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

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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