Summary: One of the big names in both climate science and academia joins us to discuss where things are as we close out 2013.Kerry Emanuel, on sabbatical from MIT as professor of atmospheric science, shares his views of the political and mediaclimate around global warming, as well as the need to protect against its potentially catastrophic effects. Next, from ouratmosphere to wetlands under siege in the southern U.S. Scot Quaranda, Campaign Director for The Dogwood Alliance,weighs in on the widening practice of burning trees for energy and their newly released mini-doc, "Wetlands Up in Smoke".
