In the Media

The following are links to stories and videos featuring members of the Applied Climate Dynamics Group in local and national media. These stories constitute outreach by the group to the public to share their research and expertise on weather and climate.

2026

• [14 Aug 2026] “El Niño phenomenon predicted to reach ”historic levels” in Japan; risk of increased typhoons” – NHK Japan
• [30 Jul 2026] Interview on the impact of climate change on severe storms and extreme weather in the US – NHK Japan
• [30 Jul 2026] “The cloud icon of doom: Weather apps are crushing America’s small businesses” – Business Insider
• [24 Jan 2026] “Is Climate Change Weakening the Polar Vortex?” – New York Times
• [23 Jan 2026] “What weather apps sometimes miss about dangerous winter storm conditions” – AP News
• [22 Jan 2026] “Arctic blast to wallop N. America – is climate change to blame?” – Agence France-Presse
• [21 Jan 2026] “A massive winter storm will hit large parts of the U.S. through the weekend” – NPR

2025

• [24 Dec 2025] “Experts say Christmas Day temperatures could reach record highs” – Norman Transcript
• [19 Dec 2025] “Scientists push back on Trump plan to break up a critical climate and weather center” (includes audio clip) – NPR
• [5 Dec 2025] Signal of Change Podcast Episode #52: Dr. Jason Furtado
• [23 Nov 2025] “The Polar Vortex Will Weaken Much Earlier Than Usual; Here’s What That Could Mean In December” – The Weather Channel
• [22 Nov 2025] “Cold and snowy weather could be coming for many, thanks to the polar vortex” – ABC News
• [11 Nov 2025] “Strong winds can bring gale warnings to communities near water. Here’s what that means” – Associated Press
• [16 Jul 2025] “Where To Find The Most Reliable Weather Forecasts” – Time
• [23 Jun 2025] “Early-season heat dome brings highest temperatures in years to parts of Eastern US” – Associated Press
• [13 Feb 2025] “Polar vortex‐tied cold snap to grip the U.S. next week” – Axios
• [17 Jan 2025] “Siberian air will spread across US, and Trump inaugural is forced indoors” – AP News

2024

• [5 Jun 2024] Radio Interview – Severe Weather and Climate Change – Oklahoma Farm Report / Radio Oklahoma Ag Network
• [11 Mar 2024] “Weather, rainbows and pots of gold: What’s at work here?” – Fox News
• [11 Jan 2024] “Winter whiplash: Why a parade of storms is suddenly slamming the U.S.” – Axios

2023

• [15 Nov 2023] “How climate change has affected Rochester” – CBS News 8 Rochester WROC
• [18 Sep 2023] “University of Oklahoma, Los Alamos National Laboratory awarded grant to study extreme weather triggers” – ABC News Channel 8, Tulsa, OK
• [15 Sep 2023] “OU Weather Grant” – KGOU
• [14 Sep 2023] “OU Meteorology shares cause for extreme August heat, buffs up research” – Norman Transcript
• [8 Sep 2023] “August heat wave set records in parts of Kansas” – Kansas Reflector
• [8 Aug 2023] Radio Interview – All-Time Record High July – Oklahoma Farm Report / Radio Oklahoma Ag Network
• [5 Jul 2023] Radio Interview – Climate Change and Record Heat – Oklahoma Farm Report / Radio Oklahoma Ag Network
• [5 Jul 2023] “Tuesday set an unofficial record for the hottest day on Earth. Wednesday may break it.” – Associated Press
• [5 Jun 2023] “Amount of warming triggering carbon dioxide in air hits new peak, growing at near-record fast rate” – Associated Press
• [15 Apr 2023] “Here’s why downpour in Florida just wouldn’t stop” – Associated Press
• [7 Apr 2023] “Why are we seeing such severe weather across the United States this year?” – NBC 5 Dallas/Fort Worth
• [22 Mar 2023] “Tornado Alley: Where the Worst Twisters Form in the U.S.” -HowStuffWorks
• [19 Mar 2023] “Meteorologists say winters may be warmer, snowier. What is St. Paul doing to prepare?” – Pioneer Press

