America’s Go-To Climate Scientist
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Daniel Swain has become a ubiquitous explainer of America’s extreme weather.
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The Atlantic · Jason Dove Mark
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PlanetAmerica’s Go-To Climate ScientistDaniel Swain has become a ubiquitous explainer of America’s extreme weather. By Jason Dove MarkIllustration by Akshita Chandra / The Atlantic*June 11, 2026, 10:13 AM ET ShareSave The success of the climatologist Daniel Swain rests on a simple foundation: His specialty has long been how global climate change messes with local weather. Many climatologists focus on subjects that seem arcane: mean global temperatures registered in Celsius, radiative forcing, the reflectivity of clouds.
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