4/29/2023 0 Comments I ai ai ghostnote mp3New Mexico is battling one of the largest wildfires in state history. And the more that we can recognize it as such, the more we can start to plan ahead so that we're not pummeled by it year after year.īASCOMB: Well, let's unpack that a bit. And to let people know that danger season is something that we experience every year. So we wanted to call attention to that fact this summer. So whether we're talking about heat waves that affect one part of the country than the next, and then the next, or whether we're talking about hurricanes that slam into the Gulf Coast and travel thousands of miles and cause flooding in New York City, we're seeing these events that have always happened, be really amplified by climate change in such a way that they're presenting new and different dangers to our population. One of them is Kristina Dahl, she’s a principal climate scientist with the Union of Concerned Scientists.ĭAHL: So what we've seen over the last few years in the US and really in parts all around the world, is that summertime is bringing disaster after disaster and threat after threat. Add in deadly heat waves and some climate scientists are starting to refer to summer in the US as danger season. Meanwhile, wildfires are ravaging parts of the western United States, particularly New Mexico. June 1st was officially the first day of the Atlantic hurricane season, and already Tropical Storm Alex, has flooded Cuba, the Bahamas, and South Florida. ![]() CURWOOD: It’s Living on Earth, I’m Steve Curwood.
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