SciShow | How 5G Cell Service Could Hurt Weather Forecasts

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Episode Title: How 5G Cell Service Could Hurt Weather Forecasts
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Description: Good weather forecasts save lives, but scientists are worried that 5G transmissions could drown out frequencies measured by weather satellites, setting weather forecasts back decades. Special thanks to Roger Saunders, Ph.D. from the UK Met Office; Peter Iannucci, Ph.D. from UT Austin; and Dan Billow, AMS from WESH-TV. Hosted by: Hank Green SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Adam Brainard, Greg, Alex Hackman, Sam Lutfi, D.A. Noe, الخليفي سلطان, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Patrick D. Ashmore, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Chris Peters ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/5g-spectrum-variants/ https://hackaday.com/2019/04/16/5g-buildout-likely-to-put-weather-forecasting-at-risk/ https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-01305-4 https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/05/5g-networks-will-likely-interfere-with-us-weather-satellites-navy-warns/ https://www.wired.com/story/5g-networks-could-throw-weather-forecasting-into-chaos/ https://www.wyden.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Navy%2024Hz%205G%20Spectrum%20Impacts.pdf https://www.ctia.org/news/how-a-fake-weather-sensor-could-take-out-5g https://www.pcmag.com/commentary/368561/no-5g-wont-ruin-your-weather-forecasts https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2019/05/23/head-noaa-says-g-deployment-could-set-weather-forecasts-back-years-wireless-industry-denies-it/ https://repositorio.aemet.es/bitstream/20.500.11765/7482/1/asr-10-65-2013.pdf https://5g.co.uk/guides/what-is-5g-new-radio/ http://www.5gamericas.org/files/9114/9324/1786/5GA_5G_Spectrum_Recommendations_2017_FINAL.pdf https://www.cnet.com/news/fcc-raises-2-billion-in-second-5g-spectrum-auction/ https://www.fcc.gov/auction/102/factsheet#loff http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/itwg/groups/frequency/sfcg1/sfcg1_04.pdf https://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2019/05/will-5g-undermine-weather-prediction.html https://www.ecmwf.int/sites/default/files/elibrary/2019/19026-radio-frequency-interference-rfi-workshop-final-report.pdf https://www.networkworld.com/article/3330603/5g-versus-4g-how-speed-latency-and-application-support-differ.html http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~barry/mydocs/CS3282/Notes/DC06_7.pdf https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bandwidth https://www.wired.com/story/wired-guide-5g/ https://www.gsma.com/spectrum/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/5G-Spectrum-Positions.pdf https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2018-14806/p-20 Personal conversations with Dr. Roger Saunders, Yosef Razin, and Dr. Peter Iannucci Images: https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/hurricane-matthew-hits-haiti https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/blue-energy-light-wave-gm488910521-39458636 https://www.nasa.gov/content/goes-overview/index.html https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/new-weather-satellite-sends-first-images-of-earth https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/digital-equalizer-waveform-gm851895660-140004373


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