News and Media

2 October 2026…
NewsChannel 9 WSYR Syracuse (Interview): Teske’s Tidbits: Arctic Climate

2 October 2026…
Scientific American (Quoted): 2026 has been a record hot year for the U.S.—it can only get worse

30 September 2026…
Meteorologist Chase Cain (Interview): What Happens When Super El Niño Hits California?

25 September 2026…
Carbon Brief (Quoted): ‘Concerning’ low sea ice persists as Antarctic hits third-lowest winter peak

22 September 2026…
USA Today (Quoted): Autumnal equinox marks start of fall, but heat could stick around

22 September 2026…
The Independent (Quoted): El Niño on course to shatter all-time record as ocean logs 100 days of extreme heat

18 September 2026…
Mongabay (Quoted): Global ocean breaks records with 100 days of heat as El Niño adds new threat

15 September 2026…
Valor International (Quoted): Amyr Klink’s ocean is no longer the same

11 September 2026…
Radio France Internationale (Quoted): How 100 days of record ocean heat is reshaping life in and around the seas

10 September 2026…
LA Times (Quoted): August is tied for the world’s hottest month ever recorded

10 September 2026…
Briefs Finance (Quoted): Copernicus: Last Month Matched July 2023 as Hottest on Record

4 September 2026…
Live Science (Quoted): ‘A worrying snapshot’: Satellite image shows large patches of open water less than 40 miles from the North Pole

3 September 2026…
WLRN Documentary (Featured Graphics): Facing the Future: South Florida vs. Climate Change

31 August 2026…
WUSF NPR (Quoted): Rising humid heat along the Gulf is partially thanks to the wind blowing record ocean temps ashore

30 August 2026…
Voice of Greece (Interview): Infinitely Curious: Super El Niño: When the Pacific changes the world

25 August 2026…
The Inertia (Quoted): The Earth’s Oceans Broke Temperature Records on August 22

25 August 2026…
Tech Times (Quoted): August Ocean Heat Shatters All-Time Record in Season When It Should Be Cooling

25 August 2026…
Yahoo (Quoted): Very troubling: World’s oceans hit their hottest recorded temperature earlier than expected

23 August 2026…
Scientific American (Quoted): Earth’s oceans just hit their hottest temperature ever—it’s only going to get worse

23 August 2026…
CBC (Quoted): ‘Super’ El Niño didn’t cause this year’s fires and heat waves, but it’s about to take us on a ‘wild ride’

23 August 2026…
Daily Mail (Quoted): Why Super El Niño will wreak havoc on Britain this winter: Scientists reveal how the climate event in the Pacific will spark cold and stormy weather in the UK

20 August 2026…
The Aspen Times (Quoted): Drought worsens in Colorado and across the West amid ‘lackluster monsoon’

11 August 2026…
DW News (Interview): How climate change is teaming up with ‘Super El Niño’

11 August 2026…
ABC News (Quoted): Federal government ends support for key Arctic climate report

11 August 2026…
The Hill (Quoted): NOAA pulls support from Arctic climate report

11 August 2026…
E&E News (Quoted): NOAA to end support for Arctic climate change report

10 August 2026…
KJZZ Phoenix (Quoted): KJZZ’s Sun Up for Aug. 10, 2026

10 August 2026…
EOS (Quoted): Government Pulls Funding for the Arctic Report Card

10 August 2026…
KJZZ Phoenix (Quoted): Phoenix is already hot. How much more extreme will climate change make it?

6 August 2026…
National Geographic (Quoted): U.S. cities are seeing more 90-degree days than ever. Is yours one of them?

4 August 2026…
AP (Quoted): This summer isn’t breaking heat records — yet. Wait until El Nino kicks in, scientists say

29 July 2026…
Tech Times (Quoted): Korea Shatters July Heat Record: Yangsan Crosses 40°C, Busan Snaps 122-Year High

27 July 2026…
Yahoo Creators (Quoted): It’s not just El Nino – sea surface temperatures globally are at record levels

27 July 2026…
Copernicus (Quoted): From evidence to understanding: game-changing visualisations powered by C3S data

22 July 2026…
Arctic Today (Quoted): Atlantic Arctic ice hits record lows as the US cuts tracking

20 July 2026…
CNN (Quoted): Fires, floods and record heat: This is the summer of compounding disasters

20 July 2026…
LA Times (Quoted): New heat wave to hit SoCal: Muggy nights, high temps, dangerous surf from Tropical Storm Elida

14 July 2026…
Summit Daily (Quoted): Record-breaking heatwave adds to ‘compounding extremes’ of climate change in Colorado

13 July 2026…
LA Times (Quoted): A ‘super’ El Niño is brewing. Experts fear historic dangers from ‘extraordinary’ weather

13 July 2026…
Scientific American (Quoted): The science of why this summer has been so blistering hot

10 July 2026…
Grist (Quoted): The oceans are full of heat, and it’s coming ashore

10 July 2026…
Radio Zinzine (Interview: No. 35 – Zachary Labe: when politics disrupts climate research

9 July 2026…
AP (Quoted): El Nino powers up as forecasters predict historic strength and a rainier winter for the US South

6 July 2026…
LA Times (Quoted): ‘Uncharted territory’ as brewing El Niño, roasting oceans, heat bring risk for California, planet

2 July 2026…
The Philadelphia Inquirer (Interview): July in Philly has become 4.4 degrees hotter since 1940 on average. Nights are even warmer.

