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We all talk about the weather. And now scientists are doing something about it: providing more accurate warnings before big storms hit. Discover how smart technology \u2013 with an eye on the sky \u2013 is taking monster weather events by storm.\nPlus, why severe weather events caused by a warming planet may trigger social and economic chaos.\nAlso, meet the storm chaser who runs toward tornadoes as everyone else flees\u2026 and why your cell phone goes haywire when the sun kicks up a storm of its own.\nGuests:\n\u2022\xa0Michael Smith \u2013 Meteorologist, founder of WeatherData and author of Warnings: The True Story of How Science Tamed the Weather\n\u2022\xa0George Kourounis \u2013 Explorer and storm chaser\n\u2022\xa0Jeffrey Scargle \u2013 Research astrophyscisit in the Astrobiology and Space Science Division at NASA Ames Research Center\n\u2022\xa0Ken Caldeira \u2013 Climate scientist at the Carnegie Institution for Science\u2019s Deparment of Global Ecology\n\u2022\xa0Christian Pareti \u2013 Contributing editor of The Nation, visiting scholar at the City Univeristy of New York, and author of Tropic of Chaos: Climate Change and the New Geography of Violence\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices