Welcome to inside story. 2014 it was warmest year ever measured. Granted, thats not thousands of years, but the readings we have line up well with the worldwide migration of the industrial revolution. Through the decades of more and more intense use of fossil fuels by people in every corner of the globe. All this month on al jazeera america, well be producing programs and news reports entitled fragile planet. Tonight we are taking an inside look at the Politics Around Climate Change. A lot of Scientists Say theyre convinced by the gathering trends backed up by the data. A lot of politicians say they are not. But in the United States, the biggest economy and the biggest burner of fossil fuels, a lot of science is paid for by politicians. They sit in state legislatures, congress, university boards, and approve this funding for basic science at the universities. By holding the purse strings, they have the power to encourage research they like and discourage research that may lead to uncom
Welcome to inside story. 2014 it was warmest year ever measured. Granted, thats not thousands of years, but the readings we have line up well with the worldwide migration of the industrial revolution. Through the decades of more and more intense use of fossil fuels by people in every corner of the globe. All this month on al jazeera america, well be producing programs and news reports entitled fragile planet. Tonight we are taking an inside look at the Politics Around Climate Change. A lot of Scientists Say theyre convinced by the gathering trends backed up by the data. A lot of politicians say they are not. But in the United States, the biggest economy and the biggest burner of fossil fuels, a lot of science is paid for by politicians. They sit in state legislatures, congress, university boards, and approve this funding for basic science at the universities. By holding the purse strings, they have the power to encourage research they like and discourage research that may lead to uncom
Welcome to inside story. 2014 it was warmest year ever measured. Granted, thats not thousands of years, but the readings we have line up well with the worldwide migration of the industrial revolution. Through the decades of more and more intense use of fossil fuels by people in every corner of the globe. All this month on al Jazeera America, well be producing programs and news reports entitled fragile planet. Tonight we are taking an inside look at the Politics Around Climate Change. A lot of Scientists Say theyre convinced by the gathering trends backed up by the data. A lot of politicians say they are not. But in the United States, the biggest economy and the biggest burner of fossil fuels, a lot of science is paid for by politicians. They sit in state legislatures, congress, university boards, and approve this funding for basic science at the universities. By holding the purse strings, they have the power to encourage research they like and discourage research that may lead to uncom
Right now. Right now. Its a fragile planet. The only debate how severe the consequences will be changes to the climate resulted in rising sea levels accelerating ice melts and rising textures. Its not clear that californias 4year long drought is related to global warming. Thats because california has a history of drought going back centuries. What is clear is this time is different. 2014 was the driest i cant remember on record. The state has been keeping track since the 1880s. Snow pack in the Sierra Nevada mountain reign, the source of water, is expected to fall to 8 of capacity this year. The situation is so dire that governor jerry brown ordered a 25 reduction in water use for all urban areas. But that order doesnt cover the huge Agricultural Sector using 86 of the water allocated for use. Farmers are forced to contend with smaller allocations of orders. That is to let farmers keep land fallow or use water efficiently. It encouraged many to dig wells and tap into the groundwater su
Welcome to inside story. 2014 it was warmest year ever measured. Granted, thats not thousands of years, but the readings we have line up well with the worldwide migration of the industrial revolution. Through the decades of more and more intense use of fossil fuels by people in every corner of the globe. All this month on al jazeera america, well be producing programs and news reports entitled fragile planet. Tonight we are taking an inside look at the Politics Around Climate Change. A lot of Scientists Say theyre convinced by the gathering trends backed up by the data. A lot of politicians say they are not. But in the United States, the biggest economy and the biggest burner of fossil fuels, a lot of science is paid for by politicians. They sit in state legislatures, congress, university boards, and approve this funding for basic science at the universities. By holding the purse strings, they have the power to encourage research they like and discourage research that may lead to uncom