Extreme Weather
Dispatch
An Elvis Impersonator’s Summer of Extreme-Weather Weddings
Bob McArthur has lived in Las Vegas for only a year and a half, but has worked through the wettest monsoon in decades, a rare tropical storm, and the city’s hottest month ever.
The New Yorker Radio Hour
“Braiding Sweetgrass,” and a Lesson in Extreme Heat
Parul Sehgal visits Robin Wall Kimmerer, who set out to bridge the gap between Western science and Indigenous teaching. Plus, Dhruv Khullar looks at extreme heat and the body.
Dispatch
Vermont’s Catastrophic Floods and the Spread of Unnatural Disasters
In parts of the Northeast, two months of rain fell in two days.
Annals of a Warming Planet
California’s Devastating Storms Are a Glimpse of the Future
Even as the state weathers a megadrought, climate change is increasing the risk of catastrophic floods.
Daily Cartoon
Daily Cartoon: Monday, August 15th
“Well, the forecast shows a heat wave in our first week, heavy rains in the second, some hail the following week, and a snowstorm at our final destination.”
Daily Comment
How Hurricanes Get Their Names
In an age of more intense storms, forecasters explain their aims.
Daily Cartoon
Daily Cartoon: Monday, December 6th
“It looks like we’re all booked up for heat-dome season, but I have some great packages heading into tornado/flood season.”
Daily Comment
In the Northeast, Hurricanes Now Look Very Different
That I could have ever found such a visitation of chaos invigorating is amazing to me.
Annals of a Warming Planet
How 1.5 Degrees Became the Key to Climate Progress
The number has dramatically reorganized global thinking around the climate.
Elements
Bomb Cyclones, Nor’easters, and the Messy Relationship Between Weather and Climate
Could extreme winter storms in the United States be driven by conditions in the Arctic?