2 July 2026…
Wisconsin Public Radio (Interview): New analysis says Wisconsin’s hottest month is growing hotter for some cities

2 July 2026…
Streamline (Quoted): Philadelphia Sweats Through Hottest Julys on Record as Urban Heat Islands Intensify Globally

1 July 2026…
KGOU (Quoted): July 4th weekend to bring dangerous heat across Oklahoma. Here’s what to know

29 June 2026…
AP (Quoted): What makes a ‘heat dome,’ and what does it mean?

26 June 2026…
South China Morning Post (Quoted): Asia’s ‘dangerous’ humid heatwaves push human body to its limits

24 June 2026…
Yahoo (Quoted): Climate experts warn record May CO2 could send summer 3.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels

24 June 2026…
EU News (Quoted): Europe in the grip of a heatwave, Climate Central: “Temperatures five times more likely due to climate change”

17 June 2026…
Inside Climate News (Quoted): Scientists Warn of Summer Heat Spikes as Global Warming Edges Toward 2C

15 May 2026…
The Conversation (Featured Study): The US is seeing stronger storms, so why are droughts getting worse?

15 May 2026…
Farm Progress (Quoted): Frozen out: Pennsylvania grower starts long slog to orchard recovery

14 May 2026…
LA Times (Quoted): This coming El Niño could be a monster. Will it bring epic rain to California this winter?

12 May 2026…
Daily Mail (Quoted): 2026 on track for ‘extraordinary extreme weather’, scientists warn – amid concerns the second half of the year will bring unprecedented wildfires and record-breaking temperatures

5 May 2026…
Scientific American (Quoted): Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere just hit a ‘depressing’ record high

28 April 2026…
Smithsonian Magazine (Quoted): Warm Waters Are Usually Trapped Deep Within the Southern Ocean. Now, They’re Encroaching on Antarctica, Threatening Its Ice

28 April 2026…
Dr Gilbz – Science Communicator (Interview): Is #Arctic sea ice a tipping point?

28 April 2026…
Paul Beckwith – Science Communicator (Featured Graphics): Climate Science Update: The Latest Global, Arctic, and Antarctic Graphs & Maps: Thanks you Zack Labe

27 April 2026…
Dr Gilbz – Science Communicator (Interview): When will summer Arctic sea ice disappear?

24 April 2026…
Dr Gilbz – Science Communicator (Interview): The “grim news” that isn’t making headlines

23 April 2026…
High Country News (Quoted): The ramifications of record-shattering heat on the West’s ecosystems

17 April 2026…
Grist (Quoted): Deep-diving robots help crack the mystery of Antarctica’s vanishing sea ice

1 April 2026…
E&E News (Quoted): NOAA halts crucial dataset that helps measure Arctic sea ice

31 March 2026…
NOAA GFDL Press Release (Featured Study): Evolving Synchronization of the Gulf Stream and Kuroshio–Oyashio Extension in a Changing Climate

27 March 2026…
Aspen Public Radio (Interview): March heat wave is “particularly alarming,” but not our new normal, yet

27 March 2026…
Carbon Brief (Quoted): ‘Very alarming’ winter sees Arctic sea ice hit record-low for second year running

23 March 2026…
Great Lakes Now and Detroit PBS (Featured Study): The Problem With False Spring

20 March 2026…
Heatmap News (Quoted): A Once-in-a-4,433-Year Heat Wave Is Hitting the Western U.S.

6 March 2026…
Nevada Public Radio (Quoted): Spring is arriving earlier due to climate change

6 March 2026…
Meteorologist Elisa Raffa (Interview): Cold & Climate Change

20 February 2026…
Carbon Brief (Quoted): Q&A: How Trump is threatening climate science in Earth’s polar regions

27 January 2026…
Delphi Zero (Interview): Letting the Ice Speak

18 January 2026…
Washington Post (Quoted): Melting ice may raise Greenland’s value. Trump’s fight may be just the start.


24 December 2025…
Washington Post (Quoted): How Trump’s attacks on ‘climate alarmism’ have already transformed U.S. science

17 December 2025…
Geographical Magazine (Interview): How are scientists and health workers coping with Trump 2.0?

16 December 2025…
The Guardian (Quoted): Arctic endured year of record heat as climate scientists warn of ‘winter being redefined’

16 December 2025…
MSN (Quoted): NOAA’s Arctic report outlines how its winter’s being redefined

9 December 2025…
Science Talk (Interview): Arctic Warming Too Fast I Extreme Climate Risks I Sea Level Rise I Climate Projections beyond 2100?

6 December 2025…
How To Read This Chart (Quoted): There’s no viz-ness like snow viz-ness

28 October 2025…
VernonReporter (Quoted): A tool tracking billion dollar disasters is active again after being retired by Trump administration

13 October 2025…
UCI Physical Sciences (Quoted): How one Earth system scientist mastered climate science communication

1 October 2025…
Carbon Brief (Quoted): Antarctic sea ice winter peak in 2025 is third smallest on record

17 September 2025…
We Are Your Neighbors (Quoted): Zachary Labe

10 September 2025…
Quanta Magazine (Quoted): How Climate Scientists Saw the Future Before It Arrived

10 September 2025…
AGU News (Featured Study): Lightning to spark more wildfires in western US in coming decades

6 September 2025…
New York Times (Featured Study): Lightning Strikes California With Unusual Frequency This Summer

6 September 2025…
The Guardian (Featured Study): Climate crisis will increase frequency of lightning-sparked wildfires, study finds

4 September 2025…
CalMatters (Featured Study): Dozens of lightning strike fires are burning across California. A warming climate could bring more, according to new study

23 August 2025…
WSU Insider (Featured Study): WSU study projects increases in lightning, wildfire risk

23 August 2025…
ReportEarth (Quoted): Insights on the U.S. summer warming ‘hole’

22 August 2025…
Grist (Quoted): Antarctica is in extreme peril

19 August 2025…
CNN (Quoted): The strange divide in how Americans experience summer temperatures

11 August 2025…
Harvest Public Media (Quoted): The Midwest is getting warmer, even though summer highs are dropping. Here’s why

