Science communication
Notes & explainers
Short pieces that try to make weather and climate science legible — the way I'd explain a result to a planner, a coffee grower, or a curious friend, not another specialist.
Explainer · Atmospheric rivers→
What is an atmospheric river?
The "rivers in the sky" that deliver much of the West Coast's water — and its floods. What they are, why they matter, and how a warming climate is changing them. Read on this site →
Published · El Café de Mi Tierra (ES)↗
Atmospheric rivers and the coffee harvest
My Spanish-language feature for a coffee magazine: how winter atmospheric rivers — folk-predicted by the cabañuelas — damage Mexico's Pacific coffee harvest, and what producers can do about it.
Practice · Data for decisions↗
Making climate data usable for non-scientists
A model output is not a decision. How Cal-Adapt turns downscaled projections into tools a utility planner or regulator can actually pick up and use.