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Currently in San Francisco — June 5, 2023
Eric Holthaus & Priya Shukla
June 04, 2023
The weather, currently.
Partly sunny with a light breeze, evening drizzle possible
With June here, we may begin to transition into the El Niño. As the opposite side of the Pacific Ocean (that brushed up against Indonesia and Australia) begins to heat up, more low-pressure systems will brush up against Southern California. We may see some of those storms make their way up to us, though it may be hard to make out amidst our summer marine layer. That said, we are in the early stages, so the El Niño could stay at bay until the end of summer!
What you need to know, currently.
France Télévisions, the French public television network, has revamped its daily weather broadcasts to incorporate climate change. The change is being heralded by climate journalists around the world.
The goal is to “not just to say, ‘It will be sunny tomorrow or it will rain,’ but to explain why,” Alexandre Kara, the editor-in-chief of France Télévisions, said in an interview with the AFP news agency. Kara added that it is no longer “acceptable to be happy that it is 25 degrees [77 degrees Fahrenheit] in [the seaside resort town of] Biarritz in February without explaining why.”
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What’s more, their entire newsroom — not just weather journalists — will no longer fly to report on domestic stories “except in cases of urgent breaking news.” Bon travail, France Télévisions!
-Eric Holthaus
What you can do, currently.
Welcome to the new-and-improved Currently!
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Thank you for taking this exciting journey with us!
—Eric Holthaus