Dr. Jennifer Francis from Rutgers University was featured earlier this evening on NBC’s “Our Year of Extremes: Did Climate Change Hit Home?” Her name may not be familiar, but her work has been quoted on KSDK many times. Dr. Francis has been able to show that the jet stream is slowing down which, in turn, has made significant contributions to events like the record heat and drought across North America two years ago and the cold weather we had this past winter…Francis is among the vast majority of climate scientists worldwide, including those from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change whose report was released last week along with a stern warning to all nations that the time to respond to global warming is running out.