Is it true that cats have nine lives? Is it true that Mars once had rivers and oceans? Is it true that what you're doing Ryan hey Arion from the podcast? Is that true? Was on their way here. So I'm getting my questions ready. I think she takes questions from kids, not adults. Wait, seriously, I've already come up with seven questions for her. What's next? Am I not allowed to eat happy meals? Sorry? Right? Also not for adults, but adults and kids do have a lot of questions about the weather and what's going on with the climate lately. So today we're going to check in on the climate and get some of our questions answered. I'm Bethany van Delft. It's Tuesday, June seven, and this is the ten News six three. We know the climate change is on a lot of your minds, and the past few weeks have been full of news about heat way. It's in all sorts of weird weather. It really has Bethany, I have some questions and I need answered. Question number three, what is up with all the hurricanes? Well, hurricane season officially started on June one, and we've already seen the first named storm last week, even before the officials start. Hurricane Agatha forms in the Pacific and made landfall in Mexico. It's the strongest hurricane ever to hit the Pacific coast. In May, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which is the US government authority on tropical storms and hurricanes, says this year's hurricane season is going to be bad. The agency is predicting that there could be six to ten hurricanes and somewhere between fourteen to twenty one named storms. That's no good. A usual season has seven hurricanes and fourteen named storms. Man okay? Question number fourto well this crazy? Whether just keep happening? Well? April saw an earlier than usual drought and wildfires in Alaska and the Southwest, plus an unusually high number of tornadoes in the Midwest and south. New discoveries about our changing climate suggests that severe weather is going to keep happening. The World Meteorological Organization, or w m O, is a u n's voice on weather, climate, and water. They gathered research from the UK, Spain, Germany, Australia, Canada, China, Japan, the US and Scandinavia. They announced there's now a fifty fifty chance the Earth will be one point five degrees celsius hotter in the next five years. That one point five degrees is the lower end of the climate goal of the Paris Agreement. At that temperature, there will be damaging effects to the Earth, but humans will be able to survive. A change of three degrees celsius would cause devastation to the Earth. Okay, last question, Is the anything to be happy about? Yes, it's not all doom and gloom. There's some good climate news. The US Department of Energy is investing in carbon removal and plans to take one million tons of carbon out of the atmosphere each year. Excellent. Australia's new Prime Minister, Anthony Albany's is committed to climate action, and airlines are trying out used cooking oil as a new source of fuel, which means airports has smell like a giant box of French fries. Never that, you know what's happening here on Earth, what could be happening on other planets? We heard a rumor and our friends arian Nettles from the Is That True podcast is stopping by to help us figure out if that rumor is fact or fiction. Welcome Arianne Thank you so much, Bethany. I'm excited to be here. Hi, I'm Arian. Today's bet is out of this world. Seriously, it's really that good. Hi. My name is Nia Griffith and I am eight years old and I'm from Oregon. Did you know that potatoes can grow on Mars? Potatoes on Mars? Wow? Inia, I honestly have no idea. It's important to always get the most up to date information about space, so I looked for an expert who studies it, and I found the perfect person. So. Hi, my name is Vula Sara Dakis, and I'm a curator at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. So of course you are the perfect person to help us see if this fact is true. So is it true that potatoes can grow on Mars? Well, the short answer to that question is yes, we should be able to under the right conditions, which actually have a lot to do with something called habitability. Oh wow, So what does habitability need? Research groups around the world are exploring this thing called habitability. We also study it here on Earth, and that means to what degree or extent can we inhabit other worlds, not just Mars, but the Moon or other planets in the system, Solar System, and even beyond. So in addition to how much oxygen or atmosphere exists on these other worlds, um this would determine how much or little we can breathe and the technology needed to to help us breathe. But there's another really important aspect of habitability, which has to do with food and water. So if we or did long term colonies on Mars, we really couldn't bring enough food and water onto our spaceships because they just simply wouldn't last long enough. But if we could find ways to create food and water on these other worlds and make them sustainable, then that would make it much more likely that we would be able to not only travel there, but also create inhabitable colonies, got it. So that is kind of what would need to happen so that we could live there. And so although we have not grown potatoes and Mars, we are trying to figure out how we could, and we think that we could. Yeah. Absolutely, thanks for stopping by our young You can check out is that true on all podcast platforms and season two is coming soon. Any good news is about climate change? I sure do Bethany scientists in Texas have discovered a tiny solution to a giant problem. The plastic we use ends up in landfills and then waterways and the ocean, harming marine life. But a newly mutated enzyme eats plastic. That's right. In as little as twenty four hours, the enzyme pet taste can break down plastics even at low temperatures. That's great news for sea creatures and the