8 August 2025…
Weathering Climate Change Blog (Interview): What the Arctic Teaches Us About the Climate Crisis: A Conversation with Dr. Zachary Labe

6 August 2025…
Three Degrees Podcast (Interview): Climate Trends, Data, and the Fight Against Disinformation

5 August 2025…
The Weather Channel (Quoted): Phoenix Is Facing A Heat Crisis. Here’s A Glimpse of Our Climate Future

30 July 2025…
New York Times (Quoted): In a Reversal, Key Hurricane-Monitoring Data Will Stay Online

29 July 2025…
Context (Quoted): U.S. hurricane forecasters losing critical access to government data

3 July 2025…
NJ Spotlight News (Interview): Weather forecasting, storm preparedness at risk

1 July 2025…
ABC News (Quoted): Trump administration shutters major federal climate website

24 June 2025…
Perspectives on Sustainable Development Podcast (Interview): We Live in Systems Not Silos: How Changes in the Arctic Impact the World

24 June 2025…
Bloomberg (Quoted): This Heat Wave Is Just a Taste of What’s to Come

24 June 2025…
Perspectives on Sustainable Development Video (Interview): Season 2 – Episode 8: Chart Highlights

20 June 2025…
Trouw (Interview): This scientist lost his job in the US. Now he’s bringing climate change to the public

5 June 2025…
ClimateGenn Podcast (Interview): Zack Labe: Science Is being Silenced! “This is terrifying … this is our future!”

22 May 2025…
BBC (Interview): Busy hurricane season expected as forecasters fear Trump cuts

15 May 2025…
High North News (Interview): US Climate Researcher: “We Are at a Tipping Point”

8 May 2025…
EOS (Quoted): NOAA Halts Maintenance of Key Arctic Data at National Snow and Ice Data Center

7 May 2025…
Inside Climate News (Quoted): Trump Administration Decommissions Sea Ice Data That Sounded an Alarm on Arctic Climate Change

2 May 2025…
StudyFinds (Featured Study): ‘Rapid Response System’ Can Tell When Heat Waves Are Fueled By Climate Change

16 April 2025…
Physics Today (Interview): Portraits of dismissed scientists personalize US government cuts to science

14 April 2025…
New Scientist (Quoted): Trump budget cuts would eliminate much of NOAA’s climate research

16 March 2025…
Silenced Science Stories (Interview): Dr. Zachary Labe, Climate Scientist

14 March 2025…
Space(dot)com (Quoted): ‘Their loss diminishes us all’: Scientists emphasize how Trump’s mass NOAA layoffs endanger the world

13 March 2025…
BBC (Quoted): They fly into hurricanes for NOAA – and still got caught in Doge’s purge

7 March 2025…
DW (Quoted): Is climate science threatened as US slashes jobs, funding?

4 March 2025…
Science Magazine (Quoted): NOAA firings hit the birthplace of weather and climate forecasting

3 March 2025…
ABC News Live (Interview): Former NOAA employee says layoffs could impact coverage of weather and severe storms

1 March 2025…
The Boston Globe (Quoted): Hundreds fired at NOAA as federal cuts hit weather forecasters: ‘I had until 5 p.m. to gather my stuff’

1 March 2025…
Common Dreams (Quoted): By Gutting NOAA, Musk and Trump Are Destroying a Public Good to Aid Big Oil

1 March 2025…
CNN (Quoted): How Americans will feel the impact of Trump’s weather forecasting layoffs

28 February 2025…
Inside Climate News (Quoted): Experts Say Attempted Mass Firing of NOAA Workers May be Illegal and Threatens Public Safety

28 February 2025…
BBC (Quoted): Hundreds in US climate agency fired in latest cuts

28 February 2025…
CNN (Quoted): Trump officials fire 800 employees at weather forecasting and oceans agency

14 February 2025…
The Barents Observer (Quoted): Second lowest January sea ice extent

4 January 2025…
Yorkshire Bylines (Quoted): Time to exit this climate “road to ruin”, warns UN secretary general


18 November 2024…
Carbon Brief (Featured Study): Q&A: The evolving science of ‘extreme weather attribution’

28 October 2024…
NC State University News (Featured Study): When is a Heat Wave Just a Heat Wave, and When is it Climate Change?

7 October 2024…
News Decoder (Quoted): Extreme weather makes climate change a reality now

4 October 2024…
Carbon Brief (Quoted): Antarctic sea ice maximum in 2024 is ‘second lowest’ on record

28 August 2024…
GFDL Bulletin – Spring-Summer 2024 (Featured Study): Changes in United States summer temperatures revealed by explainable neural networks

15 August 2024…
The Guardian (Quoted): ‘We should have better answers by now’: climate scientists baffled by unexpected pace of heating

9 August 2024…
Seznam Zpravy (Quoted): Náhlý skok. Lednice planety vědce překvapila úbytkem ledu

6 August 2024…
Carbon Brief (Quoted): IPCC meeting in Sofia fails to agree timeline for seventh assessment report

26 July 2024…
Axios (Quoted): “Unusual warmth” hitting nearly all of world’s oceans

5 June 2024…
USA Today (Quoted): Earth marks 12 straight months of record heat, a bewildering climate change milestone

14 May 2024…
Yorkshire Bylines (Quoted): Global levels of CO2 for 2023–24 break all records in human history

24 April 2024…
Climate Quandaries Podcast (Interview): S2E4: Zack Labe

29 March 2024…
Temple Sustainability Blog (Quoted): Making Your Research Matter: Communicating for the Climate

26 March 2024…
Carbon Brief (Quoted): Antarctic sea ice ‘behaving strangely’ as Arctic reaches ‘below-average’ winter peak

