Warm Regards

This episode, part of our new season about the often unexpected stories behind climate data, features conversations with two scientists involved in the wide-ranging field of climate modeling, from its origins in the first half of the 20th century all the way to the latest developments and uses of these important tools. For a full transcript of the episode, please visit our Medium page: https://medium.com/@ourwarmregards/the-past-and-future-of-climate-models-conversations-with-warren-washington-and-geeta-prasad-39f5045e8a2a WISCON, the annual feminist science fiction and fantasy conference: http://wiscon.net/ More on Ramesh’s Mario Bros. analogy: https://twitter.com/drrambio/status/1011347458557923330?s=21 For more information on our two guests, Dr. Warren Washington and Dr. Geeta Persad, please see the links below: Dr. Washington’s website: https://staff.ucar.edu/users/wmw Dr. Washington’s autobiography, Odyssey in Climate Modeling, Global Warming, and Advising Five Presidents: http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/154784225 Video Oral History with Dr. Warren Washington by Oregon State University http://scarc.library.oregonstate.edu/oh150/washington/ Dr. Geeta Persad’s website: https://www.ggpersad.com The publication mentioned by Dr. Persad on the different effects of emitting identical aerosols in different parts of the world: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-05838-6 Inspired by the data story you heard and want to share yours with us? We'd love to hear it. You can leave us a 90 second voicemail by calling 586–930–5286 or record yourself and email it to us at ourwarmregards@gmail.com. We’ve launched a Patreon this season so you can help support the show. www.patreon.com/warmregards Please consider becoming a patron to help us pay our producer, Justin Schell, our transcriber, Joe Stormer, and our social media coordinator, Katherine Peinhardt, who are all working as volunteers. Your support helps us not only to stay sustainable, but also to grow. Find Warm Regards on the web and on social media: Web: www.WarmRegardsPodcast.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/ourwarmregards Facebook: www.facebook.com/WarmRegardsPodcast

This episode, part of our season about the often unexpected stories behind climate data, features a conversation with Dr. Kim Cobb, who turned a heartbreaking experience in the field into a new purpose not just for her own life, but for the lives of many around her. For a transcript of this episode, please visit our Medium page: https://medium.com/@ourwarmregards/warm-regards-data-kim-cobb-and-translating-data-to-action-9750a38573ee You can get more information about Dr. Kim Cobb and her work on her personal page and her Lab page: https://eas.gatech.edu/people/cobb-dr-kim https://cobblab.eas.gatech.edu/ You can also find her on Twitter: https://twitter.com/coralsncaves/ You can also find out more about Georgia Tech's Carbon Reduction Challenge program: https://www.carbonreductionchallenge.org/ Inspired by the data story shared by Dr. Nicole Miller-Struttmann? You can learn more about her work on the effects of climate change on pollinator ecosystems at her website: https://sites.google.com/view/millerstruttmann/home Want to share your data story with us? We'd love to hear it. You can leave us a 90 second voicemail by calling 586–930–5286 or record yourself and email it to us at ourwarmregards@gmail.com. We’ve launched a Patreon this season so you can help support the show. https://www.patreon.com/warmregards Please consider becoming a patron to help us pay our producer, Justin Schell, our transcriber, Joe Stormer, and our social media coordinator, Katherine Peinhardt, who are all working as volunteers. Your support helps us not only to stay sustainable, but also to grow. Find Warm Regards elsewhere on the web and social media: Web: https://www.WarmRegardsPodcast.com Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/ourwarmregards Facebook: www.facebook.com/WarmRegardsPodcast

