Twenty-five years ago this month, the Clinton administration hosted 100 broadcast meteorologists at the White House for a series of briefings on global climate change. Addressing a roomful of ...

It’s been a busy year for TV weathercasters: July was the hottest month ever recorded in the United States, unprecedented wildfires scorched the West, the worst drought in 50 years parched two-thirds ...

Before Spencer Christian, a weather forecaster with KGO-TV Channel 7 in San Francisco, steps before the camera during the station’s 6 p.m. newscast, he scrutinizes a computer screen to analyze the ...

A survey of nearly 600 broadcast meteorologists revealed that just over half believe global warming is real; even fewer believe humans are behind it. Ira Flatow and guests discuss how TV ...

"Weathercasters take on role of science educators; feel some uncertainty on issue of climate change." ScienceDaily. www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2010 / 03 / 100329103658.htm (accessed February 9, ...

This week in TV-news bashing, we learn that significant numbers of TV weathercasters are serving as climate-change experts, without training in climatology but with lots of confidence in their ability ...

Here’s a friendly reminder to our beloved weathercasters who’ve been sounding the alarm this week with dire predictions of the epic nor’easter barreling down on us: Hell hath no fury like a New Yorker ...

Who do Americans trust more than any other type of media personality? The weatherman. Sometimes formally trained meteorologists, sometimes not, our news station weathercasters nevertheless command ...

For many years, as the science of human-caused climate change grew ever clearer, TV meteorologists avoided discussing the topic on air. Today, many weathercasters bring up climate change regularly. By ...

Happy National Weatherperson’s Day! This American holiday takes place each year on February 5, the birthdate of John Jeffries (1745-1819). Jeffries was a military surgeon during the American ...

According to the National Hurricane Center’s 11 pm Wednesday advisory, Tropical Storm Bret is 290 miles east of Barbados, with maximum sustained wind of 65 mph. It’s moving 16 mph to the west. A ...