8 March 2024…
Yorkshire Bylines (Quoted): The Arctic: The first ice-free summer could arrive in the next decade

2 March 2024…
The Washington Post, Capital Weather Gang (Quoted): The groundhog was right: Spring is here ahead of schedule

7 February 2024…
Planet NOAA Podcast (Interview): Welcome to Planet NOAA!


12 December 2023…
NOAA Climate[dot]gov (Featured Study): 2023 Arctic Report Card: image highlights

16 November 2023…
Carbon Brief (Quoted): Q&A: Warming of 2C would trigger ‘catastrophic’ loss of world’s ice, new report says

24 October 2023…
Copernicus Climate Change Service (Quoted): 2023 on track to be the hottest year ever. What’s next?

19 October 2023…
Euronews (Interview-Panel): Climate Now debate: 2023 is set to be the hottest year on record, so why aren’t we taking action? [Recording]

14 October 2023…
NOAA Climate[dot]gov (Featured Study): Why hasn’t the central US warming hole disappeared?

13 October 2023…
NOAA Climate Program Office (Featured Study): Why Has The Summertime Central U.S. Warming Hole Not Disappeared?

5 October 2023…
NBC News (Quoted): ‘Gobsmackingly bananas’ September of extreme warmth has climate scientists alarmed

26 September 2023…
Carbon Brief (Quoted): ‘Exceptional’ Antarctic melt drives months of record-low global sea ice cover

20 September 2023…
Wired (Quoted): The Mysterious ‘Warming Hole’ in the Middle of the US

28 August 2023…
Wired (Quoted): This Brutal Summer in 10 Alarming Maps and Graphs

8 August 2023…
Dr. Gilbz YouTube Channel (Interview): Antarctic sea ice: lowest in 7.5 million years??

27 July 2023…
CBC (Quoted): July on track to be hottest month ever recorded, analysis shows

27 July 2023…
Axios (Quoted): Scientists declare July world’s hottest month and warn future will be worse

20 July 2023…
Yorkshire Bylines (Quoted): Antarctica: sea ice reaches its lowest extent since observations began

20 July 2023…
Qubit.hu (Featured Graphics): Sosem láttak még olyan kevés tengeri jeget az Antarktisz körül, mint idén

11 July 2023…
TED Countdown Summit (Featured Graphics): Al Gore’s Climate TED Talk

4 July 2023…
USA Today (Quoted): The oceans are unusually hot and on track to get hotter. That’s not good.

28 June 2023…
CNET (Quoted): The Arctic Sea Could Be ‘Ice-Free’ Within Decades. What That Means for Us

26 June 2023…
Seznam Zpravy (Interview): „Ajaj.“ Pohled na množství ledu na Antarktidě znervóznil vědce

21 June 2023…
Science Alert (Quoted): NASA Shows What 30 Years of Rising Seas Feels Like in Chilling New Animation

20 June 2023…
La Libre (Quoted): Prévisions inquiétantes en Arctique, records en Antarctique : est-il déjà trop tard pour sauver les banquises ?

8 June 2023…
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (Quoted): ‘Uncharted territory’: Warming oceans and disappearing sea ice alarm scientists

26 May 2023…
Wired (Quoted): Antarctic Sea Ice Is at Record Lows. Is It an Alarming Shift?

22 May 2023…
Carbon Brief (Quoted): Montreal Protocol has slowed loss of Arctic sea ice, say scientists

14 April 2023…
Yorkshire Bylines (Quoted): Highest ever readings of atmospheric carbon dioxide in human history recorded

20 March 2023…
ARD – German Broadcast Network (Featured Graphics): Weather before eight

16 March 2023…
Carbon Brief (Quoted): Arctic sea ice winter peak in 2023 is fifth lowest on record

16 February 2023…
WFLA Tampa (Featured Graphics): How certain is science that humans are warming the climate?


28 November 2022…
Princeton AOS & CIMES Newsletter (Interview): Zack Labe in Conversation

22 November 2022…
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Press Release (Quoted): New analysis helps reconcile differences between satellites and climate models

13 November 2022…
The Daily Beast (Quoted): What Happens When Even Scientists Get Doom-Pilled?

23 September 2022…
Mongabay (Quoted): 2022: Another consequential year for the melting Arctic

23 September 2022…
Carbon Brief (Quoted): Arctic sea ice summer minimum in 2022 is ‘joint-10th lowest’ on record

1 September 2022…
CBS News (Quoted): “Alarming year for extremes”: 2021 saw record-high greenhouse gas, ocean heat and sea levels rise, new report finds

17 August 2022…
La Libre (Interview): Cette statistique montre vraiment à quel point l’Arctique a changé, c’est spectaculaire

12 August 2022…
Financial Times (Quoted): Climate graphic of the week: Arctic warming four times faster than rest of the planet, study says

