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EXTREME HEAT Is Getting Worse, and It Will Reshape Earth FOREVER
- Title
- EXTREME HEAT Is Getting Worse, and It Will Reshape Earth FOREVER
- Runtime
- 1:19:55
- Date posted
- 2 days ago
- Description
- Extreme heat is the deadliest kind of weather on Earth. Even as deaths from most weather decline, heat-related mortality is on the rise. Part of the reason? The very nature of extreme heat is changing. Climate change has unleashed a dramatic increase in dangerous “wet-bulb” events, when heat and humidity combine to overwhelm the human body’s ability to cool itself. In these episodes, we explore how extreme heat has begun redrawing the map of where humans can safely live, and the dangers and adaptations facing us in this new world.
0:00:00: Intro
0:00:34: How America’s Hottest City is Innovating to Survive
0:11:16: Cities are getting too hot to handle. TREES help us survive.
0:22:31: Why Is The U.S. Warming Faster Than Average?
0:34:29: Too HOT and HUMID to Live: Extreme Wet Bulb Events Are on the Rise
0:45:00: These Diseases LOVE a Warmer World But Which Should We Worry About?
0:55:48: What Will Our World Look Like at 4 Degrees?...
- Title
- These places seem out of place
- Runtime
- 1:37
- Date posted
- 8 days ago
- Description
- Why are there fields of ice in the middle of the Gobi Desert, lush ancient forests in northern Iran, and desert landscapes in southern England?
Overview is hosted by Joe Hanson, PhD from @besmart and Produced by PBS North Carolina
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- Title
- A SUPER El Niño Triggered History’s DEADLIEST Disaster. THIS One Might Be Worse.
- Runtime
- 11:27
- Date posted
- 15 days ago
- Description
- The 2026 El Niño could be the strongest we’ve ever seen. And to understand its potential impacts, we’ll take a trip back in time to 1877. That El Niño triggered one of the most devastating natural disasters in human history. What could this one do?
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- Title
- Why Are Europe’s Heatwaves the Deadliest?
- Runtime
- 1:57
- Date posted
- 19 days ago
- Description
- Europe is relatively wealthy, and it's not that hot compared to a lot of other places on earth. So why are its heatwaves the deadliest of all? Let's find out.
Weathered is hosted by Maiya May.
#heatwave
#climatechange
#weather
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- Title
- Peep this dazzling high stakes mating game
- Runtime
- 1:22
- Date posted
- 21 days ago
- Description
- These giant Australian cuttlefish only experience one mating season in their lifetime. The result? The largest aggregation of the species in the world in the most spectacular competition for love. See how these cuttlefish go through the most beautiful shapeshifting extremes to win a mate.
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- Is this the STRANGEST Natural Disaster Coincidence?
- Runtime
- 2:09
- Date posted
- 26 days ago
- Description
- Three separate serious earthquakes have impacted Mexico City on September 19th over the last several decades. Is there something going on here? Or is it just the greatest coincidence of all time?
Weathered's Maiya May breaks down the science and reveals the odds of this happening.
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- Title
- 48 Minutes of the Weirdest Nature in America
- Runtime
- 48:51
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- America's National Parks have been called "the best idea we ever had." This special compilation video is our testament to why. From sunken shipwrecks to ancient human footprints, from Earth's mightiest trees to our rarest and more fragile creatures, the wonders within our National Parks are boundless. Every park has a secret. Here are a few we discovered, together.
Chapters
00:00:00: Intro
00:00:23: White Sands National Park (New Mexico)
00:07:54: Cape Hatteras National Seashore (North Carolina)
00:18:23: Petrified Forest National Park (Arizona)
00:25:01: Death Valley National Park (Nevada)
00:32:25: Redwood National and State Parks (California)
00:39:31: Everglades National Park (Florida)
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- This Is the Most Dangerous Volcano on Earth. And It’s Not Even Close.
- Runtime
- 2:19
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- Which volcano in the world is potentially the most dangerous? Mt. Rainier? Taal? Merapi? Nyiragongo? There are lots of contenders, but one stands above the rest.
Maiya and the Weathered Team cast a vote for most dangerous volcano in the world.
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- Title
- America's Most TOXIC Site Could Be Worse Than CHERNOBYL
- Runtime
- 14:30
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- The clean energy transition and the A.I. revolution both need LOTS of land to succeed. Could this radioactive site half the size of Rhode Island be just what they need? Or is it a disaster waiting to happen? Watch this episode to find out.
