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Flash Floods: Why They Turn Deadly in Minutes
Season 3 Episode 29
Flash floods can happen almost anywhere from New York City subways and the rivers of Central Texas to mountain villages in Italy, the streets of Chin…
2 months ago
The Seaweed Crisis Swallowing Our Beaches | The Science Behind the Sargassum Explosion
Season 3 Episode 28
Why are beaches across Florida, the Caribbean, Mexico, and parts of the Gulf Coast being buried under mountains of seaweed and why has it become one …
2 months ago
The Hurricane Forecast Is Only Half the Story
Season 3 Episode 27
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, meteorolog…
2 months, 1 week ago
The Great Hackensack & New York City Tornado Disaster of 1895
Season 3 Episode 26
In July 1895, one of the most remarkable and least remembered tornado disasters in the history of the New York metropolitan area struck without warni…
2 months, 1 week ago
The Heat Wave That Changed America: How Weather Reshaped Modern Life
Season 3 Episode 25
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 ho…
2 months, 1 week ago
Can Scientists Really Steer Hurricanes?
Season 3 Episode 24
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 …
2 months, 2 weeks ago
America’s 250th Nearly Melted Down: The Historic Heat Wave That Changed the Fourth of July
Season 3 Episode 23
America’s 250th birthday celebration was supposed to be one of the biggest events in the nation’s history. Instead, record-breaking heat, dangerous t…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Europe’s Deadliest Weather Disaster Is Happening Right Now
Season 3
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 …
3 months ago
Twenty Years Later: What Scientists Got Right
Season 3 Episode 22
Twenty years after An Inconvenient Truth, how well have scientific warnings held up?
In this episode of Meteorology Matters, we examine the lessons of…
3 months ago
America is Going Ocean Blind: Critical Sensors Are Being Removed
Season 3 Episode 21
Another major setback to US Ocean research policy due to the Trump Administration’s attack on science.
The federal government is dismantling much of t…
3 months, 2 weeks ago