Gavin Schmidt

NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies

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Climate scientist and Director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, and Director and Adjunct Senior Research Scientist at Columbia University's Center for Climate Systems Research

Gavin Schmidt on KCRW

Climate change is a big part of Hillary Clinton's campaign and the Democratic platform. Donald Trump and the GOP call it a hoax with no basis in science.

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Climate change is a big part of Hillary Clinton's campaign and the Democratic platform. Donald Trump and the GOP call it a hoax with no basis in science.

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Everybody knows about the winter weather — closing airports in Europe, collapsing the Metrodome roof in Minneapolis, and tying up much of the eastern United States.

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Surveys show that public opinion on climate change quite literally shifts with the weather. Now there's a more persuasive kind of evidence.

Views on Global Warming Change with the Weather

Surveys show that public opinion on climate change quite literally shifts with the weather. Now there's a more persuasive kind of evidence.

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