Jan

7

Science Journalism Program Fellowships

January 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment

March 1, 2008
1:00 pm

“Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) invites applications for Science Journalism Program Fellowships. Take one of two hands-on courses: biomedical science (in Woods Hole, MA, June 4-14, 2008) or polar science (in Toolik Lake, Alaska, June 29 - July 12, 2008). A limited number of fellows will spend an additional month at Palmer Station, Antarctica. Deadline: March 1, 2008.” Above info from the Society of Environmental Journalists.

Jan

7

Global Climate Change workshop

January 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment

February 6, 2008
1:00 pm

“The University of South Florida presents Global Climate Change & Sea-level Rise in Florida: A Conversation Between Scientists and the Media on Feb. 6, 2008, to facilitate the flow of scientific information to the public on the predicted effects of global climate change and the susceptibility of coastal Florida to sea-level rise.” Above info is from the Society of Environmental Journalists.

Sep

1

Drought in Australia

September 1, 2007 | Leave a Comment

“The Murray is the lifeblood of Australia’s farming country, a legendary river that thundered 1,500 miles from the Snowy Mountains to the Southern Ocean. Now, it’s choking to death in the worst drought for a thousand years …”

Read the rest of the 8/5/07 article here.

Aug

5

Global Warming Tourism?

August 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment


Check out the Washington Post’s special travel section on global warming (July 15, 2007):

Getting Warmer . . .
Alaska’s Icy Bay, Where Glaciers Come to Die and Kayakers Come to Watch
By William Booth

“Granted, it is still a niche market. But if the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is to be believed — and why not? — it’s a growth opportunity. The traveler in the very near future might be ready for some global warming tourism. Vacation destinations? You could do the Maldives and watch the sea level rise before your very eyes. Glub glub. Bye-bye, happy island nation. Or perhaps a trip to the African Sahel to experience some scary soil evaporation. Subtle, but profound. Or you can do what we did and journey to Icy Bay in Alaska and just watch the world melt…”

Apr

24

Poor Nations to Bear Brunt as World Warms

April 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment

New York Times article by ANDREW C. REVKIN
“Wealthy countries are spending far more to limit their own risks from global warming’s consequences than to help the world’s most vulnerable regions….”

Apr

22

Scientists Detail Climate Changes, Poles to Tropics

April 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment

New York Times article by JAMES KANTER and ANDREW C. REVKIN. April 7, 2007
“From the poles to the tropics, the earth’s climate and ecosystems are already being shaped by the atmospheric buildup of greenhouse gases and face inevitable, possibly profound, alteration, the world’s leading scientific panel on climate change said Friday. In its most detailed portrait of the effects of climate change …”

Apr

16

Climate Expert Says NASA Tried to Silence Him

April 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times
By ANDREW C. REVKIN
Published: January 29, 2006″The top climate scientist at NASA says the Bush administration has tried to stop him from speaking out since he gave a lecture last month calling for prompt reductions in emissions of greenhouse gases linked to global warming…” article here

Mar

19

Global Climate Change

March 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment


This show aired on Blogtalkradio on March 14, 2007.

Our show will focuses on hauntingly beautiful Wrangel Island, where the last known woolly mammoths roamed, and where the first impacts of global warming can already be seen.

Tom Brokaw and a team of four world-class scientists will travel to Wrangel Island in July, 2007, aboard the icebreaker Kapitan Khlebnikov, to see the effects of global warming firsthand. There are a few spaces available for passengers who want to participate in this historic adventure.

Read the full post . . .

Mar

2

Global Warming Podcast

March 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment

My first podcast was an interview with Dr. John Harte from UC Berkeley — who studies the interaction of humans and climate change — and Dr. Ross MacPhee from the American Museum of Natural History in New York — who studies the extinction of woolly mammoths on Wrangel Island in the Russian Arctic.

We talked about what “global warming” means, why the current forecasts might be underestimating the near-term impact of global warming(!), and an upcoming trip to Wrangel Island to learn firsthand about global climate change in an area that is already feeling the effects. You can go here to listen to the archived show, and you can go here to find out how to travel to Wrangel Island this July 5-18, along with Tom Brokaw and four world-class scientists.