We may earn a commission from links on this page.I was a bad sleeper. I often had trouble falling asleep, I was easily woken up because I wasnt sleeping deeply, I tossed and turned, and I woke up tired, sometimes with headaches, even after a long nights sleep.Over the past year, I have slowly adjusted every aspect of how I slept, from the bed itself to the climate, sound, and lights in my room, and ultimately solved most of my sleep problems. Here's everything I recommend, based on a variety of sleep-related challenges.If you have trouble falling asleep during the dayIts critical to your sleep for your body to think it's nighttime. Luckily, there are a number of brands that offer smart blackout shades, so you can block out all the light from your windows with one command. I installed Rolli shades, a colleague enjoyed Smartwingz, but Im also excited about Switchbots Roller Shade, coming in February, which will be inexpensive and adjustable for any window's width.An alternative is a mask, and I believe I found the holy grail of smart sleep masks: The Aura is pillow soft, even if you sleep on your side. You can place scented lavender layers inside, and then use the Aura app to set up meditation or white noise programs to listen to, or you can simply use the mask as a Bluetooth speaker for any music you like. There are lights inside the mask, so you can set an alarm and it will gently bring up the lights like a sunrise to wake you up. It controls all your senses, and while Ive never been a sleeping mask kind of person and found the idea of a scented smart mask absurd, it is legitimately relaxing and effective for me.If you have trouble falling asleep at nightOn nights that I know I need to go to sleep but am not quite ready for it yet, I get into bed with my Kindle, turn off my overhead lights and turn on a calming program on my Nanoleaf lights. They project calming waves of light and motion across the room, and I find they truly affect your mood.If anxiety or a busy mind is keeping you from sleeping, your voice assistant might help. Whether you use Siri, Alexa, or Google, let your assistant remind you of all your calendar items for the next day, so you dont feel like youre forgetting something. If thoughts often pop into your head as youre about to go to sleep, you can ask your voice assistant to remind you of them tomorrow rather than staying awake ruminating on them. (You can also use them to check to make sure smart appliances are off so you dont have to get back up.)If you toss and turn at nightAn inability to stay asleep can be attributed to a number of factors like climate and distractions, but ultimately, the solution lies in how comfortable your body is in bed, and how well supported your body is, which is decidedly un-technological. While there are a number of websites and even apps to help you choose beds, I found there is no substitute for going to a store and laying on each bed to try them out, and choosing the one right for you. Particularly if you are larger or suffer from body aches, you may want to choose a bed that is made more traditionally with coils, rather than foam. Where foam may be helpful is pillows. Moving away from the traditional pillow shapes full of down, choose foam shapes that work for your body, not just under your head but between your knees or behind your back.I really liked Bearaby pillow shapes, particularly the Cuddler, which is a long body pillow you can wrap around you. If you are easily woken up at nightYou can use your smart speaker to drown out random noise in the background that might startle you. First, use your voice assistant to turn your devices to do not disturb while you sleep. Your smart speaker offers white noise options: You can ask your assistant to play a standard white noise, but there are also a plethora of natural options like whale song and rainforest. You can adjust the sound level as needed using your voice. Of course, if you prefer, you can listen to music, too.If you sleep too hot or coldI have found that having multiple forms of climate control works best. I have smart air conditioner units and heaters. For the A/C, I rely on my Midea U-Shaped Smart A/C, which Ive had for a few years; it works with my voice assistants and powers on and off on a smart routine in Google Home. For heat, I use a Smart Envi wall heater, which works the same way.Adding climate control to my bed was the chefs kiss. The BedJet 3 shoots hot or cold air into your bed, either into a pillowy top sheet or directly on you, under your top sheet or blanket. You can tune it to cold or hot air from the phone app or a remote, but it will also allow you to create custom programs for the whole night. My favorite feature turns out to be a ten minute blast of 110 degree air which is perfect for slipping into bed on cold nights or for frosty toes first thing in the morning.The solutions arent all technical, either. Some sheets (brushed cotton) are made for hot sleepers, and some for cool sleepers (linen), and choosing the right sheets can make a big difference for you.If you get headaches or sinus problems at nightI often woke up with headaches or sinus issues, which I thought were due to having air blowing directly at me. A fan that I can actually stand is any Dreo modelthey have a natural setting that mimics a breeze. Also, you can really clean a Dreo fanthey come completely apartwhich means less dust blowing around, which can aggravate