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Now were talking about average wildfires, the large one, over 250 across the region. what is happening? climate has a lot do with it. the santa ana wind events are becoming more intense. what happens when you warm up the earth, that is going to have an impact on the jet stream, and so youre going to have unusual weather patterns that set up, big troughs, dips in the jet stream. that amplifies, makes it more intense. sometimes we have blocking patterns, and so the weather conditions persist for d...

A point at the end. and the point you make at the end is that these fires, this campfire, the fires that preceded it in the past year, ten years in california have been getting bigger. theyve been getting stronger. theyve been moving faster, and that its not normal and its now ridiculous to say that everything is unprecedented because suddenly all of them are like this. >> yeah. so we worked closely with a fire captain from cal fire, and he tells the story. he says look, ive been doing this abou...

They are all preparing for winter and frigid 24 hour days of darkness. >> how many dogs do you have? >> 114. >> reporter: sled dog operators are passionate about their job and their arctic culture. >> when you go into the nature with these guys and it is quiet and only on thing that you can hear is footprints in the snow and skis of the sled, it is complete completely silent. >> reporter: but he is also aware that his world is warming. winter comes later and leaves earlier each year. and that me...

Earlier each year. that means instead of using a sled and running in the snow, the dogs, six to a team, are hooked up to a four-wheeled wagon for a tour of the tundra. >> even the old tradition of dogsledding is jeopardized by climate change. >> reporter: while the dogs seem happy to pull anything -- others in this isolated northern corner notice the climate is changing and worried. steve hudson hails from philadelphia. he now studies weather patterns in the arctic. >> cause for alarm in your vi...

We could see a bit down it yesterday. clearly the weather patterns have changed and brought the smoke we know is coming from the fire over the forest skyline. well turn you over the bridge so you can see whats happening on the other side. thats visibility of about very most five -- 400, 500 yards. quite extraordinary. i can smell it in my mouth now. really quite pungent. now, you know, this is not an exact science, trying to explain to people how the fires are burning here. this is the worst aff...

Region was even declared a unesco world heritage site but one of the finest winters will always find a buyer wine cellar much the peak says mid-market producers will suffer or die points they might survive it and new markets will come i mean if its done the going to us they will go to another place is when you are the best in something you would already have them and so thats i my opinion not a big problem for the main production its going to be a huge issue yes that means wine makers like pierr...

Put down to climate change nationally for hectors of our vines froze this year and it can hail any time before the harvest there are many weather patterns we just cant predict it. pierre and his family are confident the french president will stand up for them i think g. 7 summit whether or not he wins the political battle could affect wine lovers all around the world. french president. has promised that this years summit of g 7 leaders and bar its full focus on the fight against inequality its a...

Or the top the points they might survive it and new markets will come i mean if its done theyre going to us they will go to another place is when youre de best in something you would already have them and so thats i mean my opinion not a big problem for the main production its going to be a huge issue yes and that means wine makers like pierre and his family for them politics add another layer of uncertainty to a laborious production process a process that is already being threatened by extreme ...

Bigger problems than plastic straws. like wrappers and plastic plates. and it brings meese to my question. according to a new scientific study, what is account most ubiquitous manmade ploout pollutants, plastic traus, cigarette buts, plafrg bags or food wrappers? stay tuned and well tell you the answer. my book of the week is shari bermans "democracies in europe." this is a suburb historical study of the forces that produce democracy and threaten its survival. she writes win sight and historical...

Predictability. as the climate crisis changes our weather patterns in unforeseeable ways making more severe everything from heat waves to wildfires, floods to drauts. but a new study published in the journal of science presents an arboreal avenue to fixing the problem, plant trees, a lot of trees. about a trillion should do the trick. you see trees absorb carbon dioxide to make energy and then turn the carbon into wood where it stays for a long, long time. the studys authors told national geogra...