Warm Regards is back! This is the first episode of our new season focused on the often unexpected human stories behind climate data. If you’re as excited about the new season as we are, please share this episode with someone you think should listen to it. You can find the show on your podcast app of choice, as well as on the following platforms: Twitter: http://@ourwarmregards Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WarmRegardsPodcast Medium: https://medium.com/@ourwarmregards As part of the new season, we’ve launched a brand new website at https://www.WarmRegardsPodcast.com. We’re also launching a Patreon this season so you can help support the show. Please consider becoming a patron to help us pay our producer, Justin Schell, our transcriber, Joe Stormer, and our social media coordinator, Katherine Peinhardt, who are all working as volunteers. Your support helps us not only to stay sustainable, but also to grow. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/warmregards Here are some links and resources if you’d like to learn more about what we discussed in the episode. If you want to learn more about the work that happens in Ramesh and Jacquelyn’s research, visit the websites for their respective Labs: Laungani Lab: https://www.patreon.com/warmregards BEAST (Biodiversity & Environments Across Space and Time) Lab: https://jacquelyngill.wordpress.com/ Carbon Isotopes: If you want to read the paper where Ramesh first learned about the different carbon isotopes and what that means for climate change, you can find it here: https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.2307/1941591 You can also watch this video on the topic from It’s Ok to Be Smart: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myxVsYI4WZk Milankovitch cycles: NASA has an in-depth article on how Milankovitch cycles work, including a number of helpful animations: https://climate.nasa.gov/news/2948/milankovitch-orbital-cycles-and-their-role-in-earths-climate/ Carbon Dating and Dinosaurs: If you, like Ramesh, thought that carbon dating is used for dinosaur bones, this article explains how C-14 can only be used for dating things less than 50,000 years old: https://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/earth/geology/dinosaur-bone-age.htm Relatedly, this article from the Smithosonian discusses how pollution and climate change is making carbon dating more difficult: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/carbon-dating-crucial-scientific-technique-jeopardy-thanks-our-pollution-heres-easy-way-fix-it-180961345/ Finally, for a transcript of this episode (and to see some pictures of Ramesh in the Australian rainforest and Jacquelyn in Acadia National Park), head over to our show’s Medium page: https://medium.com/@ourwarmregards/warm-regards-data-telling-human-stories-412654503f4

A short update from the Warm Regards team and a preview of what you can expect from us in our new season, launching in early 2020. Thanks for your continued support! Don’t forget to subscribe to Warm Regards on Medium - medium.com/@ourwarmregards/ on iTunes - itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/warm-…d1127571287?mt=2 Soundcloud - @warmregardspodcast Stitcher - www.stitcher.com/podcast/stephen-…cey/warm-regards Twitter - twitter.com/ourwarmregards and Facebook - www.facebook.com/WarmRegardsPodcast/

Ramesh Laungani and Sarah Myhre cover the overlap of the climate and extinction crises before inviting on Rev. Susan Hendershot and Rev. Brian Sauder of Interfaith Power and Light for a discussion around climate action across beliefs and worldviews. Finally, in unexpected science Sarah shares new research on how children influence their parents' thoughts on climate. LINKS!! - Interfaith Power and Light: https://www.interfaithpowerandlight.org/ - https://www.interfaithpowerandlight.org/about/staff-and-board-of-directors/ The IPBES "extinction" report - https://www.ipbes.net/news/ipbes-global-assessment-summary-policymakers-pdf The study on parents, their children and climate: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-019-0463-3 Don't forget to subscribe to Warm Regards on Medium - medium.com/@ourwarmregards/ on iTunes - itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/warm-…d1127571287?mt=2 Soundcloud - @warmregardspodcast Stitcher - www.stitcher.com/podcast/stephen-…cey/warm-regards Twitter - twitter.com/ourwarmregards and Facebook - www.facebook.com/WarmRegardsPodcast/ to keep up with all the news that, for now, is still changing faster than the climate.

In a very timely and poignant conversation, Jacquelyn Gill, co-host Sarah Myhre and geologist Jane Willenbring share their personal experiences of when they found themselves in uncomfortable and unsafe situations while doing research in the field. Follow Jane on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jkwillenbring An update on her story: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/04/boston-university-fires-geologist-who-sexually-harassed-women-antarctica Don't forget to subscribe to Warm Regards on Medium - medium.com/@ourwarmregards/ on iTunes - itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/warm-…d1127571287?mt=2 Soundcloud - @warmregardspodcast Stitcher - www.stitcher.com/podcast/stephen-…cey/warm-regards Twitter - twitter.com/ourwarmregards and Facebook - www.facebook.com/WarmRegardsPodcast/ to keep up with all the news that, for now, is still changing faster than the climate.

Jacquelyn Gill and Ramesh Laungani chat about the Green New Deal and bittersweet arrival (almost) of spring before welcoming journalist author and "culture doctor" Annalee Newitz on to talk about communicating climate science through science fiction. In Everyday Science, how climate change can make a butterfly's favorite snack toxic. - https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/04/180403120004.htm Check out Dr. Newitz on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Annaleen Her podcast on Sci-fi: https://www.ouropinionsarecorrect.com/ And her writing: https://www.techsploitation.com/ Don't forget to subscribe to Warm Regards on Medium - medium.com/@ourwarmregards/ on iTunes - itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/warm-…d1127571287?mt=2 Soundcloud - @warmregardspodcast Stitcher - www.stitcher.com/podcast/stephen-…cey/warm-regards Twitter - twitter.com/ourwarmregards and Facebook - www.facebook.com/WarmRegardsPodcast/ to keep up with all the news that, for now, is still changing faster than the climate.