earth. And now here to give us the news rundown is our head writer, Ryan Willard. Thank you very much, Bethany. I'm Ryan, and here's your rundown. Russian forces have continued their invasion of Ukraine, attacking Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, for the first time in weeks. Russian ships launched five cruise missiles from the Caspian Sea, and while one was destroyed by UK and air defenses, the other four hit infrastructure facilities north of Kiev. Turkey has invented wind turbines that generate electricity from passing cars. Researchers at Istanbul Technical University teamed up with a tech firm, Divesitech, to create a standing wind turbine with a solar panel on top that uses air currents from passing cars, which can generate one kilo wat of energy per hour. That means a single turbine, along with a solar panel, can produce enough electricity to power two Turkish households per day. A critically endangered red wolf pup was born at a zoo in Rhode Island. There are only an estimated twenty three red wolves left in the wild and around two hundred and forty red wolves in US zoos and sanctuary, so a new pup being born is a big deal for the survival of the species. The unnamed red wolf pup was born on May five to its proud parents, Diego and Brave, and is the first red wolf pup to be born at the zoo since two thousand five. I'm Ryan Willard and that's your rundown. Back to you, Bethany, lucky you. It's what what? What's the big trivia? On the ten June seventh is National Chocolate ice Cream Day? But can you guess when chocolate ice cream was first invented? Is it A six B sevento or C eight two? Did you get it? The answer is A in Naples, Italy A back in six two, a book of recipes explained how to make frozen hot chocolate the first chocolate ice cream. Now it's America's favorite flavor. Doesn't feel like summer to me without ice cream? Hey, that reminds me Father's Day is coming up and we want your best dad jokes. Call us and leave us a voice note at eight seven seven ten News or visit the ten news dot com slash contact. That's eight seven seven T E N N E W S. Or visit the ten news dot com slash contact. That's all for today, But before we go, here's a quick note for the grown ups. Thanks for listening to The ten News. Look out for our new episodes on Tuesdays, Thursdays and extras on Saturdays. The ten News is the co production of Small but Mighty Media and Next Chapter Podcast, and it is distributed by I Heart Radio. The ten News creative team is eating chocolate ice cream and includes Tracy Crooks, Pete Musto, Ryan Willard, Adam Bernard, An, Tessa Flannery and Arian Nettles from the Is That True Podcast contributed to this episode. Our production director is Jeremiah Tuttle, and our executive producers are Donald all Bright and show creator Tracy leeds Kaplan. I'm Bethany van Delft and thanks for listening to the ten News. Ryan. Instead of a happy meal, how about some Marsian potato salad. Ryan Iran

Is it true that cats have nine lives? Is it true that Mars once had rivers and oceans? Is it true that what you're doing Ryan hey Arion from the podcast? Is that true? Was on their way here. So I'm getting my questions ready. I think she takes questions from kids, not adults. Wait, seriously, I've already come up with seven questions for her. What's next? Am I not allowed to eat happy meals? Sorry? Right? Also not for adults, but adults and kids do have a lot of questions about the weather and what's going on with the climate lately. So today we're going to check in on the climate and get some of our questions answered. I'm Bethany van Delft. It's Tuesday, June seven, and this is the ten News six three. We know the climate change is on a lot of your minds, and the past few weeks have been full of news about heat way. It's in all sorts of weird weather. It really has Bethany, I have some questions and I need answered. Question number three, what is up with all the hurricanes? Well, hurricane season officially started on June one, and we've already seen the first named storm last week, even before the officials start. Hurricane Agatha forms in the Pacific and made landfall in Mexico. It's the strongest hurricane ever to hit the Pacific coast. In May, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which is the US government authority on tropical storms and hurricanes, says this year's hurricane season is going to be bad. The agency is predicting that there could be six to ten hurricanes and somewhere between fourteen to twenty one named storms. That's no good. A usual season has seven hurricanes and fourteen named storms. Man okay? Question number fourto well this crazy? Whether just keep happening? Well? April saw an earlier than usual drought and wildfires in Alaska and the Southwest, plus an unusually high number of tornadoes in the Midwest and south. New discoveries about our changing climate suggests that severe weather is going to keep happening. The World Meteorological Organization, or w m O, is a u n's voice on weather, climate, and water. They gathered research from the UK, Spain, Germany, Australia, Canada, China, Japan, the US and Scandinavia. They announced there's now a fifty fifty chance the Earth will be one point five degrees celsius hotter in the next five years. That one point five degrees is the lower end of the climate goal of the Paris Agreement. At that temperature, there will be damaging effects to the Earth, but humans will be able to survive. A change of three degrees celsius would cause devastation to the Earth. Okay, last question, Is the anything to be happy about? Yes, it's not all doom and gloom. There's some good climate news. The US Department of Energy is investing in carbon removal and plans to take one million tons of carbon out of the atmosphere each year. Excellent. Australia's new Prime Minister, Anthony Albany's is committed to climate action, and airlines are trying out used