"Virtually Impossible Heat" and the Future of the American West

Hundreds of records have been shattered across the Western US amid an early spring heatwave found to be “virtually impossible without climate change.” As abnormally hot weather continues, join Covering Climate Now and Climate Central for a special webinar highlighting the potential long-term impacts to Western snowpacks, water scarcity, and wildfire risks that will linger long after cooler weather arrives. In this press briefing, meteorologists and reporters explained how this extreme heat event offers a glimpse into our climate change future and equipped journalists with a better understanding of how to make the climate connection in their own reporting during the next “heat dome” impacting their region. Covering Climate Now is a global journalism collaboration, co-founded by Columbia Journalism Review and The Nation magazine, encouraging more and better climate coverage. Learn more: https://coveringclimatenow.org Get Covering Climate Now’s weekly newsletter delivered to your inbox. Subscribe here: https://coveringclimatenow.org/newsle... Follow CCNow on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/coveringclim... Follow CCNow on Instagram:   / coveringclimate   Follow CCNow on LinkedIn:   / coveringclimatenow