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New PBS series explores extreme weather in North America’s most vulnerable communities
In a new six-part docu-series by PBS, WEATHERED: EARTH’S EXTREMES will explore the impacts of climate change and the communities on the frontline of extreme weather events. The host, science communicator Maiya May, will meet with scientists and community leaders across the country working to build a more resilient future, including the University of Georgia’s…
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Marshall Shepherd provides expertise on urban rainfall patterns research, USA Today
Originally published here by USA Today. Written by Doyle Rice. Cities make it rain, study says Sure, we’ve all heard of the urban heat island effect, where cities are hotter than surrounding rural areas. Now scientists have discovered a similar urban “rain island effect,” where cities appear to get more rainfall then the hinterlands around…
