Hurricane Dorian and Six Degrees of Devastation: How to revolutionize climate communication

Hurricane Dorian’s eye is clearly visible from space in this view from NOAA’s GOES-East satellite taken on Aug. 31, 2019. (Image credit: CIRA / NOAA)

As I write, a brand new USA Today headline screams “Could Hurricane Dorian Become Category 6?” Regardless of the official answer, category-busting, off-the-scale superstorms have become the new normal. Exactly as USA Today explains it, “No, there is no higher measure, although Dorian has already become the strongest hurricane in modern…