Atmosphere with Emily Gracey
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<p>Meteorologist Emily Gracey sits down each week with leading scientists, researchers, and experts in weather, climate, earth science, and beyond. Every episode goes deeper than the science itself, uncovering the human stories behind the work and making complex ideas feel relevant, relatable, and real. From hurricanes and severe storms to earthquakes and emerging research, Atmosphere turns complicated ideas into conversations everyone can connect with.</p>
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July 7, 2026
El Niño, Heat Waves & the Future of Coral Reefs
<p>Coral reefs cover less than 1% of the ocean floor, yet they support a quarter of all marine life on Earth. So what happens when the water around them gets too hot to survive?</p><p>This year's strong El Niño is pushing already-stressed reefs past their limits. In this episode of <i>Atmosphere</i>, host Emily Gracey sits down with <b>Dr. Tracy Fanara</b>, an environmental engineer and ocean scientist, to break down what's actually happening inside a bleaching coral, why El Niño and climate change are attacking reefs from two directions at once, and a striking theory she's developed linking the 2023 bleaching event to a mysterious die-off of endangered small tooth sawfish.</p><p>Then Emily talks with <b>Shachar Damari</b>, co-founder of <b>V-Corals</b>, a Red Sea-based biotech company rethinking how reefs get rebuilt. Instead of the industry-standard method of cutting coral into genetically identical clones, his team works with a rare natural fusion event that combines multiple coral genotypes into a single, hardier colony.</p><p></p><p><b>What You'll Learn in This Episode:</b></p><ul><li><b>The Bleaching Process:</b> Why a "bleached" coral isn't a dead one, and what determines whether it bounces back.</li><li><b>A Two-Front Attack:</b> How long-term climate change and short-term El Niño patterns are compounding to hit reefs from both sides at once.</li><li><b>The Sawfish Mystery:</b> Tracy's leading hypothesis connecting reef collapse to a mass die-off of a critically endangered species.</li><li><b>The Restoration Problem:</b> Why most reef restoration doesn't hold up long-term, and what "resilience" actually requires.</li><li><b>A Different Approach:</b> How V-Corals uses a rare natural phenomenon, not genetic editing, to build coral that can survive future heat waves.</li></ul><p><b>Connect with the Show:</b></p><ul><li><b>Follow Emily on Facebook:</b> <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.facebook.com/emilygraceyweather/" target="_blank">Meteorologist Emily Gracey</a></li><li><b>Follow the Show on Instagram:</b> <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/atmospherepodcast/" target="_blank">@AtmospherePodcast</a></li><li><b>Deep Dive on Substack:</b> Subscribe to the <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://atmospherepodcast.substack.com/" target="_blank"><i>Atmosphere</i> Substack</a> for weekly science breakdowns.</li><li><b>Listen to the </b><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/@WeeklyWeatherBrief" target="_blank"><b>Weekly Weather Brief</b></a><b>:</b> Catch Emily and meteorologist Kerrin Jeromin every Friday for a quick rundown of the week's biggest science stories.</li></ul><p><b>Links:</b></p><p>Follow Dr. Tracy Fanara on Instagram- <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/inspectorplanet/" target="_blank">@InspectorPlanet</a></p><p>V-Corals: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.v-corals.com/" target="_blank">https://www.v-corals.com/</a></p>
June 30, 2026
250 Years of America's Climate Record
<p>How different is America's weather today from the world the founding fathers knew 250 years ago?</p><p>On July 4, 1776, as 56 men gathered to declare independence. That same day, Thomas Jefferson bought a brand-new thermometer, and started taking meticulous notes. Those very readings marked the birth of an American climate record that stretches all the way to the present day.</p><p>In this episode of <i>Atmosphere</i>, host Emily Gracey sits down with <b>Kaitlyn Trudeau</b>, an applied climate scientist at <b>Climate Central</b>, to unpack two and a half centuries of American weather data. Together, they explore how our climate has shifted from the brutal winters of the Little Ice Age to the rapid warming of the modern era... and what the data tells us to expect by the time the nation turns 300.</p><h2><b>What You’ll Learn in This Episode:</b></h2><ul><li><b>The Weather of 1776:</b> What it was really like in that Philadelphia room (think wool coats, horseflies, and no AC), and how Jefferson became America's original "weather nerd."