Weather Whiplash
ShareEpisodes about how the climate crisis is intensifying weather disasters such as hurricanes, flooding, wildfires, and droughts.
Risky Business: Underinsured Against Climate Disaster
September 30, 2022
Home and property insurance is complicated and typically boring – until a disaster happens to you. In recent years, hundreds of thousands of...
Extreme Heat: The Silent Killer
June 25, 2021
Last week’s heat wave across the western United States busted more records – a trend that doesn’t seem to be going away. Despite the...
Weird Winters
March 26, 2021
Warmer, shorter winters may sound like a relief, especially on the heels of this year’s deep-freeze in Texas and record blizzards in Wyoming and...
Temperature Check: Science, Texas, and Climate Chaos
March 5, 2021
After months of dealing with a volatile political climate, it’s easy to overlook the actual climate, and how it’s impacting Americans daily....
Living With Fire
September 11, 2020
“Wildfires have historically been a natural part of California's ecology,” says Wade Crowfoot, California’s Secretary of Natural Resources. ...
Flooding in America
August 14, 2020
“We had one of the snowiest winters on record in Lincoln and Omaha,” reports Martha Shulski of the Nebraska Climate Office. She’s describing...
Colorado River Reckoning: Drought, Climate and Equal Access
June 11, 2021
The Colorado River hydrates more than 40 million people and 5 million acres of farmland from Wyoming to the US-Mexico border -- but it's not...
The Land of Dreams and Drought
August 9, 2019
The California dream, with its promise of never-ending sunshine, fertile soil and rivers running with gold, has been beckoning people west for...
If Global Warming Exists, Why is it so Cold Outside?
March 8, 2019
The last five years have been the hottest on record globally. But this past winter, plunging temperatures, snowstorms and torrential rains...
Weathering the Storm in America's Cities
March 1, 2019
From floods and fires to heavy snow and hurricanes, recent years have brought a raft of extreme weather disasters costing the U.S. hundreds of...