sinuses. I added in a smart air purifier that adjusts on the fly as needed to the conditions in my room. I use a Mila in my room to remove dust, pollen and dander, and my headaches and congestion went away.It also helped to adjust the angle at which I sleep. Many brands offer electric base layers that will turn any bed into an adjustable one, where you can lift your head, knees, or feet. I chose one from BedJet, called the Power Layer. Subtle adjustments can keep your head upright enough to stop you from snoring, or alleviate a stuffed up nose. You use a remote or an app to connect to make adjustments.If snoring keeps you awakeIf youre wondering if youre a snorer, an app like SnoreLab will provide very humbling evidence by listening to you overnight. This can be the push you need to get a sleep apnea test, which you can now do at home using, you got it, smart monitoring devices.If you wake up tiredHow well youre sleeping isnt only how long you slept. I started measuring the quality of my sleep using my Oura ring. This wearable device uses heart rate, respiration, skin and body temperature, movement, and heart rate variability to create a sleep efficiency score. Using the metrics above, Oura determines when you enter REM and deep sleep, and for how long. The night before and after the Saatva HD arrived Credit: Amanda Blum While seeing how long I was in bed for versus sleeping was often disheartening, if eye opening, the efficiency score created by those metrics was more usable for determining how effective various changes I made to my sleeping ritual were. Oura provides an overall sleeping score daily as well, which is a mix of the efficiency, how much activity you had while you slept tossing and turning, how much time you spent in REM or deep sleep, and how quickly you fell asleep. If you dont like the idea of a wearable, you can try non-wearables like a Chilipad Sleep Tracker or Withins Sleep Tracking Pad.

The tricky thing about naming the years biggest losers in tech is that in 2024, it once again felt like everyone lost. Amid the depressing spiral that is social media, the will-they-or-wont-they dance of banning TikTok in the US and the neverending edited and deepfaked content that has everyone questioning whats real, the world lost. And it is lost.But a few areas this year stood out as particularly troubling. Specifically, AI and dedicated AI gadgets proliferated more than ever, spreading not only to our digital assistants and search engines but to our wearables as well. We also saw more deterioration in Intels standing and bid farewell to a robot maker, as well as Lightning cables. Im pretty happy about that last one, though.Our annual collection of the worst tech developments each year is shorter than usual, but that might be because were all exhausted. And also because most of the bad things can be attributed to AI, social media or misinformation. Still, we journey down this nightmarish memory lane, hopefully so we can avoid similar pitfalls in future.Generative AI in every possible crevice2024 was a year in which consumer-facing AI tools became harder and harder to ignore. That's thanks to the tech giants Google, Meta and finally Apple baking AI tools into some of the most-used software on the planet. And in this push to get AI in front of everyone, I cannot help but stop and wonder who exactly is asking for this, and is anyone actually using it?In the past few months, I've been testing a Samsung Chromebook with a host of AI tools built-in as well as trying the various Apple Intelligence features that have rolled out through the autumn. It all came to a head in one of Engadget's Slack channels in early December, just after Apple launched its generative emoji and Image Playground features. Getting Image Playground to spit out AI-created pictures was easy enough, and Genmoji does feel like the logical next step after Apple introduced its personalized Memoji back in 2018. But across the board, the results felt uninspired, off-putting and - perhaps worst of all - extremely lame.Since I take so many pictures on my iPhone, there are tons of images categorized under my name in the Photos app (it will group together similar faces for years, if you let it). With hundreds of images to pick from, Image Playground should have no problem making a convincing facsimile of me... playing the guitar on the moon, right? Well, yes and no.In this image, as well as ones created of my colleagues Cherlynn Low, Valentina Palladino and Sam Rutherford, there are a few facial characteristics that made me feel that the AI-generated cartoon I was looking at was at the very least inspired by these people. But they all gave off serious uncanny valley vibes; rather than being a cute digital cartoon like we all built with Bitmoji back in the day, these results are soulless representations with no charm and mangled fingers.In a totally different vein, I just had occasion to try out Google's "help me read" summarization features on a 250-page government report. I knew I did not have time to read the entire document and was just curious what AI could do for me here. Turns out, not much. The summary was so brief that it was essentially meaningless not unreasonable, as it tried to parse 250 pages into about 100 words. I tried this trick on a review I was writing recently, and it did a much better job of capturing the gist of the article, and it also accurately answered follow-up questions. But