Your Brain On Climate
Your Brain On Climate
Dave Powell
Forecasting the Weather, with Helen Roberts
54 minutes Posted Dec 14, 2025 at 10:00 pm.
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Predicting the weather is really hard, not least because of all those butterflies in the Amazon flapping their wings about. So an even-vaguely-right forecast is a scientific marvel and a masterclass in risk communication. And how people do and don't take it in is a similarly fascinating dive into human brains and how they deal (or don't) with uncertainty. But these days you can't talk about our changing weather without talking about our changing climate - even if (too) many people stil...