19 July 2022…
Forbes (Quoted): Yes, It’s Getting Hotter – This Simple Graphics Explains

15 July 2022…
Politico (Quoted): GIF of the Day – POLITICO’s Power Switch

13 July 2022…
Val 202 – Slovene radio station (Interview): Točka preloma ali točka brez povratka?

6 July 2022…
Foresight Magazine (Interview): Bringing Data Driven Stories to Life with Zack Labe

27 June 2022…
The Weather Network (Quoted): Records may fall as impressive heat wave roasts the Arctic Circle

24 March 2022…
Gizmodo (Quoted): Record-Shattering Heat at Both Poles Is Freaking Scientists Out

22 March 2022…
Carbon Brief (Quoted): Arctic sea ice winter peak in 2022 is 10th lowest on record

21 March 2022…
Vice (Quoted): ‘Never Supposed to Happen’: North and South Poles See Unprecedented Heat

21 March 2022…
Yahoo News (Quoted): ‘Not a good sign’: Both of Earth’s poles see temperatures 30C and 40C above normal

31 January 2022…
Data Skeptic Podcast (Interview): Explainable climate science


18 November 2021…
EnergieWinde (Interview): Zachary Labes Grafiken zum Klimawandel

16 October 2021…
Mashable (Quoted): Gaping hole opened up in ‘Last Ice Area’ of the Arctic, NASA images show

9 October 2021…
CNN (Quoted): Antarctica’s last 6 months were the coldest on record

6 October 2021…
Yahoo News (Quoted): The coldest place on Earth just had its coldest winter on record

28 September 2021…
Blasting News (Interview): From Carlos Nobre to Svein Tveitdal, 6 climate activists share ways to tackle climate change

22 September 2021…
Carbon Brief (Quoted): Arctic sea ice summer minimum in 2021 is ‘12th lowest’ on record

16 September 2021…
Arctic Today (Quoted): As it approaches its yearly minimum, Arctic sea ice extent its slightly greater than recent ultra-low years

15 September 2021…
Climate Crocks (Interview): Zack Labe on Arctic Extremes

14 September 2021…
BreezoMeter (Listed): Top 20 Leading Weather & Climate Voices to Follow in 2021

3 September 2021…
The Washington Post, Capital Weather Gang (Featured Study): Climate change may have worsened deadly Texas cold wave, new study suggests

19 August 2021…
National Geographic (Quoted): Siberia’s massive wildfires are unlocking extreme carbon pollution

31 July 2021…
The Washington Post, Capital Weather Gang (Featured Study): Arctic climate change may not be making winter jet stream weird after all

22 July 2021…
Sky News (Interview): A crisis of fire and ice: Deadly heatwaves and record ice melt tell a story of extreme weather that’s here to stay

25 June 2021…
ABC News (Interview): ‘It’s Not Too Late’: Extreme heat in the Arctic

23 June 2021…
ABC News (Quoted): Heat wave in Russia brings record-breaking temperatures north of Arctic Circle

23 June 2021…
The Independent (Quoted): ‘Merciless’ temperatures push Moscow to hottest June day in 142 years, as heatwave hits Russia

1 June 2021…
Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (Featured graphics): Inlandsisar och havsnivåhöjning

25 May 2021…
High North News (Quoted): Arctic Heatwave Breaks Records

12 May 2021…
Science Magazine (Featured study): Landmark study casts doubt on controversial theory linking melting Arctic to severe winter weather

22 April 2021…
Inverse (Interview): What will the Earth look like in 2121? 10 young leaders give their predictions

23 March 2021…
Bloomberg (Quoted): Arctic Lightning Strikes Tripled in a Decade

23 February 2021…
KCSU FM Radio (Interview): Explaining the polar vortex, U.S. COVID-19 deaths pass 500,000

3 February 2021…
Weather Geeks Podcast (Interview): Arctic Report Card 2020

29 January 2021…
C-Shores Communications Podcast (Interview): Two degrees warmer: how our understanding of weather affects our understanding of climate crisis

26 January 2021…
Blasting News (Interview): Zack Labe on Arctic climate change: ‘It’s important to communicate data in an accessible way’

7 January 2021…
CBS News (Quoted): Sudden stratospheric warming could mean wild winter storms ahead

3 January 2021…
Inside Climate News (Quoted): Many Scientists Now Say Global Warming Could Stop Relatively Quickly After Emissions Go to Zero


30 December 2020…
The Weather Channel (Quoted): Twenty Weather Occurrences That Could Have Only Happened in 2020

15 December 2020…
Australian Broadcasting Corporation (Quoted): The vanishing Arctic

8 December 2020…
The Guardian (Quoted): Greenhouse gas emissions transforming the Arctic into ‘an entirely different climate’

23 November 2020…
CBS News (Quoted): Temperatures in the Arctic are astonishingly warmer than they should be

4 November 2020…
Cambridge Climate Lecture Series: Shaping the Future Podcast (Interview): Laptev Sea Not Refreezing & Other Arctic Climate Notes With Dr. Zack Labe

29 October 2020…
High North News (Quoted): Large Parts of Arctic Ocean See Delayed Refreeze With Sea Ice at Record Low

28 October 2020…
Vox (Quoted): 3 charts showing the alarming decline of Arctic sea ice this year

27 October 2020…
CTGN (Quoted): The Arctic sea ice hasn’t frozen yet, the latest ice-free date on record

26 October 2020…
Scientias – Netherlands (Quoted): Winter is coming and the Arctic sea ice should start to grow – but that hardly happens

26 October 2020…
Euronews (Quoted): The Arctic Ocean has never had so little ice at this time of year, a record for global impact

23 October 2020…
Earther (Quoted): This Year’s Arctic Sea Ice Is Failing to Form, Raising a Huge ‘Red Flag’

22 October 2020…
NU.nl (Quoted): Summer over the Russian North Pole doesn’t budge this year

22 October 2020…
The Guardian (Quoted): Alarm as Arctic sea ice not yet freezing at latest date on record

29 September 2020…
National Geographic (Quoted): The jet stream is bringing fire weather to the West and a chill to the East

25 September 2020…
ABC News (Interview): 2nd-lowest Arctic sea ice increases concerns about impact of climate change on Indigenous communities

22 September 2020…
The Washington Post, Capital Weather Gang (Quoted): Arctic sea ice slides to second-lowest level on record, thanks to Siberian heat waves

