How 2023 Broke Our Climate Models with Neil deGrasse Tyson & Gavin Schmidt

The irony of it all is that the climate or the earth does not give a dime about us human beings. It is not about saving the planet, it is about saving us!

7:00 "When we don't understand something, there's science to be done." I love that statement

I'd like to point out that this was noticed in 2001. When air traffic was grounded for just a few days after the Sept-11 attack, the increase in warming was measured. As I recall, "pan evaporation rates" are daily measurements made in standard pans, as they are topped off each day. The effect of aerosols was dubbed "global dimming" and the irony that pollution was mitigating global warming was very much noted, too.

I remember the late Brian Kaye saying that the only thing we can reliably predict about non-linear systems is that our predictions will probably be wrong.

What was your biggest takeaway from this Explainer?

Best climate graph ever I really liked the tornado. It really visualizes change.

A big problem today revolves around, "The more I learn, the more I realize how much I don't know.” Some stubbornly refuse to acknowledge the second part, while others use it to dismiss what we do know.

Neil, I think another interesting Star Talk would be if you had Sir Brian May, guitarist of the legendary band Queen on as a guest. Most people don't know that he has a PhD in Astro Physics as well and collaborates with NASA in his "spare time".

I noticed it was so nice during the covid shutdowns so far as the natural environment experienced.

This guy on the end “I know words” lmao