Harvey and Irma: A Hurricane’s Human Fingerprints
Guests
Brian Schatz
U.S. Senator (D-HI)
Ben Santer
Fowler Distinguished Scholar in Residence, Woods Hole; Visiting Researcher, UCLA
John Englander
Author, High Tide on Main Street
Angela Fritz
Product Manager, Weather Underground
Kathryn Sullivan
Administrator, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Hunter Cutting
Director of Strategic Communications, Climate Nexus
Don Cameron
General Manager, Terranova Ranch Inc.
Barton Thompson
Robert E. Paradise Professor of Natural Resources Law, Stanford University
Summary
From Katrina and Sandy to Harvey and Irma, how is climate change fueling these increasingly destructive hurricanes? Greg Dalton and his guests delve into the politics, costs and human causes of the megastorms pummeling our planet.
Portions of this program were recorded in front of a live audience at the Commonwealth Club of California.
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