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- Title
- This Ancient Swamp Is Hiding a Carbon Time Bomb
- Runtime
- 13:26
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- In 2011, a fire in the Great Dismal Swamp burned for 111 days. Even a foot of rain from Hurricane Irene failed to extinguish it. The reason was hidden underground in layers of peat, one of Earth's most important carbon stores. What started this fire reveals a surprising story about climate change, America's complicated history, and one of the continent's most remarkable landscapes.
Hosted by Joe Hanson from Be Smart, Overview uses stunning aerial and nature footage to reveal the hidden wonders that shape our planet.
To learn even more about the communities who lived in the swamp, check out this video from In the Margins: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2XCbqRi6s0
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- Title
- The fascinating phenomena of recursive islands
- Runtime
- 1:42
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- An island in a lake on an island in a lake on an island sounds like a geography glitch, but it's one of Earth's rarest landforms.
Overview is hosted by Joe Hanson, PhD (from @besmart ) and produced by PBS North Carolina.
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- Title
- These Human Footprints Changed Everything
- Runtime
- 1:18
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- In New Mexico’s White Sands National Park, park rangers discovered fossilized human footprints that were made thousands of years earlier than previously thought. Is everything we thought we knew about humans wrong?
For more stories like this, catch up on Untold Earth!
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- Why America's Deadliest Disaster is Essentially Invisible
- Runtime
- 13:26
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Thank you to Opera for supporting PBS! To learn more about the Opera Browser you can check out their website: https://opr.as/Opera-browser-pbsterra
When you look at Federally declared disasters across the U.S., there’s a surprising blank spot in the Southwest region. What’s up with that? Is the Southwest really a safe haven from natural disasters? Or is there a more sinister explanation for this giant hole in the map? On this episode of Weathered, we talk to the folks who made this map, and some of the world’s leading experts on climate risk to find out what’s really going on.
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- Title
- We Saw What AI Data Centers Don't Want You to See
- Runtime
- 21:45
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- We investigated one of the world’s largest AI data centers, using thermal drone footage to reveal the hidden pollution powering the AI boom. As companies race to build the future of artificial intelligence, residents and experts warn that fossil fuels, secrecy, and weak regulation may be putting communities at risk.
You can learn more about @floodlightnews and its mission by visiting https://floodlightnews.org/
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Hosted by Joe Hanson from Be Smart, Overview uses stunning aerial and nature footage to reveal the hidden wonders that shape our planet.
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- Title
- How a SUPER El Niño Can Trigger the WORST Natural Disaster
- Runtime
- 2:01
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- It's becoming increasingly likely that very powerful "Super" El Niño pattern will take affect in the coming months. In this video we take a look back to history to the 1877 Super El Niño to talk about its effects on the world's climate, and the global disaster that ensued.
Weathered is hosted by Maiya May.
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- The Perfect Storm Hasn’t Happened Yet. But It Will.
- Runtime
- 12:33
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- After two devastating hurricanes in two decades, New York City is racing to prepare for the true superstorm, one that combines the storm surge of Sandy with the record rainfall of Ida. The innovation and investment are unprecedented but the warming climate is quickly raising the sea level, and the stakes.
So who is going to win: New York City, or the PERFECT STORM?
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- Title
- These are the most EXTREME tides on Earth
- Runtime
- 1:27
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- Inside Canada’s Bay of Fundy, 160 BILLION tons of water rush in and out daily, creating the most extreme tides on Earth. Scientists now think this force could help power our future.
- Title
- This lake kills with its burps
- Runtime
- 1:42
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- In 1986, Cameroon’s Lake Nyos unleashed a deadly limnic eruption when trapped volcanic CO₂ suddenly burst from the lake, silently suffocating over 1,700 people and transforming scientists’ understanding of geological disasters.
Overview is hosted by Joe Hanson, PhD (from @besmart) and produced by PBS North Carolina.
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- Title
- How Cows Turn Soil Into a Sponge
- Runtime
- 1:10
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- Overgrazed or industrial land can’t absorb water—but managed grazing can change that. When cows eat plants, it actually helps them regrow, build deeper roots, and create healthier soil that’s more resistant to flooding! Corie Pierce of Bread and Butter Farm is helping to do just that.
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- Tornado Alley Is MOVING and That's a HUGE Problem
- Runtime
- 11:42
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- Check out our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/PBSWeathered?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink
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The United States is the tornado capital of the world, but the "Tornado Alley" we all grew up learning about is changing. While frequency is dropping in the Great Plains, a new, much deadlier threat is rising somewhere else...
