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The weather of a changed climate

Matt Hinkin, meteorologist at television station WATE, shares some of his favorite selections from the book The weather of the future : heat waves, extreme storms, and other scenes from a climate-changed planet by renown climatologist Heidi Cullen. The author projects a future in which the world's weather has drastically changed. Regions of the planet are affected in various ways, with some winners and some losers. (Recorded February 16, 2011)

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Melissa Brenneman

Melissa listens to hours of podcasts on most days. She started the habit with the intention of taking long walks, but podcasts proved to be more addicting than exercise. She records, edits and mixes podcasts for the library.
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Alan May

Alan May works as a librarian at Lawson McGhee Library. He holds an MFA in creative writing and a Master's of Library and Information Studies, both from the University of Alabama. In his spare time, he reads and writes poetry. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in New Orleans Review, The New York Quarterly, The Hollins Critic, The Idaho Review, Plume, Willow Springs, and others. He has published three books. His latest, Derelict Days in That Derelict Town: New and Uncollected Poems, is forthcoming in 2025.