Listen "A look inside America’s climate data bunker"
Episode Synopsis
Embedded in a warehouse within the Blue Ridge Mountains, climate scientists are collecting rows upon rows of weather data going back centuries. But these archives aren’t just collecting dust – they’re helping us anticipate weather events in the future and create tools to navigate the fallout of the climate crisis.Featuring:
Kathie Dello, North Carolina’s state climatologist
Jason Cooper, archivist at NCEI
Greg Hammer, meteorologist at NCEI
Adam Smith, applied climatologist at NCEI
Joe Williams, farmer at Blue River Legacy Farms
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