Dr. Jennifer Francis – 2023’s symptoms of climate chaos, El Niño, ocean heatwaves, and Arctic sea ice lows
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Dr. Jennifer Francis – 2023’s symptoms of climate chaos, El Niño, ocean heatwaves, and Arctic sea ice lows
In this ClimateGenn episode I am speaking with Dr Jennifer Francis, a senior scientist at the Woods Hole Climate Research Center, in the US. 2023 has already seen record breaking temperatures in the atmosphere, land and oceans, with horrific impacts to human life, communities and ecology.
Here we focus on three factors in the climate system that drive these extremes and are still set to break more records, creating a great deal more destruction this year. We focus on the forming El Niño climate phenomenon, as well as ocean heatwaves, impacting the Atlantic and the North Pacific.
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