For centuries, mariners and coastal residents north of the 40th parallel have watched hurricanes ravage the Caribbean and the east coast of the United States, knowing that the odds of one making landfall on their shores at full force was slim. That is, until major storms such as Fiona arrived in 2022 […]

It should be no surprise that Hurricane Beryl broke virtually every early-season hurricane record in June. It was the fastest intensifying June hurricane; earliest Category 5 storm in history; and the strongest July Atlantic hurricane as well, with winds of 165 mph. As ocean and air temperatures spike around the […]

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Category Five, by Porter Fox A travel writer whose previous books explored shrinking snowpacks and the United States-Canada border, Fox is also a seasoned sailor. So it makes sense that his new book, which investigates why storms worldwide are becoming increasingly extreme, starts at sea. “A deep ocean storm does […]

From Booklist: In this captivating and lively text, Fox, a travel writer, explains how little is known about the ocean, how it contributes to climate change, and how its power might be utilized to help solve the climate crisis. With clear and vivid writing and an urgent tone, the author […]

The Last Winter launches on Tuesday. Read the Boston Globe review here and listen in to Here & Now on NPR Wednesday. Also, check out the trailer for the book below…

“From its gripping opening pages to its haunting conclusion, Porter Fox’s The Last Winter is poised to become a landmark text in climate change literature. Yet this isn’t a dry, doleful book. Instead, it’s filled with often gorgeous prose and fascinating, indelible characters who seem to have gone AWOL from […]

November 2, 2021 (Little, Brown) A blend of narrative travelogue, history, and climatology set against the end of ice, snow, and winter as we know it. From the publisher: As the planet warms, winter is shrinking. In the last fifty years, the Northern Hemisphere lost a million square miles of […]