Come Heck or Hot Water: Resilient Solutions for a Changing World23 Juli 2021

Setting the (Water) Table

Welcome to the first episode of Fahrenheit 140! On this debut show, hosts Robert Mace and Carrie Thompson share their background, the experiences that lead them to careers in water, and why they started the Fahrenheit 140 podcast.

In this episode, our hosts cover several topics including:

How this podcast can help your understanding of climate change [10:10]
The role that partisanship, and even certain types of weather, play in people’s beliefs about climate change [25:25]
From coffee beans to retirement savings – a look at some unlikely economic and financial impacts brought on by climate change [33:02]
Different perspectives on government investment in infrastructure and agricultural incentives [36:22]
Megadrought plaguing the American Southwest is predicted to last several decades [38:30]
Farmers are turning the tide to join the fight against climate change [40:57]

Along with some feel good stories to leave you inspired, like:

Texas A&M University finding a probiotic soil technology that can reduce nitrous oxide emissions by as much as 77% in some crops [44:30]
Individual actions that everyone can take to help fight climate change [48:45]

Articles Mentioned in this Episode:

How will the West solve a water crisis if climate change continues to get worse? (ABC)
Climate change: Science failed to predict flood and heat intensity (Yahoo!)
Climate scientists shocked by scale of floods in Germany (The Guardian)
The Dust Bowl Offers Key Climate Change Lessons for the U.S. (Teen Vogue)
Animal Doctor: Climate change harming farm animals (Tulsa World)
Extreme weather no guarantee of support for climate action (The Bulletin)
The Dust Bowl Offers Key Climate Change Lessons for the U.S. (The Guardian)
Why climate change threatens your retirement savings (CBS)
Mismatch in supply and demand sends coffee prices higher (Marketplace)
Farmers like me want to join fight against climate change. But we need help. (CNN)
The device that reverses CO2 emissions (BBC)
Leading Agricultural Research Universities Show Substantial Reductions in Nitrous Oxide Emissions with Rhizolizer® Duo Soil Probiotic Technology (PR.com)
In Fighting Climate Change, What’s an Individual to Do? (New York Times)

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