Warming World Explained
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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.

Episode 5 Energy and Heat

In this episode we discuss the meaning of energy and different ways the word is used in different disciplines.  We discuss the conversion of energy fr...
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Episode 4 Why Predictions Are Hard

A discussion of what computers models are, how they fit into the science of climate change,  and why modeling clouds  still causes controversy among c...
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Episode 3 Vicious Cycles

Vicious cycles, or positive feedback loops, are described in which a little warming causes a change which causes more warming.  The result is that we ...
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Episode 2 The Greenhouse Effect

In 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 episo...
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Episode 1 Introduction

Introducing Warming World Explained, a nonpolitical podcast clarifying the basic science underlying climate questions for a general audience.  This  e...
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