Climb It

The Water Zone is joined by special guest, Jonathan Overpeck, Ph. D., a renowned climate scientist and researcher who co-authored a Nobel Prize winning report with former Vice President Al Gore. Overpeck currently serves as Dean of the School for Environment and Sustainability at the University of Michigan. On the program, he discusses the various areas that are affected by climate change and stressed the importance of more water storage for the future – and, in some instances, enhanced flooding to help stimulate unwelcome algae bloom growth. His perspectives on the top causes of climate change include the burning of fossil fuels and carbon dioxide, and that the world needs to take these conditions seriously. He also believes that climate change will affect the future of agriculture and will significantly hurt the global economy.

(Podcast recorded on May 9, 2019)