22 September 2020…
Earth.com (Quoted): Arctic sea ice reached its second lowest extent this year

22 September 2020…
High North News (Quoted): Arctic Sea Ice Shrinks to Second-Lowest Extent Amid Record High Temperatures

21 September 2020…
Earther (Quoted): Arctic Sea Ice Hit a Scary Milestone

21 September 2020…
Mashable (Quoted): Arctic ice drops below a grim benchmark

21 September 2020…
Carbon Brief (Quoted): Arctic sea ice shrinks to second-lowest summer minimum on record

4 September 2020…
CBS News (Quoted): Weather Whiplash: From record-shattering heat to cold and snow

22 August 2020…
Val 202 – Slovene radio station (Interview): Globalne temperature v vzponu, Arktika kmalu brez ledu

17 August 2020…
Bloomberg (Quoted): The First Arctic Summer Without Ice Is Coming in Just 15 Years

12 August 2020…
CBS News (Quoted): In just 15 years, the Arctic Ocean may be ice-free in summer, study says

31 July 2020…
E&E News (Quoted): Fires, heat and a cyclone. Arctic breaks melting record

30 July 2020…
CSU Engineering News (Interview): Five questions with Atmospheric Science climate scientist Zachary Labe

28 July 2020…
Mo Magazine (Quoted): Noordpoolgebied verliest record aan zee-ijs

23 July 2020…
TBS eFM (Interview): Live radio broadcast on “This Morning” show in Seoul, South Korea [Recording]

21 July 2020…
Mashable (Quoted): Why Arctic sea ice just crashed to an extreme, record low

21 July 2020…
Vice (Quoted): Siberia’s Heat Wave Triggered an Arctic Sea Ice Melt Down

20 July 2020…
9News (Quoted): Climate change: Siberian Arctic ice forming less, melting faster than any year since 1979

17 July 2020…
The Hill (Interview): Climate researcher details historic significance of recent warming in Siberia

17 July 2020…
Sustainability – CSU (Interview): SHH! Sustainability Happy Hour with Dr. Zack Labe

17 July 2020…
Rising – Hill.TV (Interview): Climate Scientist: Why You Should Worry About 100 Degree Temps In Siberia

6 July 2020…
National Geographic (Quoted): A heat wave thawed Siberia’s tundra. Now, it’s on fire.

1 July 2020…
CBS News (Quoted): 100.4 degree Arctic temperature record confirmed as study suggests Earth is warmest in at least 12,000 years

26 June 2020…
The Telegraph (Quoted): Siberia heatwave: Fears of ‘irreversible’ permafrost melt as Russian village sees record temperatures

22 June 2020…
The World – Daily Edition Radio (Interview): Face masks and the coronavirus crisis

22 June 2020…
Mashable (Quoted): How the Arctic Circle just eclipsed 100 degrees

15 June 2020…
CBS News (Quoted): 2020 likely to be the warmest year on record globally

14 June 2020…
UCI News (Interview): Zack Labe cracks a cold case

22 May 2020…
The Washington Post, Capital Weather Gang (Quoted): Parts of Siberia are hotter than Washington, with temperatures nearly 40 degrees above average

15 May 2020…
The Washington Post, Capital Weather Gang (Quoted): Heat spike elevates Arctic to warmest levels this early in the year since at least 1958

14 May 2020…
The Washington Post, Capital Weather Gang (Quoted): Unusual warmth pours over North Pole, potentially jump-starting melt season for Arctic ice

14 May 2020…
CSU News (Award): Four Atmos members named SoGES Sustainability Leadership Fellows

22 April 2020…
Nightingale – The Journal of the Data Visualization Society (Featured): Six Iconic Environmental Visualizations for Earth Day

27 March 2020…
Mashable (Quoted): Even after a frigid winter, Arctic sea ice is still really low

28 February 2020…
You’ve Been Warmed Podcast (Interview): The Power Of Visualizing Data In Climate Communication with Zack Labe

13 February 2020…
EarthNow, Science on a Sphere (Featured Graphics): 100 years of SST anomalies


4 December 2019…
AGU Annual Meeting 2019 (Interview): Department of Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine

20 November 2019…
Mashable (Contributed): Village of the Sea Bears: Churchill’s famed polar bear population is plunging

15 November 2019…
Earther (Quoted): Some Arctic Sea Ice Is Acting Like It’s Mid-Summer

13 November 2019…
Heidi.news (Quoted): La glace ne se forme presque plus sur la mer des Tchouktches

6 November 2019…
Expressen (Quoted): Bilden som visar is-krisen: ”Får stora konsekvenser”

4 November 2019…
Euronews (Quoted): Arctic ice reached record low in October

1 November 2019…
Mashable (Quoted): Alaska is having a hell of a time growing sea ice

25 September 2019…
Carbon Brief (Quoted): Arctic sea ice summer minimum in 2019 is ‘joint-second lowest’ on record

23 September 2019…
Mashable (Quoted): Arctic sea ice plunges to dismal levels

20 September 2019…
Euronews (Quoted): How summer 2019 was hellish for the Arctic, the frontline of climate change and global warming

