A meteorologist talked about climate change on air and it led to death threats: 'An Iowa meteorologist who discussed climate change was forced to quit after barrage of threats: 'It went off the rails'

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Chris Gloninger expected not every viewer would be receptive to his discussion of climate change when he took over as chief meteorologist at Des Moines, Iowa’s KCCI. He didn’t expect he would need a bodyguard.

Gloninger, who had received an Emmy for his reporting on the subject over the course of his 15-year career, weaved the topic into his forecasts. And as he expected, there was some resistance at first, with some viewers complaining he was politicizing the weather.