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NOVA: Decoding The Weather Machine

NASA simulation of the polar jet stream.
Courtesy of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (public domain)
NASA simulation of the polar jet stream.

Airs Wednesday, April 18, 2018 at 8 p.m. & Sunday, April 22 at 2 p.m. on KPBS TV

Climate change is arguably the defining challenge of our time, yet misunderstanding and misinformation has hampered the public’s ability to understand the science.

In this 2-hour documentary, NOVA will cut through the confusion to explore why scientists overwhelmingly agree that our climate is changing, and that human activity is causing it.

How will it affect us through the weather we experience, and when?

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Join scientists on the quest to better understand the workings of the weather machine we call Earth, and how we can be resilient in the face of change.

A NASA supercomputer model provides a new portrait of a greenhouse gas.
Courtesy of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (public domain)
A NASA supercomputer model provides a new portrait of a greenhouse gas.

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CREDITS:

A NOVA production for WGBH Boston. Senior Executive Producer for NOVA is Paula S. Apsell.

Wind turbine at the North Findlay Wind Campus in Findlay, Ohio.
Courtesy of WGBH
Wind turbine at the North Findlay Wind Campus in Findlay, Ohio.