Ryan Lear on WNYC, and now we turn to our climate story of the week, which we do every Tuesday on the show.

Spring-like temperatures will warm up New York and New Jersey this week,

ahead of a powerful rainstorm we are told. And upstate New York is looking at record high

temperatures, but it's still winter, even if there's little snow to show for it. And the lack of

snow is closely tied to persistently mild weather, even if there has been a lot of precipitation

in the form of rain. According to the Washington Post, this winter could end up as the

warmest on record in the contiguous United States, the 48 states, driven by the El Nino

climate pattern and human-caused climate change. Now, among some of the most impacted industries,

of course, are your favorite ski resort areas. Its school breaks like last weeks, as well as three-day

weekends, like President's Day, that can make or break the entire year for some of those businesses.

But making snow has historically contributed to the

very emissions that cause climate change and the lack of natural snow. Joining us now on how

ski resorts battling a lack of snow due to global warming are making snow using greener technologies.

Our guest is Teak Root, senior staff writer at Grist, a non-profit news organization covering climate justice and solutions. Teak, thanks for coming on.

Welcome to WNMRC. Thanks for having me. And I'm bummed about this warm weather, but it makes for interesting

conversation.

Right.

Bumbed long term, even if it's a nice day when you walk out and it feels good in the short term.

Listeners, I want to open up the phones right away.

I wonder if any of you out there tuning in right now have worked at ski resorts any time in the past or do so currently or have any

experience with artificial snowmaking. How has the technology changed to become more efficient

and greener if you believe that that's even real or anyone else who keeps a close eye on the

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