given that the final product amounted to maybe four pages, my impression is that AI does a decent job of summarizing things that most people can probably read themselves in the span of five minutes. If you have something more complex, forget it.I could go on I've been having a blast laughing at the ridiculous notification summaries I get from Apple Intelligence with my co-workers but I think I've made my point. We're in the middle of an AI arms race, where massive companies are desperate to get out ahead of the curve with these products well before they're ready for primetime or even all that useful. And to what end? I don't think any AI company is meaningfully answering a consumer need or finding a way to make people's lives better or easier. They're releasing this stuff because AI is the buzzword of the decade, and to ignore it is to disappoint shareholders. Nathan Ingraham, deputy editorPhoto by Cherlynn Low / EngadgetHumane AI Pin and other AI gadgetsThis year, no two devices arrived with more manufactured hype than the Humane AI Pin and Rabbit R1. And no two devices were more disappointing either. Both Humane and Rabbit made the argument that people were ready to drop their phones for something smarter and more personal, but neither of their devices were actually good or useful.Of the two, Humane was easily the biggest loser of 2024. The company achieved the ignominious honor of reaching net negative sales because former buyers began returning the AI Pin faster than new units could be sold. I wish I could say its troubles stopped there, but they didnt. After Humane first warned customers that the AI Pins charging case was a fire risk, it issued a formal recall in October. In the intervening months, the company has reportedly tried to find a buyer without success.Rabbit has certainly faced its own share of troubles, too. After being roundly panned by reviewers in May, a hacker group announced in June that the R1 had huge security holes. In July, it came to light that user chats with the R1 were logged with no option for deleting.Last I checked, Humane has since pivoted to making an operating system that it expects other companies will want to add to their devices, but heres the thing: poor software was a big part of what made the AI Pin bad in the first place. You have to give the company points for trying, but at this point, I would be surprised if Humane is still in business by this time next year. Igor Bonifacic, senior reporterGoogle Search and AI OverviewsThis observation has been making the rounds all year long, but if you compare Google from 10 years ago to what it is now, the difference is stark. With the introduction of AI Overviews this year, it felt like Google finally made search results utterly impossible to use without scrolling. Forget sponsored results, newsboxes and discovery panels and all the different modules taking up the top half of the results page for any given query in 2024, Google decided to add yet another section above everything, pushing the actual list of websites even further down.Since its initial release in the US in March, AI Overviews told people it was okay to put glue on pizzas or to eat rocks. In spite of the general tendency for AI to get facts wrong, Google continued to expand the feature to more countries, while admitting that the overviews could be "odd, inaccurate or unhelpful."Not only that, it also began to add ads to Overviews, meaning that in addition to the unreliable AI-generated results at the top, people could pay to put what they want to promote in that precious real estate, too. Throw in the fact that the actual results boxes and rankings are all susceptible to SEO gaming by websites trying everything they can to garner a higher spot on the list, and you'll find that Google's search results are basically pay-for-play at this point. And while that will continue to earn the company billions of dollars, it makes finding actually good, high-quality results much more arduous for the discerning user.It gets worse when you consider the priority Googles search engine has on iPhones and Android devices. This year, the US government declared Google a search monopoly, saying the company paid the likes of Apple, Samsung and Mozilla billions of dollars a year to be the default search engine on their devices and browsers. Then there's Chrome, which is the world's most popular browser with its own dubious history around tracking users in Incognito mode. Can we even trust what we see on Google Search any more?People have begun to quit using Google Search altogether, with the rise of alternatives like DuckDuckGo and Kagi, a search engine you'd pay $10 a month to use, as well as OpenAI's SearchGPT, which launched this year. But I'm not convinced that the vast majority of users will switch to these options, especially since one of them costs money and another involves more AI. I can understand that it's hard to make a product that adapts to your users' needs while also keeping your shareholders happy. If only Google (or any big company, really) could re-rank its priorities and bring back a search engine that simply connects people to the best that the internet has to offer. Cherlynn Low, deputy editorIntelThe road to every great tragedy is paved with people making the most self-serving decisions at the worst possible times. Which brings us neatly to Intel as it burns through its last remaining chances to avoid becoming a business