The Hurricane Forecast Is Only Half the Story
A hurricane forecast is only valuable if people understand it, trust it, and know how to act on it.In this episode of Meteorology Matters, meteorologist Rob Jones’ production explores why effective hu...
16 Jul 43min
The Heat Wave That Changed America: How Weather Reshaped Modern Life
What if one weather event quietly transformed an entire nation?The deadly heat wave of 1936 was far more than a record-breaking summer. It changed how Americans dressed, where they lived, how building...
13 Jul 34min
Can Scientists Really Steer Hurricanes?
Can scientists really change the path of a hurricane or is that still science fiction?This episode explores one of the most fascinating questions in atmospheric science: whether humans could ever infl...
8 Jul 36min
America’s 250th Nearly Melted Down: The Historic Heat Wave That Changed the Fourth of July
America’s 250th birthday celebration was supposed to be one of the biggest events in the nation’s history. Instead, record-breaking heat, dangerous thunderstorms, emergency evacuations, and severe wea...
5 Jul 44min
Europe’s Deadliest Weather Disaster Is Happening Right Now
A powerful early-season heat dome is pushing temperatures above 40°C across parts of Europe, threatening records from Spain and France to the United Kingdom. In this episode of Meteorology Matters, me...
24 Jun 53min
Twenty Years Later: What Scientists Got Right
Twenty years after An Inconvenient Truth, how well have scientific warnings held up?In this episode of Meteorology Matters, we examine the lessons of the past two decades, from the recovery of the ozo...
19 Jun 32min
America is Going Ocean Blind: Critical Sensors Are Being Removed
Another major setback to US Ocean research policy due to the Trump Administration’s attack on science.The federal government is dismantling much of the Ocean Observatories Initiative, a vast network o...
5 Jun 26min
