by Ryan Mark Dec 08, 2008 In the cool clean air of the changing season, at a remote estate in the forested hills of Wisconsin, some of the world’s foremost climate scientists gathered with an air of urgency. They gathered for a two-day conference to discuss their latest research on abrupt climate change. At various points…
GLACIAL QUAKES ADD TO EVIDENCE OF MELTING GLACIERS
by Noelle Radut Dec 10, 2008 Climate scientist Meredith Nettles bumps off the Richter scale when it comes to new findings in glacial research. She spends a week at a time living in remote east Greenland and working on icy Helheim Glacier for her pioneering research that links glacial earthquakes and climate change. Nettles has…
CLIMATE SCIENTIST HONORED FOR DISCOVERIES LINKED TO GLOBAL WARMING
by Erica M. Peterson Dec 03, 2008 Climate science pioneer Wallace. Broecker joins the discussion during a a retreat of scientists at the Comer Foundation conference this fall. Climate scientist Wallace Broecker, the man credited with coining the phrase “global warming” in the 1970s, contributed to the pivotal concept of just how swiftly and abruptly the earth’s…
LEFT OUT IN THE COLD WITH GLOBAL WARMING – FOR NOW
by Beth Ulion Jan 28, 2009 While Chicagoans shiver through some of the coldest weather in years, climate scientists continue to report global temperature increases. Through their layers of scarves many are asking, what happened to the warming in global warming? “If you take the global average, it’s definitely getting warmer,” said David Archer, a climate…
CLIMATE SCIENTIST WARNS OF UNDERESTIMATED GLOBAL WARMING FORECASTS
by Charles Berret Apr 29, 2009 University of Chicago climate scientist Raymond Pierrehumbert says that humans have moved well beyond the natural swings of global warming in the environment. We have “shocked the system” and “thrown it way out of equilibrium,” he said during a recent presentation on his home turf of Evanston. Click the link for a…
A VIDEO VOYAGE THROUGH CLIMATE SCIENCE
by Kahrin Deines Dec 12, 2008 flash goes here
A CO2-CLEANING MACHINE MAY CHANGE THE MEANS OF GOING GREEN
by Kahrin Deines Dec 04, 2008 In an unassuming building on the outskirts of Tucson, a close-knit team of innovators have developed a prototype machine that might one day be hailed as the thing-a-ma-jig that helped beat back global warming. It’s hard to miss the irony that the device, likened to an artificial tree, was born…
GLOBAL WARMING POSES HIGH RISK OF FAMINE IN ARID LANDS AND DROUGHT IN CALIFORNIA
by Chris Gray Dec 04, 2008 If the past 2,000 years are any guide, California could dry out significantly, with or without global warming. But global warming isn’t helping. The 20th century stands out as a very wet period while climate change and urban sprawl in the state are all but certain to make the current…
COMER FOUNDATION FUNDING SUPPORTS CRITICAL CLIMATE CHANGE RESEARCH
by Erica M. Peterson Dec 03, 2008 When Stephanie Comer sailed the Northwest Passage through the Arctic Ocean in 2001 with her father, Lands’ End founder Gary Comer, and her 8-month-old daughter Siena, the experience changed their lives. Although several vessels have made it through the water route since it thwarted early explorers such as John…
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