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Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
TV Weathercasters’ Views of Climate Change Appear to Be Rapidly Evolving (October 2017)
More than 90% of weathercasters indicated that climate change is happening and approximately 80% indicated that human-caused climate change is happening in this survey update.

Nature Climate Change
Improving public understanding of climate change by supporting weathercasters (July 2022)
Effectively communicating the risks of climate change is essential for advancing the adaptation and mitigation measures required for human and planetary health. Building and supporting trusted communicators can be an important means to reach that end.

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Impact of the Climate Matters Program on Public Understanding of Climate Change (October 2020)
Climate Matters is a localized climate change reporting resources program developed to support television (TV) weathercasters across the United States. Developed as a pilot test in one media market in 2010, it launched nationwide in 2013; in the autumn of 2019 more than 797 weathercasters were participating in the program. In this paper we present evidence of the impact of the Climate Matters program on Americans’ science-based understanding of climate change.

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Localized climate reporting by TV weathercasters enhances public understanding of climate change as a local problem: Evidence from a randomized controlled experiment (January 2020)
Providing climate information via trusted communicators in local media is an effective approach to increasing understanding and acceptance of, concern about, and engagement with climate change across the political ideology spectrum.

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Reporting on climate change by broadcast meteorologists: A national assessment (October 2019)
Television weathercasters are uniquely situated to inform their audiences about the local impacts of global climate change and a growing number of them are adopting the role of climate change educator.

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
TV Weathercasters’ Views of Climate Change Appear to Be Rapidly Evolving (October 2017)
More than 90% of weathercasters indicated that climate change is happening and approximately 80% indicated that human-caused climate change is happening in this survey update.