school case study in failure.Earlier this month, it fired CEO Pat Gelsinger halfway through his ambitious plan to save the chip giant from its own worst instincts. Gelsinger was an engineer, brought in to fix a culture too beholdened to finance types who cant see beyond the next quarter.Sadly, despite telling everyone that fixing two decades worth of corporate fuck-ups would take a while and cost money, it came as a surprise to Intels board. It ditched Gelsinger, likely because he was trying to take a longer-term view on how to restore the storied manufacturer's success.Its likely the accursed MBA-types will now get their way, flogging off the companys foundry arm, kneecapping its design team in the process. Itll take Intel a decade or more to actually feel the consequences of ignoring Gelsingers Cassandra-like warnings. But when TSMC reigns alone and were all paying more for chips, itll be easy to point to this moment and say this was Intels last chance to steer out of its own skid. Daniel Cooper, senior editorPhoto by Cherlynn Low / EngadgetFans of Apples Lightning connectorsWe knew the writing was on the wall when the iPhone 15 debuted with USB-C in 2023, but this year put Lightnings shambling corpse in the grave. The Apple-only connector was a revelation when it debuted in 2012s iPhone 5, replacing the gigantic iPod-era 30-pin connector. Unlike the then-ascendant micro-USB port that dominated Android phones and other small devices in the early 2010s, Lightning was thinner and this was key reversible, so there was no wrong way to plug it in.It eventually made its way to a large swath of devices in the Apple universe, including AirPods, iPads, Mac accessories and even a Beats product or two. But even Apple relented and started flipping new products to the similarly sized (and likewise reversible) USB-C, albeit years after it had become the dominant standard for data and power connections worldwide. With even holdouts like the AirPods Max and the Mac input devices getting USB-C retrofits in 2024, only a handful of legacy Lightning devices the iPhone SE, iPhone 14 and old Apple Pencil are left on Apples virtual shelves, and all will doubtless be gone by this time next year. Thats OK: Lightning served us well, but its time has passed. All hail our universal Type-C overlords.So while the death of Lightning is a flat-out win for cross-device charging for the whole world going forward, anyone whose home is still bristling with soon-to-be-replaced Lightning charging stations can be forgiven for feeling a pang of nostalgia in the meantime. John Falcone, executive editorMoxie the robot diesWhen I wrote about Moxie, the child-friendly robot from Embodied, I was charmed by its adorable design and chatty demeanor. It was meant to serve as a companion to children, something that could help them read or simply have conversations. I was less charmed by its $1,499 to $1,699 price, alongside an eventual $60 a month subscription. And now Moxie is officially dead, as Embodied announced its shutting down operations due to financial challenges after a failed funding round.Dead home robots arent exactly a new phenomenon (remember Jibo?), but Moxies demise feels particularly rough, since it was a device mainly meant to help kids. Imagine having to tell your child that their robot friend had to shut down because of financial challenges. Embodied said it would offer customers age appropriate guidance to help discuss the shutdown, but no matter how you spin it, itll be a tough (and possibly traumatizing) conversation for your youngin. Perhaps its good to learn early though that all of your smart devices will die. (Not our pets though, they are immortal.) Devindra Hardawar, senior editorThis article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/techs-biggest-losers-in-2024-140039822.html?src=rss

Were wrapping up 2024, so why not do it with some frivolous CES announcements? Like this premium (it has to be premium!) microwave from LG, with a touchscreen bigger than your iPad. Im not sure what youll watch in the three-and-a-half minutes it takes to heat that butter chicken curry, but you can do it in glorious full HD resolution.LGThe touchscreen integrates with LGs ThinQ Smart Home Dashboard if you think its the right time to change channels on your TV or tinker with compatible Matter and Thread devices, like smart lights and er, and other things. It can also pair with the companys induction range oven to display cooking progress if you struggle to crane your neck from your microwave to your kitchen burners. Its no washing machine inside a washing machine, but still, you gotta love CES.LG is on a trip this year. Mat SmithGet this delivered daily direct to your inbox. Subscribe right here!The biggest tech stories you missedYouTube copies Netflix's old 'Play Something' button in new testDonald Trump asks the Supreme Court to delay the TikTok banCES 2025: What we're expecting to see in Las Vegas The US Treasury says it was hacked in a China-linked cyberattackThe breach was first reported on December 8.Documents and workstations at the US Treasury Department were accessed during a cyberattack linked to a "China state-sponsored Advanced Persistent Threat actor." The attack was pretty bad, and its been cited as "a major cybersecurity incident." The Treasury Department said it has worked with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the FBI to understand the full scope of the breach but hasn't shared how long files and workstations were accessible or what was accessed. Beijing has denied any involvement.Continue reading.In 2024, the camera of the year was a droneDJIs Neo made aerial video accessible for everyone.EngadgetHonesty? 2024 was a dull year for cameras, with new devices offering small tweaks and minor improvements. But drones? Specifically, entry-level ones? DJI made it an intriguing year, spitting out multiple models, including the versatile, easy-to-use Neo, all while fending off the US government's plans to ban sales from the company.Continue reading.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/general/the-morning-after-engadget-newsletter-121536994.html?src=rss

