Climate Change

Using Predictions to Plan: Case Study – La Nina and the Missouri River (2)

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:47:00 GMT

Using Predictions to Plan: Case Study – La Nina and the Missouri River (2)Earlier articles in this series:Extreme Weather: Can we use predictions to plan? La Nina and the Missouri River (1)The purpose of this series of articles is to explore how we might use model predictions and projections to plan better for extreme events. It is a mix of seasonal climate prediction and decadal-to-centennial climate projections. What I want to do is to translate information f...
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Climate Science and the 2012 Election

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:41:00 GMT

Climate Science and the 2012 ElectionI came from a family that subscribed, in the 1960s, to both the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists and Technology Review. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists is the magazine that, during the Cold War, famously published a clock set a few minutes before midnight. This clock was the evaluation of those at the Bulletin of how far we were from the, well as my grade-school self understood it, the end of the world. The cause for co...
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Using Predictions to Plan: Case Study – La Nina and the Missouri River (1)

Sat, 14 Jan 2012 18:11:00 GMT

Using Predictions to Plan: Case Study – La Nina and the Missouri River (1)Back in November I wrote an entry on whether or not we could use the prediction that we would have La Nina conditions in late 2011 and early 2012 to anticipate, for example, whether or not there would be a another historic flood in the Upper Missouri River. A little personal micro history: During August of 2011, I was at a meeting of a panel which is writing a report on climate modeling. ...
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2012 Climate Events: The start of the term

Wed, 4 Jan 2012 06:55:00 GMT

2012 Climate Events: The start of the term Last week I gave my summary of what I thought were the most important climate change discoveries or news of 2011. Of course, my choices were a bit arcane, but that’s me. I did not talk about the remarkable extreme weather and climate events of the last year – really last 2 years. Others have the knowledge and do that better than I, and, staying close to home, I will refer you to Jeff Master’s Blogs and Chris Burt�...
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2011 Climate Events: A time of troubles

Mon, 26 Dec 2011 19:44:00 GMT

2011 Climate Events: A time of troubles I was asked last week what I thought the greatest science breakthrough of the year was. I’m not so good at those questions, and I know that the potential Higgs Boson glimpse will be at the top of most lists. Fundamental, perhaps, but it is definitely not at the top of the list in my little world. If I were to speculate on most important, I would look at fields that are more biological than physical – or maybe in routin...
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