This week, host Jillian Bartsch, talks with Jessica Tierney who studies paleoclimatology at the University of Arizona. Tierney recently addressed Congress on how climate change is playing a role in the natural disasters we are seeing. She also worked on the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report. During the podcast Tierney discusses how she distresses, misconceptions of climate change, and why it is okay to fail.

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