• John Christy: Climate Change is Not a Crisis | Tom Nelson Pod #260

  • Nov 20 2024
  • Length: 51 mins
  • Podcast

John Christy: Climate Change is Not a Crisis | Tom Nelson Pod #260

  • Summary

  • John R. Christy is a Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Science and Director of the Earth System Science Center at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. He has served as Alabama's State Climatologist since 2000 and is best known for developing, along with Roy Spencer, a global temperature dataset from satellite microwave measurements. For this work, Christy and Spencer were awarded NASA's Medal for Exceptional Scientific Achievement in 1991 and a Special Award from the American Meteorological Society in 1996.


    00:00 Introduction and Overview

    00:20 Hurricane Helene and Flooding Analysis

    04:02 Data-Driven Climate Insights

    04:58 Fresno Temperature Trends

    09:04 Urbanization and Temperature Records

    10:57 U.S. Historical Climatology Network

    14:13 Extreme Temperature Records

    24:04 Rainfall and Atmospheric Rivers

    27:53 Snowfall Measurement Techniques

    28:48 Analyzing Snowfall Trends in the Western US

    30:32 Mega Droughts vs. Modern Droughts

    32:25 Global Atmospheric Temperatures and El Niño

    36:07 Climate Models and Observations

    39:56 Hydrocarbons and Climate Impact

    42:03 Q&A Session

    51:07 Concluding Remarks


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    John’s Alabama State Climatologist site: https://www.nsstc.uah.edu/aosc/

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