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Invisible Iceberg: When Climate and Weather Shaped History

AccuWeather debuts captivating new show featuring its Founder, Executive Chairman, and renowned author, Dr. Joel N. Myers.

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In the enlightening new series, “Invisible Iceberg: When Climate and Weather Shaped History,” Founder, Executive Chairman, and renowned author, Dr. Joel N. Myers delves deep into the fascinating and impactful ways climate and weather have shaped world events from the dawn of time to the present day.

Drawing from his debut book, “Invisible Iceberg: When Climate and Weather Shaped History,” Dr. Myers offers viewers a unique meteorological perspective on historical events including the Hindenburg disaster, the assassination of JFK, the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the pioneering flights of the Wright brothers, and the tragic Space Shuttle Challenger explosion.

You can purchase Dr. Joel Myers' book Invisible Iceberg: When Climate and Weather Shaped History from Barnes & Noble or on Amazon.com and wherever good books are sold.

On today’s show, Dr. Joel Myers and Bernie Rayno discuss how hot weather played a role in the wave of social unrest and race riots that swept the country during the summer of 1967.

On today’s episode, AccuWeather Founder & Executive Chairman Dr. Joel N. Myers explains how severe weather turned the tide during the war of 1812.

On today's episode, Dr. Joel Myers explains the untold story of the Challenger Shuttle Disaster and how weather played a major role.

This week, Dr. Joel Myers and Bernie Rayno share the untold story of perhaps the most important milestone in aviation history and reveal how weather played a major role.

In this episode we go back to the 1930s in the U.S. Heartland as we discuss the infamous Dust Bowl and weather’s impact on the devastation it caused

AccuWeather Network Chief Meteorologist Bernie Rayno and AccuWeather Founder & Executive Chairman Dr. Joel N. Myers discuss the unbelievable story of the locust plague of 1874, and discover if we are at risk of this happening again in the U.S.

AccuWeather Founder & Executive Chairman and author of “Invisible Iceberg: When Climate & Weather Shaped History” Dr. Joel Myers and Bernie Rayno discuss how a volcano eruption in 1815 caused a year without a summer and even led to the creation of some of the world’s most famous monsters.

The untold story of The Great Galveston Hurricane of 1990 and how it changed Texas.

On this episode, discover weather’s role in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 as well as how different the city might be if the fire never happened.

AccuWeather Founder & Executive Chairman and author of “Invisible Iceberg: When Climate & Weather Shaped History” Dr. Joel Myers and Bernie Rayno discuss how a volcano eruption in 1815 caused a year without a summer and even led to the creation of some of the world’s most famous monsters.

On this episode, AccuWeather Founder & Executive Chairman Dr. Joel Myers and AccuWeather Network Chief Meteorologist Bernie Rayno share the untold story behind the assassination of JFK and determine the role that the weather played in it.

On this episode, AccuWeather Founder & Executive Chairman Dr. Joel Myers will look back at the tragic events of September 11th and how it changed our country and world forever.

On this episode, Dr. Joel Myers shares the untold story behind D-Day and how weather played a role in the invasion of Normandy.

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