In this episode, we travel to Wingo, Kentucky, to meet a survivor of the deadliest December tornado on record in the US and speak with atmospheric scientists Victor Gensini and Stephen Strader. We explore why America’s unique geography creates these storms, the atmospheric "cap" that is shifting the risk, and why this new "Tornado Alley" is significantly more dangerous than the original.
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- Title
- These are the weirdest sharks out there
- Runtime
- 1:34
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- Cookie-cutter sharks, wobbegongs, and frilled sharks all look a bit…odd. But there’s a scientific reason for their unique features. Shark scientist Jaida Elcock breaks down why these sharks evolved to look this way. 🦈
- Title
- What are birds hiding under their feathers?
- Runtime
- 0:52
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Feathers keep birds warm, but during breeding season, they actually lose some on purpose. Our friend Jack Baddams tells us why!
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- Three Cyclones at Once?! But That’s Not the Weird Part
- Runtime
- 1:43
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Three tropical cyclones spinning across the Pacific at the same time is rare enough, but the truly bizarre part was what happened next. Super Typhoon Sinlaku rapidly intensified into one of the strongest storms ever recorded this early in the year, fueled by unusually warm ocean waters before slamming into the Northern Mariana Islands. Here’s why this storm was so unusual, and what it tells us about the future of tropical cyclones in a warming world.
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- How does this fish survive DEATH VALLEY?
- Runtime
- 1:08
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- In Death Valley, one of the hottest, driest places on Earth, you'll find an unlikely survivor: a pupfish. How do these fish live in such an inhospitable place?
Untold Earth explores the seeming impossibilities behind our planet’s strangest, most unique natural wonders. From fragile, untouched ecosystems to familiar but unexplained occurrences in our own backyard, this series chases insight into natural phenomena through the voices that know them best.
Untold Earth is produced in partnership with Atlas Obscura and Nature.
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- Title
- What exactly are the Horse Latitudes?
- Runtime
- 1:43
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Welcome to the desert of the sea, the often windless "horse latitudes."
Friend of PBS Paige explains it best!
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- America Made Its Most Toxic Lake. Now We Need What's Inside.
- Runtime
- 15:57
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Watch the latest episode of @NinePBS 's What Do I Do with This? here: https://youtu.be/jnBuX8LFTqM?si=YBuv9BOUgkVP4KGj
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America’s most toxic lake may also be one of its most overlooked resources. At the Berkeley Pit Superfund Site, scientists are extracting clean energy materials from a century of mining waste.
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- Title
- The Truth About Sea Level
- Runtime
- 2:10
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Wait… sea level isn’t level? The ocean’s surface can vary by feet, thanks to wind patterns, rotating currents, and Earth’s spin. From water piling up in the subtropics to dips near the poles, and even storm surge during hurricanes, the ocean is constantly shifting to balance pressure. Our friend Paige explains it best!
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- Is This the Most Dangerous River in America?
- Runtime
- 13:59
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Deadly floods are hitting Texas Hill Country again in July 2026. But why does the same weather pattern create such dangerous flash floods again and again? Watch this video to find out why this river is so deadly.
After the 2025 Central Texas floods, one question remains: why is the Guadalupe still the most dangerous river in America? We go inside the "Flash Flood Alley" to see the hidden mechanics of a modern flood disaster and the tech working to keep your community safe.
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- Title
- What makes bird feet so special?
- Runtime
- 1:10
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Let's take a closer look at bird feet! From their dinosaur origins to evolving into toes that lock in place...there’s a lot of interesting things happening beneath those feathers. Our friend Jack Baddams shares more!
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- The Cascadia Megaquake Is Inevitable. And It Will Reshape America Forever
- Runtime
- 36:05
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- The Cascadia Subduction Zone represents a profound disaster in the making. Running hundreds of miles along the Pacific Northwest coast, it's overdue for a catastrophic magnitude 9 earthquake. In fact, scientists estimate there's a 37% chance it will strike in the near future.
In this special compilation video, we bring together everything you need to know about the Cascadia megaquake: the science behind it, the incredible historical detective work that pinpointed the last one to a specific hour 321 years ago, and the survival strategies that could save your life when this looming calamity strikes.
0:00 - Intro
0:25 - The Big One Is Coming: The Science of the Looming Cascadia Megaquake
10:42 - How a Ghost Forest Solved a 300-Year-Old Megaquake Mystery
23:55 - What You Need to Know to Survive the Cascadia Megaquake
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- Title
- This island is a giant Petri dish
- Runtime
- 2:01
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- Surtsey Island in Iceland became a pretty interesting biological case study after it burst into existence in the 1960s. With no humans allowed on the island, it's been a nearly perfect Petri dish for scientists to study how life proliferates into new environments.