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Some activities are so synonymous with their holidays that its hard to imagine celebrating without them. Think, eating turkey on Thanksgiving, exchanging presents during Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, or Christmasand watching the ball drop in Manhattans Times Square on New Years Eve.Lets explore the options for tuning in to the latter, but first . . .How did NYE in Times Square become a tradition?According to the Times Square website, the New York Times opened a new headquarters in 1904 called Times Tower at the intersection of 7th Avenue/Broadway and 42nd Street.Adolph Ochs, the papers owner and publisher, convinced the local powers-that-be to change the name of the area, then known as Longacre Square, to Times Square. In celebration of the newspapers new address, One Times Square, Ochs threw a massive party on New Years Eve that included a huge fireworks display illuminating the new building and ushering in 1905.Why do they mark the new year with a ball drop?Necessity is the mother of invention because in 1907, after the city banned fireworks for safety reasons, the concept of a ball descending the flagpole atop One Times Square was born. And a ball has been lowered every year since, except for 1942 and 1943 in observance of WWIIs wartime lighting restrictions.How often do they change the New Years Eve ball?Over the traditions 100-plus-year history, there have been multiple versions of the beloved ball. The first was created in 1907 by Jacob Starr and consisted of iron, wood, and 100 25-watt incandescent bulbs. It weighed in at 700 pounds and was five feet in diameter. In 1920, a 400-pound iron ball replaced the original; in 1955, an aluminum ball adorned with 180 light bulbs and weighing only 150 pounds became the next standout. In 1981, the ball was completely redone with an aluminum skin covered in hundreds of red light bulbs with a green light-bulbs stem as a salute to the Big Apple, NYCs nickname.Then in 1999, to welcome the millennium, the Waterford Crystal company took over the design, debuting a ball comprised of 2,688 triangular crystal panels and measuring 12 feet in diameter for six tons of incredible sparkle. In 2007, the 100th anniversary of the ball drop, 32,256 LED bulbs replaced the incandescents. And now, 2024 is the last year this crystal ball will dropfollowed by 3,000 pounds of confetti released at midnightas a new design is set to debut next New Years Eve. How can I watch the ball drop online for free?The actual ball drop doesnt cost a thing to see if you have internet access. You can watch, commercial-free, on the official website of Times Square on Tuesday, December 31, 2024, beginning at 6 p.m. ET. There will also be a live stream with open captions and American Sign Language (ASL) available on YouTube.How can I watch the ball drop on a mobile device?If you find yourself out and about, not a problem. You can catch all the festivities on your phone, using one of the following:TimesSquareNYC.orgNewYearsEve.nycTimesSquareBall.netHow can I watch the Times Square performances and TV coverage?A number of television networks will offer coverage of the Times Square festivities and live music performances. They include: New Years Eve Live: Nashvilles Big Bash: For those who are more than just a little bit country, tune into CBS at 8 p.m. ET. Keith Urban and Rachel Smith are hosting the hoedown with performances from Jelly Roll, Kane Brown, and others. Viewers who have Paramount+ with Showtime can also stream this program live.New Years Eve Live With Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen: Besties Anderson and Andy are stoked to help you count down the minutes with things kicking off on CNN at 8 p.m. ET. The duo will receive support from celeb friends, including Neil Patrick Harris, Patti LaBelle, Jeremy Renner, David Blane, Bowen Yang, and Matt Rogers. Musical performers are Maroon 5, Darius Rucker, Enrique Iglesias, Flo Rida, and Rod Stewart, among others. You can also stream it on Max.Dick Clarks New Years Rockin Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2025: Ryan Seacrest is keeping Dick Clarks legacy alive by hosting this annual special, which travels around the country to celebrate the new year. The Jonas Brothers will take the stage in New York City, Blake Shelton will rock Vegas, with Rene Rapp holding down Hollywood. The party gets started at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.You dont have to have cable to watch these TV events. Cord-cutters can utilize a live-TV streaming service. The following all offer CBS, ABC, and CNN along with free trials to new subscribers.Hulu + Live TVYouTube TVFuboTVHappy New Year!