Jacquelyn Gill introduces new rotating co-host Mary Annaïse Heglar and welcomes Dr. Katharine Wilkinson, VP of Communication and Engagement for Project Drawdown, for a chat about gender equality, climate change, remembering self-care for climate leaders and much more. In Everyday Science, the team discusses a new study about a potential critical role of clouds: https://www.forbes.com/sites/ericmack/2019/02/25/we-could-be-on-the-verge-of-killing-off-clouds-and-returning-to-a-hothouse-earth/ Check out Dr. Wilkinson's TED talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/katharine_wilkinson_how_empowering_women_and_girls_can_help_stop_global_warming And more: https://www.drawdown.org/staff/katharine-wilkinson https://twitter.com/DrKWilkinson Subscribe to Mary's tweets and Medium writings: https://twitter.com/MaryHeglar https://medium.com/@maryheglar Don't forget to subscribe to Warm Regards on Medium - medium.com/@ourwarmregards/ on iTunes - itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/warm-…d1127571287?mt=2 Soundcloud - @warmregardspodcast Stitcher - www.stitcher.com/podcast/stephen-…cey/warm-regards Twitter - twitter.com/ourwarmregards and Facebook - www.facebook.com/WarmRegardsPodcast/ to keep up with all the news that, for now, is still changing faster than the climate.

It's been an exceptionally long and harsh winter in North America and it has Jacquelyn thinking about what is and isn't in our control. On the topic of climate, such thoughts can lead to the controversial topic of geoengineering. Jacquelyn and Ramesh have a fascinating chat with Dr. Jane Flegal, Program Officer for Environment at The Bernard and Anne Spitzer Charitable Trust, about the current state of geoengineering. Also, in unexpected science, Ramesh talks about new research involving cycles of CO2 levels in the ocean and coral reefs. Here's Dr. Flegal's geoengineering reading list: Jack Stilgoe’s book, Experiment Earth: https://www.amazon.com/Experiment-Earth-Responsible-innovation-geoengineering/dp/0415732379 Oliver Morton’s book, The Planet Remade: https://press.princeton.edu/titles/10657.html Stilgoe et al. on geoengineering and responsible innovation: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048733313000930 Flegal and Gupta on arguments for and geoengineering that depend on invoking the global poor as a rationale: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10784-017-9377-6 NAS reports on geoengineering or climate intervention: https://nas-sites.org/americasclimatechoices/other-reports-on-climate-change/climate-intervention-reports/ Jon Symons’s critique of the Oxford Principles: https://thebreakthrough.org/journal/no.-8-winter-2018/geoengineering-justice The Oxford Principles: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10584-012-0675-2 Clare Heyward and Steve Rayner on asymmetrical critique (often by social scientists) of geoengineering interventions vs. conventional climate interventions: http://geoengineering-governance-research.org/perch/resources/workingpaper7heywardrayneracuriousasymmetry.pdf Code of conduct for geoengineering by Prof. Anna-Maria Hubert: https://www.ucalgary.ca/grgproject/files/grgproject/revised-code-of-conduct-for-geoengineering-research-2017-hubert.pdf Don't forget to subscribe to Warm Regards on Medium - medium.com/@ourwarmregards/ on iTunes - itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/warm-…d1127571287?mt=2 Soundcloud - @warmregardspodcast Stitcher - www.stitcher.com/podcast/stephen-…cey/warm-regards Twitter - twitter.com/ourwarmregards and Facebook - www.facebook.com/WarmRegardsPodcast/ to keep up with all the news that, for now, is still changing faster than the climate.

Ramesh Laungani and guest co-host Joe Mascaro speak with young activists Olya Wright and Lily Gardner from iMatter Youth about their efforts to bring about real climate reform. It's a conversation that will leave you impressed, inspired and hopeful for the future. Also, Ramesh and Joe share some news about climate making bees leaner and data on what the public thinks about climate change. For more info, check out: www.imatteryouth.org/ www.sunrisemovement.org/ Here's the Fat Bees study: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/06/180628105009.htm Don't forget to subscribe to Warm Regards on Medium - medium.com/@ourwarmregards/ on iTunes - itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/warm-…d1127571287?mt=2 Soundcloud - @warmregardspodcast Stitcher - www.stitcher.com/podcast/stephen-…cey/warm-regards Twitter - twitter.com/ourwarmregards and Facebook - www.facebook.com/WarmRegardsPodcast/ to keep up with all the news that, for now, is still changing faster than the climate.