9 August 2019…
Mashable (Quoted): Century-old ship logs reveal extent of today’s drastic Arctic melt

8 August 2019…
The Guardian (Quoted): Alaska records warmest month ever in July with coastline barren of sea ice

7 August 2019…
TIME (Quoted): Alaska’s Sea Ice Has Its Lowest August Levels Ever

5 August 2019…
Mashable (Quoted): Alaska’s sea ice has completely melted away

1 August 2019…
Mashable (Quoted): Greenland’s melting hits overdrive

31 July 2019…
Euronews (Quoted): Groenlandia: la ola de calor silenciosa que afecta a todo el Planeta

30 July 2019…
Earther (Quoted): Are We Watching the Arctic Pass a Tipping Point This Summer?

30 July 2019…
Motherboard (Quoted): Arctic Ice Is Crashing, and That’s Bad News For Everyone

29 July 2019…
Wunderground (Quoted): Heat Wave Heads North: Massive Week of Melting Likely in Arctic

26 July 2019…
The Washington Post, Capital Weather Gang (Quoted): Europe’s heat wave is about to bake the Arctic

15 June 2019…
The Hill (Quoted): Greenland ice sheet sees record melting in June

14 June 2019…
The Washington Post, Capital Weather Gang (Quoted): The Arctic Ocean and Greenland ice sheet have seen record June ice loss

13 June 2019…
Axios (Quoted): Arctic melt goes into overdrive

13 June 2019…
Mashable (Quoted): There’s some really intense melting in the Arctic right now

3 May 2019…
Earther (Quoted): The Last of the Arctic’s Old Sea Ice Is on the Verge of Vanishing

26 March 2019…
Wunderground (Quoted): Western Arctic Warm Wave Is Smashing Early-Spring Records

26 March 2019…
Mashable (Quoted): Temperatures in Alaska are toppling records

20 March 2019…
Carbon Brief (Quoted): Arctic sea ice winter peak in 2019 is seventh lowest on record

7 March 2019…
Axios (Quoted): Vanishing ice in the Bering Sea drops to lowest level since 1850

6 March 2019…
Forbes (Quoted): Where Is The Ice That Should Be In The Bering Strait Right Now?

4 March 2019…
Mashable (Quoted): The Bering Strait should be covered in ice, but it’s nearly all gone

28 February 2019…
CBS News (Quoted): Week of remarkable weather extremes: Is this the new normal?

1 February 2019…
Mashable (Quoted): It’s damn cold, but heat records in the U.S. still dominate

29 January 2019…
Popular Science (Quoted): Record cold temperatures don’t mean the planet isn’t warming


11 December 2018…
The Washington Post (Supplied Graphic): The Arctic is in even worse shape than you realize

11 October 2018…
High North News (Quoted): Unprecedented Lack of Refreeze Across Arctic as Ice Continues to Melt

11 October 2018…
Mashable (Quoted): Things in the middle of the Arctic are getting really strange

8 October 2018…
KUCI Radio (Interview): Arctic Sea Ice and Meteorology with Zack Labe

29 September 2018…
Euronews (Quoted): Arctic heatwave could result in summer-like warmth for Alaska

27 September 2018…
Carbon Brief (Quoted): Arctic sea ice summer minimum in 2018 is sixth lowest on record

17 September 2018…
Euronews (Quoted): Late summer: Heatwave to return to Europe

21 August 2018…
Euronews (Quoted): Drought and floods will become more common as global warming causes weather to ‘stall’

10 August 2018…
Val 202 – Slovene radio station (Interview): The Arctic is rapidly melting

5 July 2018…
Earther (Quoted): It’s Ridiculously Hot and Smoky in Siberia Right Now

8 June 2018…
Earther (Quoted): A New Arctic Cyclone Could Be Among the Most Powerful On Record

5 June 2018…
Earther (Quoted): There’s Way Too Little Ice Around Svalbard Right Now

25 May 2018…
Arctic Today (Quoted): Thinning Arctic sea ice influences the atmosphere — with spinoff effects for Eurasia, study says

7 May 2018…
The Washington Post, Capital Weather Gang (Quoted): Another extreme heat wave strikes the North Pole

3 May 2018…
The Washington Post, Capital Weather Gang (Quoted): ‘Fallen off a cliff’: Scientists have never observed so little ice in the Bering Sea in spring

5 April 2018…
Earther (Quoted): It Could Snow Again This Weekend

26 March 2018…
Earther (Quoted): Both Poles Are Having a Weird, Bad Year For Sea Ice So Far

23 March 2018…
KTUU Anchorage, Alaska (Quoted): Arctic sea ice hits annual maximum at near record low levels

6 March 2018…
United States Senate – Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D–RI) (Supplied Graphic): Time to wake up: Climate Progress

6 March 2018…
Council of Graduate Schools (Interview): GradImpact: Using Satellite Data Images of the Arctic to Teach the Public about Climate Change

1 March 2018…
Carbon Brief (Quoted): Explainer: The polar vortex, climate change and the ‘Beast from the East’

27 February 2018…
The Atlantic (Quoted): Parts of the Arctic Spiked to 45 Degrees Above Normal

27 February 2018…
PennLive (Interview): Harrisburg-area grad, scientist fuels buzz behind news that North Pole temps surged past freezing

26 February 2018…
O Globo (Quoted): Temperaturas no Ártico ficam 20 graus Celsius acima do esperado

26 February 2018…
The Washington Post, Capital Weather Gang (Quoted): North Pole surges above freezing in the dead of winter, stunning scientists

26 February 2018…
Mashable (Quoted): Drastic Arctic warm event stuns scientists, as record-breaking temperatures reach the North Pole

21 February 2018…
Earther (Quoted): Bering Sea Ice Is Disappearing When it Should Still Be Growing

20 February 2018…
USA Today (Quoted): Arctic sea ice at record low January levels

15 February 2018…
Grist (Quoted): Polar ice is lost at sea

8 February 2018…
UT Austin Geosciences (Interview): Social media: changing the science communication landscape


28 December 2017…
USA Today (Quoted): It’s cold outside, but that doesn’t mean climate change isn’t real

7 December 2017…
Eco Interviews with Meteorologist Jeff Berardelli (Interview): Loss of Sea Ice and Impacts on California and the rest of the US

