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Climate science shouldn't feel like a foreign language. The Climate Translation turns complex data into clear, human stories.Hosted by Dr.
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When the River Runs Hot (opens the original)
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What happens when the water a power plant depends on for cooling becomes too hot or too scarce to do its job? In this episode of The Climate Translation , Dr. Mac explores the hidden connection between electricity and water. Many nuclear, coal, and natural-gas power plants rely on rivers, lakes, reservoirs, or oceans to carry away enormous amounts of waste heat. But during heat waves, that cooling water can become less effective, and environmental limits may force plants to reduce output rather
The River Inside the Gulf (opens the original)
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What happens when the Gulf of Mexico stores more heat beneath its surface than the weather map can show? In this episode of The Climate Translation , Dr. Mac explores the Loop Current, the massive flow of warm Caribbean water that enters the Gulf, bends northward, sheds enormous warm-core eddies, and eventually exits through the Florida Straits. Drawing on his experience forecasting tropical storms along the South Texas coast, he explains why the depth of warm water matters just as much as the t
When the Sky Falls (opens the original)
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What happens when air inside a thunderstorm suddenly accelerates toward the ground instead of rising? In this episode of The Climate Translation , Dr. Mac explores the science of downbursts, microbursts, and the destructive straight-line winds they can produce. Drawing on his own storm-chasing and television meteorology experience, he explains how precipitation loading, evaporation, melting, and cold dense air can combine to create powerful downdrafts that strike the surface and spread outward w
2026 Super El Niño (opens the original)
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What happens when one of the strongest El Niños in modern history begins developing on an already warmer planet? In this episode of The Climate Translation , Dr. Mac follows the rapid development of the 2026 El Niño, from the warm water that accumulated during La Niña to the unusual tropical cyclone activity and westerly wind bursts that helped push that heat eastward across the Pacific. He explains why forecasters now believe the event could rival or exceed the strongest El Niños in the modern
The Chemistry of Shade (opens the original)
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What happens when the trees cooling our cities also change the chemistry of the air around them? In this episode of The Climate Translation , Dr. Mac explores new research showing how some urban trees release natural compounds that can react with nitrogen oxides and sunlight to help form ground-level ozone. Using measurements from Beijing, he explains why compounds like isoprene become especially important on hot days and why different tree species can have very different effects on urban air ch
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