2022

• [23 Dec 2022] “How climate change impacts winter weather – ABC News
• [15 Dec 2022] “Arctic blast takes aim at U.S. for Christmas, New Years – Axios
• [22 Jul 2022] “Heat wave stresses AC units, emergency rooms” – The Journal Record
• [7 Jul 2022] “Yellowstone Floods Reveal Forecasting Flaws in Warming World” – Associated Press
• [9 May 2022] “What is the Impact of Climate Change on Texas?” – NBC 5, Dallas-Fort Worth
• [29 Jan 2022] “Blizzard buffets East Coast with deep snow, winds, flooding” – Associated Press

2021

• [15 Dec 2021] “Oklahoma City sees warmest, driest December on record.” – KOCO 5 News, Oklahoma City
• [13 Dec 2021] “Tornades meurtrières aux Etats-Unis : la crise climatique est-elle coupable?” – Ouest-France
• [12 Dec 2021] “EXPLAINER: Was tornado outbreak related to climate change?” – Associated Press
• [8 Dec 2021] “Texas energy regulators, gas industry try to reassure the public that the state’s power grid is ready for winter.” – Texas Tribune
• [21 Sep 2021] “Climate Change Expected To Continue Stressing Oklahoma’s Electric Grid To The Brink.”” – KGOU
• [16 Aug 2021] “Texas regulators want to prepare the state’s electricity grid for extreme weather. But that’s a moving target in a warming world.”” – Texas Tribune
• [6 Mar 2021] “La Niña could supercharge this year’s tornado season, just like it did to deadly effect in 2011″” – CNN
• [15 Feb 2021] “14 states face rolling blackouts; millions in Texas without power”” – AP News
• [14 Jan 2021] “Hot again: 2020 sets yet another global temperature record” – AP News
• [7 Jan 2021] “The polar vortex may be on its way” – CNN

2020

• [30 Dec 2020] “A Nurse Got Coronavirus After Being Vaccinated – Why Reactions Are Familiar To Meteorologists” – Forbes.com
• [23 Jun 2020] “Does Air Conditioning Relief For Summer Heat Make Coronavirus Worse?” – Forbes.com
• [3 Mar 2020] “What the heck is a haboob??” – Popular Science
• [26 Feb 2020] “What is a snow squall?” – Popular Science

2019

• [30 Dec 2019] “20 Experts Predict The Most Significant Weather And Climate Advances Of The Next Decade” – Forbes.com
• [7 Sep 2019] “Agency reverses course on Trump’s Alabama hurricane claim” – Associated Press
• [30 Aug 2019] “As Hurricane Dorian Approaches, ‘Nobody’s Off the Hook’ on Florida’s East Coast” – Earther.com
• [26 Jul 2019] “The European heatwave bears the fingerprint of climate change” – Capital Weather Gang / The Washington Post
• [25 Jul 2019] Discussion of Climate Change with Mitch Carr – KRLD 1080 NewsRadio / Texas State Network Audio Link
• [12 Mar 2019] “The Central U.S. is About to Get Hit with a Bomb Cyclone” – Earther.com
• [3 Mar 2019] “Winter storm blasts much of the U.S. and delays spring” – Washington Post
• [29 Jan 2019] “Here are the facts: Despite winter storms, global warming is real” – USA Today
• [28 Jan 2019] “Science Says: Get used to polar vortex outbreaks” – Associated Press
• [20 Jan 2019] “Dear Mr. President, that’s not how global warming works” – Capital Weather Gang / The Washington Post
• [18 Jan 2019] “February Deep Freeze On Track: A Late-Winter Outlook That Just Might Pan Out” – Weather Underground
• [16 Jan 2019] “The Polar Vortex Has Fallen Apart, Which is Likely to Unleash a Much Colder End to January” – The Weather Channel

2018

• [18 Dec 2018] “The Polar Vortex Might Weaken Soon, and That Could Unleash a Much Colder January” – The Weather Channel
• [17 Dec 2018] “Polar vortex could unleash winter wallop by January” – Associated Press
• [30 Nov 2018] “AP FACT CHECK: 11 Trump climate goofs and 1 correct claim” – Associated Press
• [24 Oct 2018] “Report: Efforts to suck carbon from air must be ramped up” – Associated Press
• [23 Apr 2018] “Climate change could leave Californians with ‘weather whiplash” – CNN
• [12 Mar 2018] “Third nor’easter in 2 weeks to slam New England: What’s going on here?” – Mashable
• [5 Jan 2018] “‘Bomb cyclone’ is the new ‘polar vortex.’ Here’s where this year’s weather word comes from” – AP
• [4 Jan 2018] “The ‘Bomb Cyclone'” – Discovery Canada Video Link
• [3 Jan 2018] “Science Says: Why there’s a big chill in a warmer world” – AP
• [2 Jan 2018] “It’s Somehow Going to Get Even Colder in the Eastern US” – Earther.com

2017

• [26 Dec 2017] “Unforgiving cold snap will engulf eastern two-thirds of the nation through New Year’s Day” – Capital Weather Gang / The Washington Post
• [27 Oct 2017] “Science Says: Jack Frost nipping at your nose ever later” – AP
• [5 Oct 2017] “OU Gets $1.5 Million to Study Rain” – The Journal Record
• [17 Aug 2017] “July ranks 2nd for heat globally, hottest recorded on land” – AP
• [3 May 2017] “Climate change expected to make turbulence stronger and more frequent” – CNN
• [17 March 2017] “The numbers are in on this freakishly warm February” – CBS News / AP
• [1 February 2017] “‘Beyond the extreme’: Scientists marvel at ‘increasingly non-natural’ Arctic warmth” – Capital Weather Gang / The Washington Post
• [18 January 2017] “Earth Sets Hottest Year Record for Third-Straight Time” – Associated Press
• [18 January 2017] “Scientists react to Earth’s warmest year: ‘We are heading into a new unknown’” – Capital Weather Gang / The Washington Post

2016

• [15 December 2016] “Polar Vortex: The Chilly Science of an Arctic Blast” – LiveScience
• [13 December 2016] “The Polar Vortex is Back – Ugh” -NBC Connecticut
• [30 November 2016] “Arctic Air Poised to Invade the U.S. After Record Warm November” – Mashable
• [18 October 2016] “Earth’s 16-Month Record Heat Streak Ends but Warming Remains” – ABC News / AP
• [17 August 2016] “July was ‘absolutely’ Earth’s hottest month ever recorded” – Capital Weather Gang / The Washington Post
• [2 August 2016] “Scientists’ annual physical of planet: ‘Earth’s fever rises’” – AP
• [16 May 2016] “Earth’s relentless streak of record-warm months expands to seven” – Capital Weather Gang / The Washington Post
• [9 May 2016] Panasonic (Yes, Panasonic) May Have Created the World’s Best Weather Model” – Slate
• [19 April 2016] “Earth’s hot streak continues for a record 11 months” – CBS News / AP
• [17 March 2016] “Beyond record hot, February was ‘astronomical’ and ‘strange'” – US News / AP
• [11 March 2016] “Panel: Finding Climate Fingerprints in Wild Weather Is Valid” – AP
• [18 February 2016] “El Niño Weakens a Tad, but We Won’t Feel That for Months” – US News / AP
• [5 February 2016] “How melting Arctic ice may have set off era of vicious East Coast snow storms” – Capital Weather Gang / The Washington Post
• [7 January 2016] “All the winter’s a weird weather stage; Here are the players” – Yahoo News / AP
• [4 January 2016] “Arctic outbreak barreling toward U.S. may be Storm Frank’s revenge” – Mashable

2015

• [16 November 2015] ”By one measure, this wicked El Niño is the strongest ever recorded: What it means” – Capital Weather Gang / The Washington Post
• [23 October 2015] Hurricane Patricia Coverage – OU Nightly
• [20 August 2015] “Heating Up: El Niño Could Increase Business for Climate Forecasters”– The Journal Record
• [5 March 2015] “How climate change may be producing more blockbuster snowstorms” – Capital Weather Gang / The Washington Post

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