Scientists estimate bush fires in Southeastern Australia have killed hundreds of millions of animals. This hour, we talk about the fires’ impact on biodiversity.

And we learn about how climate change is shaping wildfire patterns around the globe. Are severe natural disasters becoming the “new normal”?

GUESTS:
Rebecca Buchholz - Project Scientist with the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado
Walter Jetz - Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Yale University and Director of the Yale Center for Biodiversity and Global Change

 

Scientists estimate bush fires in Southeastern Australia have killed hundreds of millions of animals. This hour, we talk about the fires&rsquo; impact on biodiversity.
And we learn about how climate change is shaping wildfire patterns around the globe. Are severe natural disasters becoming the &ldquo;new normal&rdquo;?
GUESTS:
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<li>Rebecca Buchholz -&nbsp;Project Scientist with the&nbsp;<a href="https://ncar.ucar.edu/">National Center for Atmospheric Research</a>&nbsp;in Boulder, Colorado</li>
<li>Walter Jetz -&nbsp;<a href="https://jetzlab.yale.edu/people/walter-jetz">Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology&nbsp;</a>at Yale University and&nbsp;Director of the&nbsp;<a href="https://bgc.yale.edu/">Yale Center for Biodiversity and Global Change</a></li>
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Produced by Connecticut Public, 'Where We Live' puts Connecticut in context. Host Catherine Shen brings us fascinating, informed, in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines.  We start local, but we take time to explore domestic and international issues and consider how they impact us personally and here at home.

Produced by Connecticut Public, '<a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/where-we-live/about">Where We Live'</a> puts Connecticut in context. Host Catherine Shen brings us fascinating, informed, in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines.  We start local, but we take time to explore domestic and international issues and consider how they impact us personally and here at home.

Where We Live is a call-in talk show about who we are in Connecticut and our place in the world.

Where We Live

Produced by Connecticut Public, '<a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/where-we-live/about">Where We Live'</a> puts Connecticut in context. Host Catherine Shen brings us fascinating, informed, in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines.  We start local, but we take time to explore domestic and international issues and consider how they impact us personally and here at home.

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