How extreme heat is disrupting American transportation
Season 2024
Episode 196
About the Episode
Scientists say much of the persistent and dangerous heat blanketing wide swaths of the country is a long-term result of greenhouse gas emissions. Climate scientist Kristina Dahl joins John Yang to discuss how it’s affecting everything from the power grid to trains, planes and automobiles.
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