When Hurricane Helene hit North Carolina, bringing torrential rain and flooding to the western part of the state, it was a shock to many that such a storm could cause that level of devastation so far from the coast. It was a surprise even to Getty Images photographers who frequently cover disasters.The photographers I spoke with, none of us could remember covering a hurricane, or the effects of a hurricane, in such a mountainous region, says Mario Tama, a staff photographer at Getty Images who was on the ground after the hurricane. That speaks to how these things are evolving.Asheville, North Carolina, October 3, 2024. [Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images]Tama has worked for Getty for more than 20 years, and hes had a front row seat to the way climate change has evolved. Year after year Tama photographs the hurricanes, fires, droughts, and other disasters fueled by the immense amounts of greenhouse gases were emitting into the atmosphere.Liesl Steiner outside her flood damaged home in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene on October 4, 2024 in Swannanoa, North Carolina. [Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images]Not only have the disasters changedtheyve gotten stronger and more commonthe way photographers cover them has as well. During Helene, Tama says one photographer hiked over a mudslide that blocked a road in order to reach a remote, devastated town. (He himself made it through after the road was cleared.) The level of destruction was a new challenge for photographers to navigateand, he notes, for FEMA and other first responders, too.Flooded streets near Porto Alegre City Hall on May 17, 2024, in Porto Alegre, Brazil. [Photo: Jefferson Bernardes/Getty Images]Technological advances have also changed the experience. Thanks to Starlinks satellite internet, photographers can get their images out even faster when in remote areas, like when covering wildfires, or if cell coverage is down. Its incredibly important to get images out quickly that are from verified sources in this era of misinformation, he says. Imagery has a way of bringing home the truth, in a way that words cant quite do. During Helene, he remembers, people thanked him for being there and getting their story out.Even amid all that tragedy, Tama has witnessed uplifting moments of communities coming together to respond to these climate events. Whether its doctors driving from faraway states to help in the aftermath of Helene, or the way the residents of Lahaina, Hawaii, came together for the one-year anniversary of its devastating fire, hes seen the power and bonds of community.A man walks through a debris-covered street after flash floods in the Sedav area of Valencia, Spain, on October 30, 2024. [Photo: David Ramos/Getty Images]In 2024, the FEMA declared an unprecedented 179 disasters in the U.S. That equates to a disaster every two days. And its not only the U.S. seeing these effectsfrom the flooding in Spain to the Canadian wildfires, climate disasters were felt around the world.Billing Aquadrome flooded after heavy rain on November 25, 2024, in Northampton, England. [Photo: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images]Tama has felt that increase in his work, too, having to respond to more and more eventssometimes even in his own backyard. Tama lives in Los Angeles, and in early December got a call while asleep to go and cover the Franklin Fire in Malibu. He worked through that night and all the next day capturing the effects of theblaze.A firefighting helicopter drops water as the Franklin Fire continues to burn on December 10, 2024, near Malibu, California. [Photo Mario Tama/Getty Images]Its nothing compared to what the firefighters go through, he notesthey can work for days on end fighting these extreme fires. But its a sign of the dedication, and the demands, on photographers to capture this reality, and share it with the rest of the world. In a way, most photojournalists are becoming kind of responders to climate events, he says, whether that was why they got into this or not.