Hansen’s History

During the summer heat wave of 1988,  James Hansen became a modern-day climate prophet when he testified to Congress about the perils of climate change. 1988 was the hottest year on record at the time, but few scientists were brave enough to speak out about what they thought was happening.
 
Twenty years later Hansen marked the [...]

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Weather One More…

Funny. Even though we have plenty of access to weathermen on television, that doesn’t guarantee that we get information about climate change in our weather reports. Check out what climatologist Dr. Heidi Cullen has to say about it. She hosts the first weekly television series to focus on climate change issues on The Weather [...]

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Developing World Weathermen

We’ve been trying to predict the weather for as long as we’ve thought our survival depended on it. 
Ancient farmers and herders studied plants, animals, and the heavens to make predictions. Those traditional methods actually have a scientific basis- animals are good at sensing storms, plants are good indicators of seasonal patterns, and the way a [...]

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Mind the Mangroves

Burma continues to deteriorate and it’s heartbreaking to hear some of the reports slowly starting to trickle in. With regards to my question yesterday, there was a glimmer of understanding on the show today from Jeffrey McNeely, the chief scientist for the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. He talked about Burma’s mangrove forests – [...]

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A Love Note for the Wacky Weather Guy

I’m working on a story on the world’s weathermen right now and I have a lot more respect for the wacky weatherman.
Growing up on the Gulf Coast, hurricane warnings used to be good excuses for hurricane parties -beer used to run out well before bottled water at the grocery store. We’d watch the stand-ups on [...]

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Arctic Scientist’s Dilemma

Arctic Scientist’s Dilemma – January 30, 2008. PRI’s The World. 
Speaking of dilemmas, I did a story a few months ago about Arctic researcher Kate Moran, who studies the history of climate change. Not far from the North Pole her team found potential sources for oil and coal (oops). 
If exploited, those resources could actually make global [...]

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And so a blog is born…

As a journalist I’ve covered quite an assortment of stories, but reporting on climate change and the environment is a little different. You see, unlike most other stories, I can never completely leave this one at the office or put it away with my passport.Climate change stories are embedded in the choices I make every [...]

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