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Could Climate Change Cause More Weather-Related Music? One Scientist Hopes So

Bob Dylan wrote more about about the weather than any other musician in the sample group.
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Bob Dylan wrote more about about the weather than any other musician in the sample group.

People love talking about the weather. And we did a lot of talking during this year's busy hurricane season. Turns out the weather has a way of showing up in music — but less now than it used to.

 

WWNO’s Travis Lux talked with Paul Williams, an atmospheric scientist atthe University of Reading in the UK, whostudies how musicians write about the weather. He hopes climate change will inspire more weather-related music.

 Could Climate Change Cause More Weather-Related Music? One Scientist Hopes So

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Travis Lux primarily contributes science and health stories to Louisiana's Lab. He studied anthropology and sociology at Rhodes College in Memphis, TN, and picked up his first microphone at the Transom Story Workshop in Woods Hole, MA. In his spare time he loves to cook -- especially soups and casseroles.
Travis Lux
Travis is WWNO's coastal reporter.