“Hundreds of records have been shattered across the Western US amid an early spring heatwave found to be ‘virtually impossible without climate change.’ As abnormally hot weather continues, join Covering Climate Now and Climate Central for a special webinar highlighting the potential long-term impacts to Western snowpacks, water scarcity, and wildfire risks that will linger long after cooler weather arrives.

In this press briefing, meteorologists and reporters will explain how this extreme heat event offers a glimpse into our climate change future, equipping journalists with a better understanding of how to make the climate connection in their own reporting during the next ‘heat dome’ impacting their region.”