Andrew Freedman

From maybe to monster: Forecast chaos turned into blizzard clarity in less than 48 hours | CNN Forecasters were fighting an uphill battle to message this historic winter storm.

My analysis of the fraught forecast for the ongoing blizzard, and the communications/public safety challenges it presented: www.cnn.com/2026/02/23/w...

From maybe to monster: Forecast chaos turned into blizzard clarity in less than 48 hours | CNN Forecasters were fighting an uphill battle to message this historic winter storm.

"Rarely does such a powerful, blockbuster winter storm nearly sneak up on the most populous urban corridor in the US."
www.cnn.com/2026/02/23/w...

It’s T-48 hours until a potentially blockbuster Northeast snow storm, and forecast models couldn’t be farther apart | CNN What are meteorologists supposed to do when the models they rely on disagree so sharply? And how should you interpret the forecast?

Analysis: It's T-48 hours until a potential snowstorm along the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast coast, yet forecasters are struggling with some epic computer model disagreements. I take you behind the scenes to explain what's going on: www.cnn.com/2026/02/20/w...

Global warming forced scientists to change the way they look at El Niño | CNN The Pacific Ocean is warming so quickly that scientists had to find a new method for detecting and predicting El Niño and La Niña events.

Climate change has spurred scientists to come up with a new way of detecting and monitoring El Niño and La Niña, as the waters of the tropical Pacific rapidly warm. www.cnn.com/2026/02/17/w...

Trump admin is pulling supercomputers out of key weather research center | CNN A leading American research lab is slated to lose its critical supercomputing facility, according to a letter released Thursday by the National Science Foundation.

New: Trump admin moves to pull supercomputing center out of top weather and climate research center (NCAR) in Boulder, Colo. Part of its effort to "break up" the lab. www.cnn.com/2026/02/13/w...

In just 25 years, dozens of places will be too warm to host the Winter Olympics | CNN As humans continue to burn planet-heating fossil fuels, winter is changing: Snowfall is declining, snowpack is shrinking and temperatures are rising in many places. For those who rely on snow for thei...

“To have (skiing) go from something my kids could do any day of the week in wintertime… to something that is much more rare and variable is a real tragedy..." On declining snowfall and the winter Olympics, via @laurapaddison.bsky.social www.cnn.com/2026/02/10/c...

Split screen nation: East has been frigid, while the West set hot temperature records. But it’s about to change | CNN The US is a nation divided, with frigid conditions, snow and ice entrenched east of the Rockies all the way into Florida, and record warmth and paltry snowfall in the West.

The East has been stuck in a long-duration cold snap lasting weeks on end, while the West has its worst snowpack in decades. The pattern that has led to this dichotomy is about to change: www.cnn.com/2026/02/06/w...

How Jeff Bezos Brought Down the Washington Post The Amazon founder bought the paper to save it. Instead, with a mass layoff, he’s forced it into severe decline.

“This is a case study in near-instant, self-inflicted brand destruction.”
www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...

Donate to Washington Post 2026 layoff fund, organized by Rachel Siegel On Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026, The Washington Post laid off hundreds of journalists. We ar… Rachel Siegel needs your support for Washington Post 2026 layoff fund

If you are able, The Post's union has started a layoff fund for those fired by the world's fourth-richest man today. gofund.me/a310d0286

Forecast models are predicting a bomb cyclone off the East Coast this weekend. Here are the scenarios | CNN Another major winter storm is taking shape a week after one brought much of the US to its knees. Here’s what we know now

The latest on the weekend storm threat, from a team effort at CNN Weather.
TL;DR: The snow threat is real for this weekend, details not yet clear, but if you live anywhere from the coastal Carolinas to Boston, you should be paying attention to forecasts the next few days www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/w...

How this brutal winter storm is possible with climate change – and possibly even more likely | CNN The frigid temperatures, massive snow and deadly ice storm occurring east of the Rockies might seem to conflict with life on a rapidly warming planet. But all of these things still happen, even with c...

Just gonna drop this here after that POTUS social post. On the topic of the cold and winter storm's relationship to global warming: www.cnn.com/2026/01/22/c...

How this brutal winter storm is possible with climate change – and possibly even more likely | CNN The frigid temperatures, massive snow and deadly ice storm occurring east of the Rockies might seem to conflict with life on a rapidly warming planet. But all of these things still happen, even with c...

How is this winter storm and brutal cold blast even possible in a warming climate? Paradoxically, the ingredients for this event may be more likely at least in part due to climate change... www.cnn.com/2026/01/22/c...

The heat energy we added to the ocean LAST YEAR is the equivalent of:
- Detonating ten hydrogen bombs every minute
- operating over a hundred large power plants continuously for all of written human history
- Five times all the electricity human beings have ever used

Trump wants to slash funding for federal climate and weather research. Congress is about to tell him ‘No’ | CNN Congress is poised to reject President Donald Trump’s “astounding” proposed cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration as well as NASA’s Earth science programs.

A funny thing has happened on the way to Trump's gutting of America's climate and weather research budgets (NOAA/NASA)... Congress is about to say no. www.cnn.com/2026/01/14/c...

Map showing temperature rankings for this winter to date, illustrating the record warmth across much of the West.

Much of the West is experiencing a snow drought, with record warmth as well. “This is up there with some of the worst [winters], if not the worst.” www.cnn.com/2026/01/09/c...

Private sector revives the climate disaster database Trump tried to squash | CNN In the US last year there were 23 separate billion-dollar weather and climate disasters, adding up to a total of $115 billion in damages. The database that tracks these costs used to be maintained by ...

