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Realtime Climate

Automated alerts that help journalists connect local weather to climate change — at Climate Central.

Status
Shipped
Role
Product lead
Started
2020
Built with
Data pipelines, Climate science, Media outreach

At Climate Central I led Realtime Climate, a system that watches weather and climate data and tells journalists when there’s a timely, local climate story worth telling.

Outcomes

  • Grew outreach volume more than 5× while improving the quality and diversity of messages.
  • Kept climate researchers, communicators and product developers aligned on a product at the edge of the science.
  • Measured success with non-profit impact metrics rather than vanity numbers.