James Hansen

Columbia University

Guest

Adjunct professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Columbia University; former director of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies

James Hansen on KCRW

Rising sea levels already cause flooding in many American cities. Increasingly high tides at coastal military bases pose a threat to national security.

A Wake-Up Call for Slow Moving Disaster

Rising sea levels already cause flooding in many American cities. Increasingly high tides at coastal military bases pose a threat to national security.

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Governor Jerry Brown is at the Vatican, where the Pope is hosting a conference on climate change.

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