LocoAko Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 So as Trixie has mentioned, at the annual AMS meeting this year (and in previous years) there were a good number of talks about extreme weather and its relationship to climate change. Despite the continued insistence here that there can be no connection drawn between extreme weather events and climate change, the scientific community seems to be progressing forward with its research on the subject. I stumbled upon an article from Yahoo! (so take the article itself with a grain of salt - http://news.yahoo.co...--abc-news.html) about UCAR's new climate change/extreme weather website, located at https://www2.ucar.ed...ews/attribution I was curious what everyone thought of the website. The layout on the right presents easy-to-understand sections (ie: "Is it climate change?" and "Extreme weather forensics"). There is even a confidence section, located at https://www2.ucar.ed...events-spectrum . I think this is a great step toward educating the public on the true, recent research being done despite the mixed messages from the rest of the media. CC communication has shown itself to be quite the uphill battle, but sites like this lay out up-to-date research in terms and timescales the public can understood. Great stuff, IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillipS Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 So as Trixie has mentioned, at the annual AMS meeting this year (and in previous years) there were a good number of talks about extreme weather and its relationship to climate change. Despite the continued insistence here that there can be no connection drawn between extreme weather events and climate change, the scientific community seems to be progressing forward with its research on the subject. I stumbled upon an article from Yahoo! (so take the article itself with a grain of salt - http://news.yahoo.co...--abc-news.html) about UCAR's new climate change/extreme weather website, located at https://www2.ucar.ed...ews/attribution I was curious what everyone thought of the website. The layout on the right presents easy-to-understand sections (ie: "Is it climate change?" and "Extreme weather forensics"). There is even a confidence section, located at https://www2.ucar.ed...events-spectrum . I think this is a great step toward educating the public on the true, recent research being done despite the mixed messages from the rest of the media. CC communication has shown itself to be quite the uphill battle, but sites like this lay out up-to-date research in terms and timescales the public can understood. Great stuff, IMO. Thank you for the info on that site. There appears to be a lot of good information there and I've bookmarked it as a favorite. I think the style of presentation will help communicate the gist of the science without swamping readers under more math and data than they want or need. But it provides links for those who want to learn more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryM Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Nice link - Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donsutherland1 Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 This is a great link. Many thanks for sharing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluewave Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 So as Trixie has mentioned, at the annual AMS meeting this year (and in previous years) there were a good number of talks about extreme weather and its relationship to climate change. Despite the continued insistence here that there can be no connection drawn between extreme weather events and climate change, the scientific community seems to be progressing forward with its research on the subject. I stumbled upon an article from Yahoo! (so take the article itself with a grain of salt - http://news.yahoo.co...--abc-news.html) about UCAR's new climate change/extreme weather website, located at https://www2.ucar.ed...ews/attribution I was curious what everyone thought of the website. The layout on the right presents easy-to-understand sections (ie: "Is it climate change?" and "Extreme weather forensics"). There is even a confidence section, located at https://www2.ucar.ed...events-spectrum . I think this is a great step toward educating the public on the true, recent research being done despite the mixed messages from the rest of the media. CC communication has shown itself to be quite the uphill battle, but sites like this lay out up-to-date research in terms and timescales the public can understood. Great stuff, IMO. Nice Post. Stu Ostro has a very lengthy PDF that he put together on global warming and synoptic meteorology. This PDF is really packed with information and takes time for it to load on your computer. http://i.imwx.com/we...atestupdate.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LocoAko Posted February 14, 2012 Author Share Posted February 14, 2012 http://dotearth.blog...s-heat-and-co2/ Always cool to see my professor in an article - had no idea he was credited with the steroid analogy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryM Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 http://dotearth.blog...s-heat-and-co2/ Always cool to see my professor in an article - had no idea he was credited with the steroid analogy. Good Stuff!! and an analogy that may drive home the message:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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