Overview is hosted by Joe Hanson PhD.
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- A Hidden Antarctic Tipping Point May Have Just Been Triggered
- Runtime
- 11:34
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
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Something unexpected and potentially irreversible is changing Antarctica and scientists finally know why.
Over the past few decades, researchers have tracked the mysterious growth and sharp decline in sea ice in Antarctica. But a few years ago a troubling discovery was made that could upend global ocean circulation, push one species of penguin to extinction, and change our planet’s climate forever.
In this episode of Weathered, Maiya May looks into the role sea ice plays in our global climate, and the threat that its disappearance poses to our natural world.
From emperor penguins, to sea level rise, to the slowing of the AMOC, these s...
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- This Winter Was the HOTTEST and COLDEST EVER ?!?
- Runtime
- 1:39
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- Many parts of the US reported their hottest winter on record. For others, it was one of the coldest. So what gives?
Weathered's Maiya May explains.
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- Title
- Why Did This Farm Survive Vermont's Extreme Floods?
- Runtime
- 16:48
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- In July 2023, historic flooding swept across Vermont, devastating farms and testing the resilience of the land. This episode follows Corie Pierce of Bread & Butter Farm as she reveals how more than a decade of regenerative farming helped their fields withstand extreme rainfall. At the heart of the story is a simple truth: the healthier the soil, the more resilient the land.
Corie’s work is a reminder that farming is not just food production — it is the caretaking of the land, and in turn, the communities that rely on it. By asking what it truly means to be a land steward, she reimagines the responsibility we all share for the ground beneath our feet.
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- Title
- Why are hurricanes scared of South America?
- Runtime
- 2:56
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- This map shows every tropical cyclone from 1851–2010 and it reveals some surprising patterns. From the planet’s biggest “hurricane factory” near West Africa to the invisible wall at the equator, the tracks of these storms expose the forces that steer hurricanes across the globe.
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- Title
- The Hidden Danger of the Northern Lights
- Runtime
- 9:28
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- At a rocket test range in Alaska, scientists are firing rockets into the northern lights. They want to better understand the aurora because they are the visible fingerprint of a powerful and dangerous force that can disrupt GPS, satellites, and power grids. We join them at a launch to find out what they've discovered.
Hosted by Joe Hanson from Be Smart, Overview uses stunning aerial and nature footage to reveal the hidden wonders that shape our planet.
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- Title
- Is This the ABSOLUTE Worst Case Tipping Point?
- Runtime
- 11:11
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
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What happens when a planet crosses a climate tipping point it can’t recover from?
Venus may hold the answer.
Scientists think Venus once had oceans, water, and a climate that may have resembled early Earth. But something pushed the planet past a threshold. Water evaporated, greenhouse warming spiraled, and Venus became the hottest planet in our solar system.
So what was that tipping point? And could anything like it happen on Earth?
In this episode of Weathered, Maiya May explores the science behind runaway greenhouse effects, ancient volcanic carbon releases, and one of the most surprising climate wildcards scientists have discover...
- Title
- Climate Change Won't End the World. This Could.
- Runtime
- 12:51
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
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Is this how civilizations end? As climate disasters intensify, some cities survive — and others collapse. So what makes the difference?
In this episode of Weathered, host Maiya May investigates what history reveals about system collapse, failed cities, and civilizations that didn’t survive climate shocks. Were they doomed? Or did they miss warning signs we’re seeing today?
With climate disasters and global warming accelerating, researchers Luke Kemp and strategic climate risk expert Laurie Laybourn break down the common patterns behind civilization collapse — and the 5 strategies that can help modern societies avoid the same fate.
If you’ve ever wondered:
Is it the end of the world?
When do systems collapse?
Can cities survive climate change?
How do we prevent total societal collapse?
Thi...
- Title
- Why did the Ice Age forget this one spot?
- Runtime
- 1:39
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- In the middle of America’s flattest land lies a rugged secret the Ice Age somehow forgot—the mysterious Driftless Region.
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- Title
- Why Do Farmers Love This Seed?
- Runtime
- 1:11
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- Love tofu, soy sauce, or edamame? 🌱 Farmer Christina Chan of Choy Division Farms shares why soy is the one seed she’d grow for life, while also showing us how seed saving helps protect our food supply and save money.
- Title
- The Vegetables 99% of American Farms Refuse to Grow
- Runtime
- 13:31
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- Urban food systems prioritize long-distance supply chains that favor shelf life and transportability over flavor, nutrition, and ecological resilience. As a result, many East Asian vegetables consumed in U.S. cities are conventionally grown, imported from far away, and limited to a narrow range of commercially viable varieties.
