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Andrea Thompson

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Covers:  drought, extreme weather, tornadoes, hurricanes, climate change, floods
Associate Editor, Sustainability at @sciam. Formerly of @ClimateCentral & @LiveScience. andrea.thompson@sciam.com. she/her

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Andrea Thompson is a Senior Science Writer at Climate Central, focusing on extreme weather and climate change. Previously, Andrea was a writer and reporter for Live Science and Space.com, reporting on climate change, weather and other science-related topics. She graduated from Georgia Tech with a B.S. in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences in 2004 and a Master's in the same subject in 2006. She attended the Science, Health and Environmental Reporting Program at New York University and graduated with…

Andrea Thompson’s Journalist Portfolio

Spring Thaw May Trigger Floods; Calif. Drought Locked In

Spring Thaw May Trigger Floods; Calif. Drought Locked In

Spring is finally - finally - here. That word is music to the ears of those in the eastern United States who …

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A Cold U.S. Winter for Sure, but 8th Warmest Globally

A Cold U.S. Winter for Sure, but 8th Warmest Globally

Despite the frigid temperatures that kept those in the eastern United States shivering all winter, the period…

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Deadly 'Sneaker Waves' Get Warnings, Thanks to Forecaster

Deadly 'Sneaker Waves' Get Warnings, Thanks to Forecaster

A sign warns of deadly sneaker waves on the beach at Redwood National Park in Northern California. The sign n…

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Climate Scientist: 2 Degrees of Warming Too Much

Climate Scientist: 2 Degrees of Warming Too Much

NEW YORK - Famed climate scientist and activist James Hansen has said it before, and he'll say it again: Two …

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How Arctic Ice May Have Influenced Superstorm Sandy

How Arctic Ice May Have Influenced Superstorm Sandy

The sea ice covering the Arctic Ocean may not seem to be connected to a hurricane like Superstorm Sandy, but …

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2013 Is 6th Warmest Year; Climate Change Contributes

2013 Is 6th Warmest Year; Climate Change Contributes

While the eastern United States shivers through an early spring cold snap, the globe as a whole continues to …

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Articles

OPINION - We scrapped our family holiday to go to Arsenal’s parade and saw London at its joyful best

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By Andrea Thompson 
| Yahoo Canada
Andrea Thompson Wed, June 3, 2026 at 2:27 p.m. UTC 5 min read Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. OPINION - We scrapped our family holiday to go to Arsenal’s parade and saw London at its joyful best As the open-top bus pulled into north London’s Seven Sisters Road and we got our first glimpse of a triumphant Declan Rice and Mikel Arteta, the crowd erupted with cheers and the air became thick with red flares.
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Scientific American

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By Andrea Thompson , Marta Hill
| Scientific American
Andrew Scott plays World War II meteorologist James Stagg in a new film Pressure , which explores the crucial role weather forecasting played in D-Day We use vendors like YouTube and Vimeo to provide this video content. In order to play this video, you'll need to accept certain non-essential cookies. These cookies ensure video players work and allow us to share your video viewing information with third parties for analytics, advertising and editorial purposes.
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Why do hurricanes come in seasons?

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By Meghan Bartels , Andrea Thompson 
| Scientific American
Hurricane season is shaped by the ingredients needed to produce a tropical cyclone, and this year the Atlantic may be relatively quiet Each year, June 1 marks the beginning of the Atlantic Ocean's hurricane season, the time when the environmental ingredients come together for these powerful, destructive storms to develop. But of course, the storms don't know the calendar.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

My first job as a journalist was as a staff writer for Live Science. I covered pretty much anything and everything related to science.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yup, a looong time ago.

How is social media changing news?

It makes it travel so much faster, which is good in some ways, but bad when it spreads misinformation.

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