Australia's summer (our winter) this year was like a hike through the Book of Revelations. Along with record breaking temperatures and a seven-year drought, there has been record flooding, forest fires where they have never burned before and the country's largest river system has gone dry. How hot was it? In South Australia farmers reported that the pits in peaches and nectarines had gotten so hot that they burned the fruit from the inside. Yes, people are impacted, but the real toll is on Australia's unique native wildlife. Are we witnessing a glimpse of our global future? 

2. Global Warming vs. Climate Change —what's in a name? Apparently a lot. Neither term seems to describe what we are up against. Tune-in to find a brief history of the perceptions of the language of our new and exciting climate and check below for more appropriate phrases that might better communicate what is really happening to the planet — "Stay Tuned for a Weather Forecast from....Hell"