Nature, or rather, climate experts, always find a way. The billion dollar disasters report that the Trump admin tried to squash is now out via Climate Central. www.cnn.com/2026/01/08/c...

Trump moves to pull US out of bedrock global climate treaty, becoming first country to do so | CNN The Trump administration is pulling the United States out of the bedrock treaty that underpins international cooperation on climate change, along with dozens of other global bodies.

Trump moves to pull the US from bedrock climate treaty, UN IPCC and other int'l orgs & UN agencies. In doing so, the US becomes the only country to withdraw from this particular climate agreement dating back to 1992 (UNFCCC). www.cnn.com/2026/01/07/c...

The Trump admin is closing a critical climate research center. Officials believe it’s really trying to punish a governor | CNN The Trump administration announced plans Tuesday to shut down the National Center for Atmospheric Research, an organization responsible for improved weather models to tools that aid hurricane safety. ...

The timing matters a lot on this effort to break up the National Center for Atmospheric Research. New reporting -- www.cnn.com/2025/12/17/c...

Climate scientists face the loss of a critical research center — and vow to fight back | CNN The Trump administration announced plans Tuesday to shut down the National Center for Atmospheric Research, an organization responsible for everything from improved weather models to tools that aid hu...

Perspective on the news about the Trump administration seeking to break up the NSF NCAR - The National Center for Atmospheric Research from the ground at the AGU meeting. www.cnn.com/2025/12/17/c...

Trump admin is ‘trying to put out a fire they started’ at Weather Service as a cold, snowy winter looms | CNN The National Weather Service is working to hire back hundreds of positions laid off or otherwise cut by the Trump administration, but it’s progressing at a snail’s pace, forcing many offices to contin...

The National Weather Service is hiring again, but very slowly, causing many forecast offices to continue to cope with staff shortages. www.cnn.com/2025/12/09/w...

Authors retract Nature study on economic damages from climate change, will resubmit for peer review 03.12.2025 - Following the publication of two critiques as “Matters Arising”, and in conversation with the journal Nature, the authors of the study “The economic commitment of climate change” at the P...

Here are
the press release on the retraction of one our Nature papers
www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
some explanations
www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
the journal's comment
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Please note:
The fact that climate change causes huge economic damages is not disputed..

Think it’s cold now? Just wait for the late-week Arctic blast poised to break records | CNN It’s cold now, but the next punch of Arctic air will take it to another level.

Thanks in part to a polar vortex disruption, December is likely to feature waves of unusually cold weather across the Central and Eastern US + other parts of the midlatitudes, experts say. Details on the next Arctic blast: www.cnn.com/2025/12/03/w...

The best hurricane forecasts of 2025 came from an AI model | CNN The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, which officially ended November 30, showcased the growing capabilities of artificial intelligence for storm forecasting. And experts say there is no turning back.

A deep dive into the superior performance of the Google DeepMind ensemble model this past Atlantic hurricane season, and what it portends for hurricane forecasting. www.cnn.com/2025/12/03/c...

The real estate industry is pressuring Zillow and other sites to nix extreme weather risk data buyers have come to rely on | CNN Zillow, the nation’s largest real estate listing website, has removed extreme weather risk data meant to help buyers figure out if the biggest purchase of their life is particularly susceptible to flo...

"Climate risk data didn’t suddenly become inconvenient; it became harder to ignore in a stressed market.” On Zillow's decision to remove extreme weather risk info from home listings, and pressure on other sites to do the same, via @ellanilsen.bsky.social www.cnn.com/2025/12/02/c...

It’s always great to chat about the stratosphere. The last major sudden stratospheric warming event to occur in November was in 1968! We might do it again this year. We’ve had a few minor events in since then (e.g., 1996, 2000, 2009, 2016) and they hint at an active wintery December!

The polar vortex is about to bring a wild weather pattern change | CNN Over the next 10 days, scientists say, changes in the stratosphere will upend weather patterns and set the stage for a cold, snowy December across parts of the Northern Hemisphere.

An unusually early sudden stratospheric warming event is likely to send the polar vortex on the move. Questions exist re: how this will affect US weather, but odds for colder, snowier weather are ticking up esp. in Central/Eastern US www.cnn.com/2025/11/19/w...

This is fascinating -- Iceland formally labels the potential collapse of the AMOC a national security threat. www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

These Thanksgiving recipes are modern takes on retro favorites We combed through the Post archives for Thanksgiving recipes that stood the test of time.

This is not weather or climate content, but ya gotta eat, right? My wife, Olga, helped spearhead this dive into Thanksgivings past in order to plan the best possible meal for the holiday this year. It's neat, full of little mysteries. www.washingtonpost.com/food/2025/11...

New reports paint picture of an ‘extremely dangerous’ future with warming expected to blow past key limit | CNN Melting ice sheets. Massive flooding. Dead coral reefs. Humanity is careening toward an untenable future as global temperatures rise, scientists warn

A sobering take on what a slew of new reports say about how the world will look under 2-3°C+ of warming. W/ @laurapaddison.bsky.social & insights from @drkatemarvel.bsky.social, @kimcobb.bsky.social, @weatherwest.bsky.social & others. www.cnn.com/2025/11/12/c... (For CNN subscribers.)

Workers fear NASA is quietly gutting the iconic home of Hubble and Webb. The agency says it’s strategically closing buildings | CNN Buildings at Goddard’s Maryland campus are being emptied and padlocked, sources say. NASA leadership has pushed back against the concerns.

An important new story on the quiet gutting of one of NASA's most important laboratory campuses, during the federal shutdown. Via @ellanilsen.bsky.social & @jackiewattles.bsky.social www.cnn.com/2025/11/04/s...