How Is the Climate Energy Hitting You? is a collection of backyard experiments conducted in conjunction with you—the reader. The goal is simple: to look at how the increased energy in the climate system is showing up in our everyday lives.
Is it becoming more extreme, more frequent, and more persistent? Are the changes becoming stranger—or even disturbing?
- Philadelphia and Southeastern PA: Heatwaves, Severe Storms, Flash Floods, Flash Droughts, Extreme Winds, Microbursts, Tornadoes
- The I-95 Corridor: Severe Storms, an Expanding “Tornado Alley,” Straight-Line Winds, and the Urban Heat Island
- Penn’s Sylvania: Ecosystem Conversion, Vapor Pressure Deficit (VPD), Transpiration, Hydroclimatic Whiplash
- West Chester, Pennsylvania: Hydroclimatic Whiplash and Urban Flooding — Unfortunately, Worms Can’t Swim
- West Chester, Pennsylvania: Hydroclimatic Whiplash and Flash Droughts — Unfortunately, Millipedes Can’t Swim
- The Backyard Experiments: Hydroclimatic Whiplash, Soil Degradation, Insect Decline, and Ecosystem Collapse
- Backyard Megapitfall Traps: A Changing Ecosystem for Frogs, Spiders, and Worms
- The Jersey Shore and Florida Coast: Sea Level Rise, Inverse Barometer Effect, Wind Stress, Flooding, Saltwater Intrusion