26 September 2017…
The Sydney Morning Herald (Quoted): ‘Attacked from two sides’: Antarctic sea ice hits another record low

22 August 2017…
The Verge (Quoted): This Artist’s New Landscape Studies are of Melting Glaciers

21 July 2017…
Climate Central (Quoted): Here’s How Much Arctic Sea Ice Has Melted Since the ‘80s

23 June 2017…
Climate Central (Quoted): We Couldn’t Monitor Larsen C Without These Satellites

13 April 2017…
Mashable (Quoted): Arctic ice in retreat: NASA’s airborne survey shows how global warming is transforming the Arctic

10 April 2017…
UCI News (Quoted): UCI Doctoral student is helping people visualize climate change and its impact on the entire planet

22 March 2017…
Mashable (Quoted): Arctic meltdown is the new normal: Sea ice sets 3rd straight winter record low

22 March 2017…
Carbon Brief (Quoted): Sea ice falls to record lows in both the Arctic and Antarctic

10 March 2017…
KUAC Alaska (Interview): Climate Scientists Worry NOAA Budget Cuts Will Hinder Weather Forecasting in Alaska

6 March 2017…
Climate Central (Quoted): Arctic Sea Ice Continues Its Astonishing Streak of Lows

2 March 2017…
BuzzFeed News (Quoted): Antarctic Sea Ice Has Hit Its All-Time Low

7 February 2017…
CBS News (Contributed): Powerful storm bringing abnormally warm air to the arctic

1 February 2017…
The Washington Post, Capital Weather Gang (Quoted): ‘Beyond the extreme’: Scientists marvel at ‘increasingly non-natural’ Arctic warmth

19 January 2017…
Climate Central (Quoted): Warm Air Invades Arctic Again, Slowing Sea Ice Growth

12 January 2017…
UCI News (Interview): Climate change champions

9 January 2017…
Yahoo News (Quoted): NOAA: 2016 was second warmest on record in U.S.


22 December 2016…
The Washington Post, Capital Weather Gang (Quoted): Weather buoy near North Pole hits melting point

21 December 2016…
NPR (Interview): North Pole Temperatures Expected To Rise 50 Degrees Above Normal

21 December 2016…
Yahoo News (Quoted): Bizarre North Pole temperatures cap off year of record-setting warmth

21 December 2016…
Mashable (Quoted): North Pole to warm to near melting point this week: 50 degrees above normal

20 December 2016…
The Washington Post, Capital Weather Gang (Quoted): Forecast: North Pole to warm 50 degrees above normal Thursday, near melting point

14 December 2016…
Vox (Featured Graphics): The best climate graphics of the year

7 December 2016…
Carbon Brief (Contributed): Record low volume highlights exceptional year for Arctic sea ice

23 November 2016…
AGU Blogs (Interview): A conversation with Zack Labe

17 November 2016…
Mashable (Quoted): Global warming gobbled up a piece of sea ice the size of Alaska and Texas combined

17 November 2016…
The Verge (Interview): A bleak-looking sea ice graph has Twitter in a frenzy

17 November 2016…
The Washington Post (Quoted): The North Pole is an insane 36 degrees warmer than normal as winter descends

17 November 2016…
The Weather Channel (Quoted): Bizarre Temperatures: North Pole Rises Above Freezing While Parts of Russia Plunge Below -40 Degrees

31 October 2016…
The Sydney Morning Herald (Quoted): Polar heatwaves have ice in retreat at both ends of the planet

27 October 2016…
The Washington Post, Capital Weather Gang (Quoted): An early look at what kind of weather California might see this winter

27 October 2016…
The Washington Post, Capital Weather Gang (Quoted): Arctic sea ice is at a record low and could, in spurts, disappear within our lifetimes

26 October 2016…
Wunderground (Quoted): Sea Ice Extent Is Near Record Lows–South as Well as North

19 October 2016…
Climate Central (Interview): This is What It’s Like To Be a Young Climate Scientist

19 September 2016…
The Cornell Daily Sun (Featured study): Cornell Scientist Predicts Climate Change Will Prompt Earlier Spring Start Date

16 September 2016…
The New York Times, Dot Earth (Contributed): Arctic Summer Sea Ice – Going Down, Down, Down

16 September 2016…
Wunderground (Quoted): Degraded and Disheveled, Arctic Sea Ice Ties for Second-Lowest Extent on Record

16 September 2016…
Forbes (Listed): Want Great Weather Information on Twitter? 76 Suggestions To Get You Started

15 September 2016…
Climate Central (Contributed): These Images Show Near-Record Low 2016 Arctic Sea Ice

1 September 2016…
Mashable (Quoted): Sailboat nears goal of circumnavigating the Arctic as sea ice plummets

31 August 2016…
Cornell Press Release (Featured Study): Early-onset spring models may indicate ‘nightmare’ for ag

21 July 2016…
“The Weather Junkies” (Podcast): The Science of Modeling Climate & Weather with Zack Labe

1 June 2016…
Mashable (Quoted): Arctic sea ice set a record low every single day in May


2014-2015…
The Ithaca Voice (Author):
• This could be warmest day in Ithaca since October 29
• A look ahead at Ithaca weather; temps this month are 7 degrees below average
• Sub-freezing temps to bring light snow/sleet to Ithaca
• Light snow in Ithaca area expected as temperatures drop to 20s
• Cool, wet week ahead for Ithaca
• Ithaca can expect mild temperatures well above normal this week
• Update: Severe thunderstorm watch issued for Ithaca
• Above-average temperatures expected for Ithaca for early October
• Why has the weather this summer been so amazing? A meteorological explanation

6 February 2010…
The Patriot-News: CD student better weather forecaster than most professionals


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