cooking oil as a new source of fuel, which means airports has smell like a giant box of French fries. Never that, you know what's happening here on Earth, what could be happening on other planets? We heard a rumor and our friends arian Nettles from the Is That True podcast is stopping by to help us figure out if that rumor is fact or fiction. Welcome Arianne Thank you so much, Bethany. I'm excited to be here. Hi, I'm Arian. Today's bet is out of this world. Seriously, it's really that good. Hi. My name is Nia Griffith and I am eight years old and I'm from Oregon. Did you know that potatoes can grow on Mars? Potatoes on Mars? Wow? Inia, I honestly have no idea. It's important to always get the most up to date information about space, so I looked for an expert who studies it, and I found the perfect person. So. Hi, my name is Vula Sara Dakis, and I'm a curator at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. So of course you are the perfect person to help us see if this fact is true. So is it true that potatoes can grow on Mars? Well, the short answer to that question is yes, we should be able to under the right conditions, which actually have a lot to do with something called habitability. Oh wow, So what does habitability need? Research groups around the world are exploring this thing called habitability. We also study it here on Earth, and that means to what degree or extent can we inhabit other worlds, not just Mars, but the Moon or other planets in the system, Solar System, and even beyond. So in addition to how much oxygen or atmosphere exists on these other worlds, um this would determine how much or little we can breathe and the technology needed to to help us breathe. But there's another really important aspect of habitability, which has to do with food and water. So if we or did long term colonies on Mars, we really couldn't bring enough food and water onto our spaceships because they just simply wouldn't last long enough. But if we could find ways to create food and water on these other worlds and make them sustainable, then that would make it much more likely that we would be able to not only travel there, but also create inhabitable colonies, got it. So that is kind of what would need to happen so that we could live there. And so although we have not grown potatoes and Mars, we are trying to figure out how we could, and we think that we could. Yeah. Absolutely, thanks for stopping by our young You can check out is that true on all podcast platforms and season two is coming soon. Any good news is about climate change? I sure do Bethany scientists in Texas have discovered a tiny solution to a giant problem. The plastic we use ends up in landfills and then waterways and the ocean, harming marine life. But a newly mutated enzyme eats plastic. That's right. In as little as twenty four hours, the enzyme pet taste can break down plastics even at low temperatures. That's great news for sea creatures and the earth. And now here to give us the news rundown is our head writer, Ryan Willard. Thank you very much, Bethany. I'm Ryan, and here's your rundown. Russian forces have continued their invasion of Ukraine, attacking Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, for the first time in weeks. Russian ships launched five cruise missiles from the Caspian Sea, and while one was destroyed by UK and air defenses, the other four hit infrastructure facilities north of Kiev. Turkey has invented wind turbines that generate electricity from passing cars. Researchers at Istanbul Technical University teamed up with a tech firm, Divesitech, to create a standing wind turbine with a solar panel on top that uses air currents from passing cars, which can generate one kilo wat of energy per hour. That means a single turbine, along with a solar panel, can produce enough electricity to power two Turkish households per day. A critically endangered red wolf pup was born at a zoo in Rhode Island. There are only an estimated twenty three red wolves left in the wild and around two hundred and forty red wolves in US zoos and sanctuary, so a new pup being born is a big deal for the survival of the species. The unnamed red wolf pup was born on May five to its proud parents, Diego and Brave, and is the first red wolf pup to be born at the zoo since two thousand five. I'm Ryan Willard and that's your rundown. Back to you, Bethany, lucky you. It's what what? What's the big trivia? On the ten June seventh is National Chocolate ice Cream Day? But can you guess when chocolate ice cream was first invented? Is it A six B sevento or C eight two? Did you get it? The answer is A in Naples, Italy A back in six two, a book of recipes explained how to make frozen hot chocolate the first chocolate ice cream. Now it's America's favorite flavor. Doesn't feel like summer to me without ice cream? Hey, that reminds me Father's Day is coming up and we want your best dad jokes. Call us and leave us a voice note at eight seven seven ten News or visit the ten news dot com slash contact. That's eight seven seven T E N N E W S. Or visit the ten news dot com slash contact. That's all for today, But before we go, here's a quick note for the grown ups. Thanks for listening to The ten News. Look out for our new episodes on Tuesdays, Thursdays and extras on Saturdays. The ten News is the co production of Small but Mighty Media and Next Chapter Podcast, and it is distributed by I Heart Radio. The ten News creative team is eating chocolate ice cream and includes Tracy Crooks, Pete Musto, Ryan Willard, Adam Bernard, An, Tessa Flannery and Arian Nettles from the Is That True Podcast contributed to this episode. Our production director is Jeremiah Tuttle, and our executive producers are Donald all Bright and show creator Tracy leeds Kaplan. I'm Bethany van Delft and thanks for listening to the ten News. Ryan. Instead of a happy meal, how about some Marsian potato salad. Ryan Iran