Co-hosts Jacquelyn Gill and Ramesh Laungani welcome scientist, columnist and author Dana Nuccitelli on to take a broad look at the media landscape when it comes to talking climate change. Also: trilobites, bears and berries, oh my! - https://www.sciencealert.com/we-now-know-what-killed-the-sea-life-in-the-world-s-deadliest-mass-extinction https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170823121333.htm More Dana on Yale Climate Connections - https://www.yaleclimateconnections.org/author/dana/ The Guardian - https://www.theguardian.com/profile/dana-nuccitelli Skeptical Science pages - https://skepticalscience.com/posts.php?u=1683 Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists - https://thebulletin.org/biography/dana-nuccitelli/ His book - https://www.abc-clio.com/ABC-CLIOCorporate/product.aspx?pc=A4372C Don't forget to subscribe to Warm Regards on Medium - medium.com/@ourwarmregards/ on iTunes - itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/warm-…d1127571287?mt=2 Soundcloud - @warmregardspodcast Stitcher - www.stitcher.com/podcast/stephen-…cey/warm-regards Twitter - twitter.com/ourwarmregards and Facebook - www.facebook.com/WarmRegardsPodcast/ to keep up with all the news that, for now, is still changing faster than the climate.

Jacquelyn and Ramesh chat with Columbia University climate scientist and storyteller Kate Marvel about a fairy tale she wrote. Also, do Dragons like pizza? Check out "Slaying the Climate Dragon:" https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/hot-planet/slaying-the-climate-dragon/ or hear Kate read it on NPR: https://www.npr.org/2018/10/20/659122551/a-climate-scientist-on-slaying-the-climate-dragon More Kate: https://twitter.com/DrKateMarvel http://www.marvelclimate.com/ Don't forget to subscribe to Warm Regards on Medium - medium.com/@ourwarmregards/ on iTunes - itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/warm-…d1127571287?mt=2 Soundcloud - @warmregardspodcast Stitcher - www.stitcher.com/podcast/stephen-…cey/warm-regards Twitter - twitter.com/ourwarmregards and Facebook - www.facebook.com/WarmRegardsPodcast/ to keep up with all the news that, for now, is still changing faster than the climate.

Co-hosts Jacquelyn Gill and Ramesh Laungani talk to Nathaniel Stinnett of the Environmental Voter Project about the problems and the potential of environmentalists' track record on voting, and just in time for Election Day in the U.S. (Special thanks to Justin Schell for editing this episode!) Links!! - Washington Monthly -- "Planet Earth Gets A Ground Game" - https://washingtonmonthly.com/magazine/april-may-june-2018/planet-earth-gets-a-ground-game/ New York Times -- Visionaries: Taking On Climate Change https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/24/science/taking-on-climate-change.html EVP: https://www.environmentalvoter.org/leadership Stinnett on Twitter - https://twitter.com/NCStinn Don't forget to subscribe to Warm Regards on Medium - medium.com/@ourwarmregards/ on iTunes - itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/warm-…d1127571287?mt=2 Soundcloud - @warmregardspodcast Stitcher - www.stitcher.com/podcast/stephen-…cey/warm-regards Twitter - twitter.com/ourwarmregards and Facebook - www.facebook.com/WarmRegardsPodcast/ to keep up with all the news that, for now, is still changing faster than the climate.

Co-hosts Ramesh Laungani and Sarah Myhre chat with scientist turned satellite guru Joe Mascaro of Planet Labs about how cubesats and satellite constellations can change the way we understand and address climate change. Planet Labs: https://www.planet.com/ Joe: https://twitter.com/joe_mascaro Don't forget to subscribe to Warm Regards on Medium - medium.com/@ourwarmregards/ on iTunes - itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/warm-…d1127571287?mt=2 Soundcloud - @warmregardspodcast Stitcher - www.stitcher.com/podcast/stephen-…cey/warm-regards Twitter - twitter.com/ourwarmregards and Facebook - www.facebook.com/WarmRegardsPodcast/ to keep up with all the news that, for now, is still changing faster than the climate.

Ramesh Laungani, Sarah Myhre and Andy Revkin chat about Carbon Fees and also talk to Steve Valk with Citizens' Climate Lobby about work across all aisles on climate solutions. More on the Washington State Carbon Fee: https://ballotpedia.org/Washington_Initiative_1631,_Carbon_Emissions_Fee_Measure_(2018) Steve and CCL: https://citizensclimatelobby.org/author/steve/ Don't forget to subscribe to Warm Regards on Medium - medium.com/@ourwarmregards/ on iTunes - itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/warm-…d1127571287?mt=2 Soundcloud - @warmregardspodcast Stitcher - www.stitcher.com/podcast/stephen-…cey/warm-regards Twitter - twitter.com/ourwarmregards and Facebook - www.facebook.com/WarmRegardsPodcast/ to keep up with all the news that, for now, is still changing faster than the climate.