At Choy Division Farm in the Hudson Valley, Christina Chan demonstrates an alternative model of localized vegetable production. Growing 40–50 varieties of East Asian crops in nutrient-dense black dirt soils, the farm emphasizes varietal diversity, seed saving, and soil health to reduce food miles, preserve flavor, and strengthen regional food security.
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- Title
- This Storm is OVERPOWERING Global Warming ?!?
- Runtime
- 1:13
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
- Description
- If global warming mean what it says it means, then why did the US get hit with such a powerful winter storm?
Weathered's Maiya May explains how cold Arctic air coming south is, counterintuitively, affected by a warming Arctic.
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- Title
- How Stealing Endangered Turtle Eggs Saved Them From Extinction
- Runtime
- 10:28
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
- Description
- Each fall, a remote stretch of volcanic sand in Costa Rica transforms into one of nature’s greatest spectacles: Tens of thousands of sea turtles arrive en masse and nest in unison. But this breathtaking event hides a surprising paradox that may actually help save the species.
Thank you to the people of Ostional and the Asociación de Desarrollo Integral de Ostional for their support and guidance in working with the sea turtles and filming this episode.
Hosted by Joe Hanson from @besmart , Overview uncovers Earth's mysteries through revealing unexpected visuals and fresh perspectives.
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- Title
- What if the Deccan Traps erupted today?
- Runtime
- 2:04
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
- Description
- What if the volcanoes that helped wipe out the dinosaurs erupted again today? Turns out the answer is pretty frightening. But maybe not for the reasons you think. Weathered's Maiya May explains.
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- Title
- This Is How the World Ends According to Science
- Runtime
- 11:47
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
- Description
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There’s an 18% chance that global warming exceeds four degrees by 2100 and that’s not a small risk when the stakes are civilization-ending.
In this episode of Weathered, host Maiya May talks with civilization collapse researcher Luke Kemp and strategic climate risk expert Laurie Laybourn about why high-end warming scenarios are often dismissed as “doomerism,” even though worst-case planning is standard in most fields. We break down how uncertainty in climate sensitivity and political derailment could push warming higher than expected and how climate shocks can trigger cascading failures across food systems, financial markets, and geopolitics. Understanding ...
- Title
- The weird way bees use pheromones
- Runtime
- 1:17
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
- Description
- Bees may not hear as humans do, but they can still communicate! By performing the remarkable waggle dance, bees can uniquely find new homes and food.
- Title
- I Know Why LA Burned (And Why It WILL Happen Again)
- Runtime
- 56:10
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
- Description
- Nearly a year after the devastating Los Angeles fires, Weathered host Maiya May returns to document what recovery really looks like. What she finds shocks her: communities still navigating immense loss, bureaucratic roadblocks, and unresolved questions about what went wrong. Yet amid the challenges, she is unexpectedly uplifted by the determination, innovation, and solidarity taking root.
With newly reported material added to this updated hour-long special, Maiya follows survivors as they confront the questions that keep them up at night—why systems failed, what could have changed the outcome, and how to prevent this from happening again. Her investigation leads to an emerging, hopeful blueprint for wildfire-resilient communities—one that could reshape how cities prepare for a hotter, more fire-prone future.
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- Title
- Why Bees Are Swarming Our Cities
- Runtime
- 10:32
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- In the midst of a widespread honeybee decline across the US, Nicole Rivera Hartery has made it her mission to provide accessible beekeeping classes to people of all ages in her community.
Through hands-on hive tours at Palmyra Cove Nature Reserve and educational programs for kids in classrooms, Nicole is working to dismantle a fear of insects, deepen respect for pollinators, and remind us all that bees—and women who care for them—are vital threads in the fabric of our ecosystems.
Women of the Earth, produced by Summer Moon Productions, featuring stories of women across America who are leading a new movement to restore and protect the land. By focusing on women in land stewardship roles, the series will explore women’s unique relationship to the earth and their innovative undertakings to heal the earth from climate change.
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- Title
- How can these rivers flow BACKWARDS?
- Runtime
- 2:08
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- Reversing the flow of a river seems like something that just can't happen. But nature and humans have made it happen time and again...
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- Title
- A Cat-4 atmospheric river just SLAMMED the PNW
- Runtime
- 1:33
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- We just witnessed a 7,000 mile long category 4 atmospheric river hitting the Pacific Northwest. But what exaclty are atmospheric rivers, and how does the ratings system work? Weathered's Maiya May explains.
