Delta, Climate Change, and NASA-oh my!
Jana and Jordan discuss several major science related events on Tuesday, Aug 10
2:28 Delta Variant
Center for Disease and Control. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/variants/delta-variant.html
4:33 WHO
World Health Organization. https://www.who.int/en/activities/tracking-SARS-CoV-2-variants/
8:03 Georgia Hospital Capacity
12:42 Kizzmekia Corbett
Fears, Darryl. 2020. Kizzmekia Corbett spent her life preparing for this moment. Can she create the vaccine to end a pandemic? The Washington Post. Retrieved from https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2020/05/06/kizzmekia-corbett-vaccine-coronavirus/
20:08 IPCC Report
Meyer, Robinson. 2021. It’s Grim: The latest UN report is clear: Climate change is here, it’s a crisis, and it’s caused by fossil fuels. The Atlantic. Retrieved from https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/08/latest-ipcc-report-catastrophe/619698/
30:12 Dixie Fire
Chappell, B. 2021. The Dixie Fire Is The 2nd Largest In California History And Is Only 21% Contained. NPR. Retrieved from https://www.npr.org/2021/08/09/1026078606/dixie-fire-california-only-21-percent-contained
31:40 Prescribed Burns
36:02 NASA Perseverance
Amos, J. 2021. Perseverance Mars rover's first rock sample goes missing. BBC News. Retrieved from https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-58148756