Meteorologists Simon King and Clare Nasir love the weather. In this BBC podcast, they are joined by a range of experts as they answer some of weather’s most challenging questions.
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Under The Weather is a monthly lecture series on climate activism and research brought to you by CKUT 90.3 FM, McGill University's Sustainability Projects Fund, and Climate Justice Montreal. For more information on the project, visit http://undertheweather.ckut.ca/ For more information on CKUT, you can visit http://ckut.ca/c/
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10: Why does the jet stream rule our weather?
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Simon and Clare explore why the jet stream is so important to our weather and discuss how it impacts on travel with Professor Paul Williams.Af BBC Radio
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09: How does it feel flying into a hurricane?
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Simon and Clare find out how it feels flying into a hurricane with the American Hurricane Hunter team based in Florida.Af BBC Radio
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08: What's it like to be in the path of a tornado?
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Simon and Clare are joined by storm chaser Paul Knightley to discover what it's like to be in the path of a tornado.Af BBC Radio
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07: Whatever happened to acid rain?
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Professor Christopher Evans joins Simon and Clare to explore if the issue of acid rain is still relevant in the UK today.Af BBC Radio
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Simon and Clare discover what rain smells like and how our senses and the weather are connected.Af BBC Radio
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05: Should we care about space weather?
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Simon and Clare are joined by Mike Hapgood, Head Of Space Weather at RAL Space, to discover the impact space weather has on our daily lives.Af BBC Radio
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04: Could climate modification save the planet?
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Professor James Fleming joins Simon and Clare to explore if human changes to weather and climate could have a positive impact on our planet.Af BBC Radio
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03: What would a nuclear winter look like?
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Simon and Clare explore the climatic effects of nuclear war with the distinguished Professor of Environmental Science Alan Robock.Af BBC Radio
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02: How long could we survive without ice?
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Professor Henry Pollack joins Simon and Clare to discuss how an iceless planet would impact on our climate and how rising sea levels would change human life as we know it.Af BBC Radio
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01: Should we still be worried about the ozone layer?
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Simon and Clare are joined by Professor Lucy Carpenter from the University of York to find out if we should still be worried about the hole in the ozone layer.Af BBC Radio
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Simon and Clare share a preview of what to expect from Under the Weather.Af BBC Radio
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Sakura Saunders of Protest Barrick
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“Nothing better illustrates the heartless and mechanistic nature of our system than modern day gold mining.” Sakura will give an overview of the gold mining industry, from environmental and human rights impacts to an overview of many communities resisting its abuses. She will also talk about the complicity of the Canadian government in collaboratio…
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Defending the Land: Indigenous Resistance to Extraction with Mel Bazil of the Unist’ot’en Action Camp
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CKUT 90.3 FM, QPIRG Concordia, No One Is Illegal, The Anti-Colonial Solidarity Collective, Climate Justice Montreal, and Submedia.tv present The 7th Edition of Under The Weather Defending the Land: Indigenous Resistance to Extraction featuring MEL BAZIL, indigenous Gitxsan and Wet’suwet’en organizer, sovereigntist, and anarchist of the Unist'ot'en …
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Youth Engagement in Climate Justice with Joanna Petrasek Macdonald
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This is the 6th edition of Under The Weather, featuring Joanna Petrasek MacDonald of the Climate Change Adaptation Research Group A Necessary Voice: Youth Engagement in Climate Change Policy, Research, and Action She is currently completing her Master’s thesis at McGill on the impacts of climate change on the mental health and well-being of Inuit y…
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Urban Sustainability featuring Dr. Kevin Manaugh, Dr. Julia Freeman, and Dr. Marieve Isabel
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March featured a special in-studio edition of Under The Weather. The focus was on urban sustainability. We interviewed Kevin Manaugh of the McGill School of Environment and the School of Urban Planning and then sat down for a round-table discussion with Julia Freeman and Marieve Isabel of the Montreal Urban Sustainability Experience at McGill Unive…
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The Soil Connection: Eating Meat For the Good of the Planet a lecture by HOLLY DRESSEL Best-Selling Author, Teacher, Environmentalist and Researcher Best-selling author and researcher, Professor Holly Dressel of McGill’s School of the Environment is one of Canada's most recognized names in teaching, environmental studies, health care, economic conc…
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This is the fourth edition of Under The Weather, featuring Dr. Timothy Merlis of the McGill University department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences. Timothy Merlis´s research focuses on modelling climate sensitivity, tropical cyclones, and atmospheric circulation. Listen to this podcast to hear about climate modelling and the challenges of resear…
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In November 2013, when Detroit community organizer Charity Hicks visited Montreal to give her lecture for Under The Weather, CKUT programmers Melissa Fundira and Irene Dambriunas sat down with Charity for a one-on-one interview. Take a listen!
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Visionary Organizing in an Age of Climate Crisis with Detroit organizer Charity Hicks Many people feel we live in ecologically destructive, highly unequal and spiritually toxic economies. They crave an alternative. But what should it look like? And how will we get there? Detroit is a city on the front-lines of neoliberal and ecological devastation.…
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In October, the National Energy Board met in Montreal to make its final arguments regarding the reversal and expansion of Enbridge Line 9b, a pipeline running from Montreal to Sarnia. This edition of Under The Weather was a panel featuring three climate justice organizers and their takes on the National Energy Board meetings. The panelists featured…
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Amy Miller, director and producer of The Carbon Rush and No Land No Food No Life, gives a talk on how documentary films can serve as educational tools in the climate justice movement. This talk took place on Thursday, September 12th 2013 at McGill University and was broadcasted live on CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal.…
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