Climate Blue

  1. An image of a road in Wilmington, NC, under heavy rains.

    I feel the earth squish under my feet

    Ricky Rood says it’s time we accept ‘relentless warming’ and relearn how to live with our climate.

  2. A Canadian flag flutters in the breeze surrounded by burnt tree trunks.

    The normalizing of fire season

    Step aside, winter, spring, summer, and fall. There’s a new season in town, and it’s called ‘fire.’

  3. Lead image: Drone photo of Downtown Midland Michigan flooded after two dams burst on the Tittabawassee River. Also seen is Dow Diamond and parts of Dow Chemical underwater. (iStock photo taken on May 20, 2020.)

    How to keep your head above uncharted waters

    Ricky Rood says goodbye to Floodtown as he guides us through the changing climate.

  4. A color image of a dam with Canadian flag, power stations, and snowy banks in the background.

    Leveling up in Floodtown

    Ricky Rood is taking us to Floodtown, where water levels are rising and ‘cryin’ won’t help you.’

  5. A lone mountain.

    Scenes from a warming climate

    Ricky Rood reveals creative ways to gain control over the disruptions caused by climate change by planning for multiple scenarios.

  6. Graphic representing the seasons describing the way the northern and southern hemispheres act.

    Order from disorder

    Ricky Rood explains the organizing principles behind weather, which is how we feel climate.

  7. Graphic with mountains and seashore that explains the layers and interacting elements that create an atmospheric river.

    Stormy weather

    Storms are the atmosphere’s way of redistributing heat. Ricky Rood sees changes on the horizon as the climate warms.

  8. Living on the edge

    Ricky Rood tests the edges of climate change, highlighting new issues and asking new questions.

  9. (NASA Earth Observatory image by Lauren Dauphin, using GEOS-5 data from the Global Modeling and Assimilation Office at NASA GSFC. )

    On the surface

    Recent weather disasters are telling us how water will flow and how fire will spread. But are we listening?

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