Cloud atlas
2/2/202629 min
It’s surprisingly hard to predict how clouds form, move, and change, but it’s essential to try. Because how clouds react to a warming world helps determine how hot our future will be.
Guests: Vox contributor Umair Irfan, scientists Scott M. Collis, Angeline Pendergrass, and author Gavin Pretor-Pinney
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Christian Ayala0:57
Hi, I'm Christian Ayala, and I'm the sound designer for Unexplainable. This episode is one of the first ones that I worked on when I joined the team. Imagine showing up to a new job and someone asking you to figure out what a cloud sounds like, and not just a cloud, lots of clouds: fluffy clouds, stormy clouds, all kinds of clouds. People kept comparing the clouds to the ocean, so I added the sound of waves, [waves crashing] but it didn't quite have the right texture,