The Hypercane and Other Looming Climate Disasters

<p>Woe to those who live in the path of a hypercane. What’s a hypercane? I’m glad you asked. In a frighteningly possible future you’ll be hearing more about them. As the planet warms and the climate changes, we’re in for all kinds of new and bizarre extreme weather systems. It’s a hurricane so big and so powerful it extends through several states.</p><br><p>Today on Cyber, we’ve got something special. Another short story from Motherboard’s first book: <em>Terraform</em>. <em>Terraform </em>editor Brian Merchant and special guest Eric Holthaus come on Cyber to discuss how we personalize the climate disaster we’re all living through.&nbsp;Holthaus is a meteorologist, climate journalist, and the founder of Currently—a weather service built for folks on the front line of the climate emergency. He’s here to read a bit of his <em>Terraform </em>story ‘Hypercane.’</p><br><p><strong>Stories discussed in this episode:&nbsp;</strong></p><br><p><a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/53dmdz/hypercane" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Hypercane</strong></a></p><br><p><strong>We’re recording CYBER live on Twitch. Watch live during the week.</strong><a href="https://www.twitch.tv/motherboardtv/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong> Follow us</strong></a><strong> there to get alerts when we go live. We take questions from the audience and yours might just end up on the show.</strong></p><br><p><strong>Subscribe to</strong><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cyber/id1441708044?mt=2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong> CYBER on Apple Podcasts</strong></a><strong> or wherever you listen to your podcasts.</strong></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>