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Kathy Baughman McLeod / Naming Heatwaves

Heat waves are more deadly than hurricanes and floods combined, and like hurricanes, would benefit from a name and rank. Hear more about how naming helps communication AND preparation.

Listen to part 1 of What’s a Few Degrees?, featuring Kathy Baughman McLeod, director and senior vice president of the Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center at The Atlantic Council.

What’s a Few Degrees?: 

Part 1: Kathy Baughman McLeod / Naming Heatwaves

part 2: Pippa Moore / Heat Blobs

Part 3: Ted Derouin / Farmer’s Perspective

Part 4: Jeff Dukes / Warming Midwest

Part 5: Arturo Casadevall / Candida Auris

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