Summer 2026

The Climate Translation · Jul 2, 2026 · 21m · transcript

If your summer has felt fairly normal, even pleasant, does that mean climate change has somehow taken a year off?

In this episode of The Climate Translation, Dr. Mac uses the contrasting weather of the summer of 2026 to explore one of the most misunderstood ideas in climate science: the difference between weather and climate. From a rainy, green summer in Georgia to dangerous heat waves across Europe and drought in parts of the western United States, he explains how different regions can experience vastly different conditions at the same time and still be part of the same changing climate…