</li><li><b>Nature’s Time Capsules:</b> How scientists use paleoclimate proxies—like tree rings, ice cores, and coral—to unlock millions of years of climate history.</li><li><b>The Rate of Change:</b> Why the dramatic shift in global carbon emissions over the last 50 to 75 years is the real cause for concern.</li><li><b>Climate Controls:</b> Why the climate is warming differently in places like the Southwest compared to the Great Lakes.</li><li><b>A Story We Are Still Writing:</b> Why the next 50 years aren't predetermined, and how collective action today dictates our future.</li></ul><p></p><p>Articles referenced in this episode:</p><p><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.monticello.org/encyclopedia/thermometer" target="_blank">https://www.monticello.org/encyclopedia/thermometer</a></p><p><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/02-01-02-0010" target="_blank">https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/02-01-02-0010</a></p><p><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://jefferson-weather-records.org/node/41019" target="_blank">https://jefferson-weather-records.org/node/41019</a></p><p><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/bams/84/1/bams-84-1-57.pdf" target="_blank">https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/bams/84/1/bams-84-1-57.pdf</a></p><p><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.amrevmuseum.org/john-adams-and-revolutionary-philadelphia-s-summer-heat" target="_blank">https://www.amrevmuseum.org/john-adams-and-revolutionary-philadelphia-s-summer-heat</a></p><p><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://emergingrevolutionarywar.org/2016/01/23/the-hard-winter-of-1779-1780/" target="_blank">https://emergingrevolutionarywar.org/2016/01/23/the-hard-winter-of-1779-1780/</a></p><h2><b>Connect with the Show:</b></h2><ul><li><b>Follow Emily on Facebook:</b> <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.facebook.com/emilygraceyweather" target="_blank">Meteorologist Emily Gracey</a></li><li><b>Follow the Show on Instagram:</b> <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/atmospherepodcast/" target="_blank">@AtmospherePodcast</a></li><li><b>Deep Dive on Substack:</b> Subscribe to the <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://atmospherepodcast.substack.com/" target="_blank"><i>Atmosphere</i> Substack</a> for weekly science breakdowns.</li><li><b>Listen to the </b><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/@WeeklyWeatherBrief" target="_blank"><b>Weekly Weather Brief</b></a><b>:</b> Catch Emily and meteorologist Kerrin Jeromin every Friday for a quick rundown of the week’s biggest science stories.</li></ul>
June 23, 2026
NSSL: Inside America's Severe Weather Research Lab
<p>What does it actually take to safely chase a tornado, and how does that extreme proximity save lives on the ground?</p><p>In this episode of <i>Atmosphere</i>, we’re going inside the National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL) in Norman, Oklahoma - the epicenter of severe weather research. Dr. Pam Heinselman, Deputy Director of Science at NSSL, joins us to break down the cutting-edge tech behind today's storm chasing and why humanizing the forecast is the next frontier in science.</p><p><b>In this episode, we discuss:</b></p><ul><li><b>The New Mobile Radar Fleet:</b> The next generation of mobile radars and the surprising places they're deploying.</li><li><b>Project LIFT:</b> What scientists are learning from getting up close and personal with tornadoes.</li><li><b>The Hail Cam:</b> High-speed cameras capturing hailstones mid-fall to study ice dynamics.</li><li><b>Closing the Warning Gap:</b> How NSSL is buying you more time when severe weather strikes.</li><li><b>The Human Element:</b> Why social scientists are now riding shotgun with meteorologists to improve crisis communication.</li></ul><p>This is severe weather research at its most scrappy, creative, and human.</p><p>🔗 <b>Connect with NSSL:</b> Learn more about their current research at <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://nssl.noaa.gov" target="_blank">nssl.noaa.gov</a>.</p>
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<p>Meteorologist Emily Gracey sits down each week with leading scientists, researchers, and experts in weather, climate, earth science, and beyond. Every episode goes deeper than the science itself, uncovering the human stories behind the work and making complex ideas feel relevant, relatable, and real. From hurricanes and severe storms to earthquakes and emerging research, Atmosphere turns complicated ideas into conversations everyone can connect with.</p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
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