, 2023

Heat Stroke with Bud Cooper and Radley Horton

How do you prevent a heat stroke? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly learn about stopping heat illness deaths and the challenges of increasing heat waves with kinesiologist, Bud Cooper, and climate scientist, Radley Horton.

NOTE: StarTalk+ Patrons can watch or listen to this entire episode commercial-free here: https://startalkmedia.com/show/heat-stroke-with-bud-cooper-and-radley-horton/

Thanks to our Patrons Zammo Taylor, Bill wessale, Korey B Helms, Kevin Browning, and Justin for supporting us this week.

Photo Credit: James St. John, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

StarTalk Radio

en-usSeptember 23, 2022

Climate Science! With NASA's Gavin Schmidt

How do we fix climate change? In this episode, Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice sit down with Sr. Advisor on Climate Science at NASA, Gavin Schmidt, for the Youth Climate Summit to answer questions about climate change.

NOTE: StarTalk+ Patrons can listen to this entire episode commercial-free here: https://www.startalkradio.net/show/climate-summit-live-with-gavin-schmidt/

Thanks to our Patrons Jason Johst, Ava Spurr, Andrew Kodama, Ben Daumler, Ds Tillbrook, Dmitry Kucher, Daniel Hamburger, Jason Jones, Bryan Hurley, Javier Rodriguez for supporting us this week.

Image Credit: William Putman/NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

en-usApril 19, 2021