Tag Archive | "climate change"
Extreme Measures
This year's rash of severe weather has scientists scrambling to understand the connection between increasing emissions and natural disasters. My November 2011 article for the Daily Climate focuses on the push to predict extreme weather events and link them to climate change.
Continue reading...A Discernible Human Influence
Monday, October 17, 2011
When Stephen Schneider died in July 2010, the climate science community lost one of its leading and most articulate voices. Colleagues and a new generation of researchers are carrying forth his spirit and approach to understanding and explaining the impacts of climate change. A September 2011 article from Miller-McCune online.
Continue reading...Flight Risk
Monday, September 20, 2010
The good news for birds facing changing climates: they can fly away from harsh conditions. The bad news: their food usually can't. A short article from the Autumn 2010 issue of Nature Conservancy Magazine.
Continue reading...After the Aftermath
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Long after the benefit concerts are finished, the victims of hurricanes, earthquakes and tsunamis suffer severe emotional aftershocks. Is there a better way to respond to disaster? An article from the Jan/Feb 2010 issue of Miller-McCune magazine.
Continue reading...The Why of the Storm
Sunday, January 11, 2009
A June 2007 cover story for the Chronicle: Many researchers have concluded that climate change is feeding extreme hurricanes, and an amplified fear of more Katrinas could bring about the second coming for weather modification. A computer simulation from a Colorado State University professor could be the future of the field — and the federal government’s contingency plan for looming hurricane disasters. But, then, just because something can be done doesn’t mean it should.
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Thursday, November 3, 2011
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