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  • AL ROKER WALKS US THROUGH THE CLIMATE RECORDS THAT WE BROKE

  • CLIMATE RECORDS THAT WE BROKE THIS YEAR.

  • THIS YEAR. >> IT'S THE HOTTEST MONTH ON

  • >> IT'S THE HOTTEST MONTH ON RECORD.

  • RECORD. AND THE SECOND HOTTEST AUGUST

  • AND THE SECOND HOTTEST AUGUST OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER IN RECORDED

  • OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER IN RECORDED HISTORY.

  • HISTORY. MELTING SEA ICE AND LOST

  • MELTING SEA ICE AND LOST 12.5 BILLION TONS OF ICE IN A

  • 12.5 BILLION TONS OF ICE IN A SINGLE DAY.

  • SINGLE DAY. SOMETHING SCIENTISTS DIDN'T

  • SOMETHING SCIENTISTS DIDN'T EXPECT TO HAPPEN FOR AT LEAST

  • EXPECT TO HAPPEN FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER 50 YEARS.

  • ANOTHER 50 YEARS. >> IT WILL BE HOW HIGH SEA

  • >> IT WILL BE HOW HIGH SEA LEVELS WILL RISE.

  • LEVELS WILL RISE. >> IT'S SINCE WE HAVE GOTTEN

  • >> IT'S SINCE WE HAVE GOTTEN HERE THAT WE HAVE BEEN HEARING

  • HERE THAT WE HAVE BEEN HEARING IT AND SEEING IT FALLING OFF AND

  • IT AND SEEING IT FALLING OFF AND IT'S GOING INTO THE OCEAN.

  • IT'S GOING INTO THE OCEAN. WHAT HAPPENED?

  • WHAT HAPPENED? >> WE ARE ON THE FIRST STEP.

  • >> WE ARE ON THE FIRST STEP. IN THE ARCTIC IT DOESN'T SOUND

  • IN THE ARCTIC IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE MUCH BUT IT'S ALREADY

  • LIKE MUCH BUT IT'S ALREADY PROFOUNDING SHIFTING THE

  • PROFOUNDING SHIFTING THE FREQUENCY AND INTENSITY OF

  • FREQUENCY AND INTENSITY OF COASTAL FLOODING.

  • COASTAL FLOODING. >> THOSE RISING SEA LEVELS AND

  • >> THOSE RISING SEA LEVELS AND WARMER OCEANS FUELLING MORE

  • WARMER OCEANS FUELLING MORE POWERFUL HURRICANES LIKE THAT

  • POWERFUL HURRICANES LIKE THAT THAT DEVASTATED THE BAHAMAS.

  • THAT DEVASTATED THE BAHAMAS. >> THE LINK BETWEEN CLIMATE

  • >> THE LINK BETWEEN CLIMATE CHANGE AND DROUGHT AND WILDFIRES

  • CHANGE AND DROUGHT AND WILDFIRES IS VERY, VERY STRONG.

  • IS VERY, VERY STRONG. IN THE AMAZON RAIN FOREST IN

  • IN THE AMAZON RAIN FOREST IN BRAZIL, WILDFIRES CAUSED BY

  • BRAZIL, WILDFIRES CAUSED BY SLASH AND BURN TECHNIQUES RAISE

  • SLASH AND BURN TECHNIQUES RAISE AT A RECORD RATE.

  • AT A RECORD RATE. >>> WE HIT A RECORD.

  • >>> WE HIT A RECORD. THAT'S THE GREEN HOUSE GASES IN

  • THAT'S THE GREEN HOUSE GASES IN OUR ATMOSPHERE.

  • OUR ATMOSPHERE. A NEW RECORD HIGH.

  • A NEW RECORD HIGH. SO WINDS NOW GUSTING AT OVER 55

  • SO WINDS NOW GUSTING AT OVER 55 TO 60 MILES PER HOUR.

  • TO 60 MILES PER HOUR. >> CRUCIAL REPORTS ABOUT CLIMATE

  • >> CRUCIAL REPORTS ABOUT CLIMATE AND PREDICTIONS FOR THE FUTURE.

  • AND PREDICTIONS FOR THE FUTURE. >> ANNOUNCING THERE COULD BE AS

  • >> ANNOUNCING THERE COULD BE AS LITTLE AS 12 YEARS FOR HUMANS TO

  • LITTLE AS 12 YEARS FOR HUMANS TO MITIGATE CATASTROPHIC GLOBAL

  • MITIGATE CATASTROPHIC GLOBAL WARMING.

  • WARMING. THEIR RECOMMENDATION, BURNING

  • THEIR RECOMMENDATION, BURNING FOSSIL FUELS AND CHANGING THE

  • FOSSIL FUELS AND CHANGING THE WAY WE PRODUCE FUELS AND

  • WAY WE PRODUCE FUELS AND PLANTING A BILLION TREES.

  • PLANTING A BILLION TREES. AUSTRALIA DOWNGRADING THEIR

  • AUSTRALIA DOWNGRADING THEIR OUTLOOK FOR THE GREAT BARRIER

  • OUTLOOK FOR THE GREAT BARRIER REEF FROM POOR TO VERY POOR.

  • REEF FROM POOR TO VERY POOR. IT THREATENS 2-THIRDS OF BIRDS

  • IT THREATENS 2-THIRDS OF BIRDS IN THE UNITED STATES WITH

  • IN THE UNITED STATES WITH EXTENSION AND CLIMATE CHANGE IS

  • EXTENSION AND CLIMATE CHANGE IS THREATENING A WAY OF LIFE FOR AN

  • THREATENING A WAY OF LIFE FOR AN ENTIRE COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE WE

  • ENTIRE COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE WE VISITED IN ALASKA.

  • VISITED IN ALASKA. >> SO ICE.

  • >> SO ICE. >> MORE DANGEROUS.

  • >> MORE DANGEROUS. >> MORE DANGEROUS, YES.

AL ROKER WALKS US THROUGH THE CLIMATE RECORDS THAT WE BROKE

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