'Weathered: Earth's Extremes' asks 'What Happens When the Land Runs Out?'

I made two notes to myself at the end of 'Weathered' on PBS Terra asks 'Has Earth Already Crossed MAJOR Tipping Points?'

The description mentioned groundwater, but the video itself didn't include anything about the subject. Just the same, reading it reminded me that I show a Wall Street Journal video about groundwater depletion to my students and I should embed it here. I should also embed the next episode, which PBS Terra uploaded yesterday. That won't happen until next month. Stay tuned.

Time for the next episode, What Happens When the Land Runs Out? Earth's Extremes: Full Episode.

The Weathered crew traveled all over the US and abroad to answer pressing questions about our changing climate in our new series, Weathered, Earth's Extremes. Maiya and the team worked so hard on this show -- we can't wait for you to watch it!

Maiya May is on a mission to understand the impacts of climate change and how to stop it. She brings viewers along to learn where we are and where we’re going as greenhouse gasses reach record levels. Have we crossed major climate tipping points? And are there positive tipping points that will help slow global warming faster than expected?

Can coral survive record ocean temperatures? Will thawing permafrost trigger runaway warming? How do we cool our cities and replenish groundwater? Watch to find out!

Examining the aftermath of Hurricane Ida in Louisiana reminded me of what I wrote in NOAA predicts another above average hurricane season for 2022: "Seeing the aftermath of Hurricane Ida added to the clips I embedded in 2021 in climate and weather from ABC News, NBC News, and WeatherNation shows that the storm left 'a long-lasting legacy of loss' despite my hopes at the time." Ida's legacy of loss is lasting even longer than I feared in 2021.

Another legacy of loss from Ida was the increase in home insurance premiums, which recalls my response to PBS Terra asks 'Will Climate Change Pop the Housing Bubble?' "My answer to the question is by itself, no, but climate change is likely to make the coming real estate price drop worse, at least in places where climate-fueled weather disasters have become more common and severe." PBS mentioned higher premiums because of weather-related losses in California, Florida, and Louisiana in that video. This video shows the human toll of those higher rates.

I close by recycling another program note from 'The "dirty side" of a hurricane, explained' by Vox.

So far, this season's 18 named storms, including 11 hurricanes and 5 major hurricanes, have borne out NOAA's 'Most Aggressive Hurricane Season Forecast On Record' for 2024, which predicted 17–25 named storms, 8–13 hurricanes, and 4–7 major hurricanes. I might revisit this and other forecasts next month. Stay tuned.

I have two more weeks to do this, so stay tuned for this year's version of 2023 is the hottest year on record and other climate and weather stories. That's when I plan on posting the follow up. As I wrote, stay tuned.