Cameron Wake, a glaciologist who has for years been the most prominent voice at UNH in regards to the reality of climate change, is one of three scientists featured in a new advertising campaign by the Union of Concerned Scientists. The ads depict scientists as kids talking about what things in the natural world made [...]

NOAA says January-April 2010 was the warmest such period on record, averaged over the world. The analysis is from NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center, which is based on records going back to 1880.
The site (here) includes a funky map showing how much warmer or colder areas were in April, compared to the period 1971-2000. This [...]

Today my column in the Telegraph moves from Wednesday, the day on which it has run for years, to Monday, for newspaper-logistics reasons rather than anything to do with with content.

For the column I interviewed UNH’s Cameron Wake about the certainty of human-caused climate change even when you can’t link it to individual events (this year’s rainstorms, for example). On the assumption that this might generate some questions, I have accumulated a few links here for those who want to learn more about why scientists are so certain, and so worried, that our fossil fuel use is changing the entire climate quickly in ways that we mostly don’t like:

Who’s really scared of climate change? The ski industry: Warmer, drier weather would be the death knell for borderline winter sports areas, such as southern New Hampshire.
A report from the Rockies (new story here) predicts that the snow line could rise 2,400 vertical feet by the end of the century. This would be due to [...]

Although ClimateEmailGate has roiled the whole debate over human effects on climate change - politics raises its ugly head in science - there’s no debate that climate is changing, and it will effect us here. If you want to learn more (and maybe get really depressed, which is a drawback of learning more about a [...]

Monday mornings are never exactly uplifting, so let’s add this depressing tale: The Globe writes about roughly 500 acres of oaks on Martha’s Vineyard that died off due to insect blight and drought, and quotes researchers fearful that it’s a sign of things to come:

Scientists predict that in a warming world, insects will thrive, and [...]

What do crop fires in Asia have to do with the melting Arctic? Quite a lot, it turns out. For two years, scientists – including UNH’s Jack Dibb of the Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans and Space (EOS) – looked at how pollutants from “down south” affected the Arctic. Known as POLARCAT, the [...]

Map shows effect of 10-meter rise in ocean level

I zoned out on recently released research saying that patterns of ocean currents mean that ocean rise that will happen from climate change will be worse along the Northeastern seaboard than in many parts of the world - perhaps eight inches worse by the end of the century.

I didn’t have time yesterday to look at the latest depressing UNH study about the way climate change is killing traditional New England winters. Here’s the Globe’s take today. Here’s the UNH press release.
There’s nothing really new, if you’ve been following the tale, but more precision and detail. (Which is what the vast majority of [...]

If you’ve got opinions about climate change, the governor’s Climate Change Policy Task Force is holding a series of “public listening sessions” around the state starting next week. Show up with ideas, complaints and suggestions - but I wouldn’t bring that zero-point-energy invention which you’re sure will solve the world’s problems.
The task force is especially [...]