Translating the climate with Bernadette Woods Placky

In this episode of For the Love of Weather, Gemma and Aisling are joined by renowned meteorologist and climate communicator Bernadette Woods Placky. At the time of recording Bernadette was the Chief Meteorologist and Climate Matters Director at Climate Central. She has since moved on to a new role. Bernadette shares her journey from studying meteorology at Penn State to becoming an Emmy Award-winning TV meteorologist and the first female meteorologist in Baltimore station history. Bernadette tells us how conversations about the weather are as much a national pastime in the US as it is here. The discussion dives into Climate Central's groundbreaking work on climate attribution science, helping people understand how climate change is influencing the weather events happening around them right now. We cover quite a lot of other topics including ❄️ Forecasting snow is rarely straightforward, even in regions where snow is common. 🌪️Tornadoes ⛅Favourite clouds 🌡️Dew point often tells us far more about how weather feels than relative humidity. 🌍 Communication is a climate solution. 🌡️ Attribution science now allows scientists to quantify how climate change influences individual weather events. 📈 Climate solutions are advancing rapidly, but progress still needs to accelerate. 🗣️ Everyone has a voice and can contribute to climate conversations and action. We learned a lot from our chat with Bernadette. She is doing tremendous work in helping to educate as well as shaping conversations around weather and climate. You can find Bernadette on LinkedIn ‘Bernadette Woods Placky’ as well as on instagram. If you want to hear a little more weather and climate chat - please hit subscribe, like and share with a friend. You can follow us on social media - @fortheloveofweather You can subscribe on Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@ForTheLoveOfWeather Resources Mentioned https://www.climatecentral.org/ https://www.climatecentral.org/climate-matters https://www.climatecentral.org/climate-shift-index https://www.worldweatherattribution.org/ https://www.met.psu.edu/