- Mild Winter taking toll on Pittsburg region's skiers, ski resorts (December 31, 2015)
Dr. Mann is quoted in an article by David Templeton of Pittsburg Post-Gazette. Templeton discusses how the extreme temperatures are affecting skiiers and snowboarders.
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- The Year in Climate News and Views (Decemeber 30, 2015)
Peter Jackson of The Telegram discusses the important events in climate change science. Dr. Manns' Research is mentioned.
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- Real Winter is Coming (In About Four Weeks) (December 29, 2015)
Dan Vergano from BuzzFeed News discusses the coming winter. Dr. Mann is mentioned
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- El Nino and record ocean warmth fueling severe weather, experts say (December 28, 2015)
Dr. Michael Mann is mentioned in an article by Renee Lewis from Aljazeera America. Lewis discusses the research that proves how climate change is changing the weather.
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- Michael Mann: How Close Are We to 'Dangerous' Planetary Warming? (December 24, 2015)
Dr Mann writes from Eco Watch about the dangerous warming resulting from human caused climate change.
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- Suspecting climate change conspiracy, Judicial Watch sues NOAA for scientsits' emails (December 23, 2015)
Scott K. Johnson discusses cases of suspected climate change conspiracy. A similar case involving Dr. Mann is mentioned in the article.
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- The best of climate science and humanity come together at AGU (December 21, 2015)
Dana Nuccitelli from the Guardian, summarizes some of the many climate-related talks from the recent American Geophysical Union's Fall Assembly. Dr. Michael Mann spoke at the assembly.
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- Why the Paris agreement could mark the beginning of the end for global warming denial (December 18, 2015)
The Washington Post's Chris Mooney discusses the ramifications of the agreement from the Paris climate summit. Dr. Michael Mann comments.
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- Panel: Climate change is here (December 17, 2015)
The Billings Outpost covers the 2015 Climate Change Conference hosted by Montana State University Extension. Dr. Michael Mann was a keynote speaker at the conference.
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- A Turning Point in Combating Climate Change May Be Here (December 14, 2015)
This article in Scientific American discusses the shift in popular opinion on climate change and the use of fossil fuels. Dr. Michael Mann comments.
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- The Power of Paris: Climate Challenge Remains, But Now We're on the Right Path (December 13, 2015)
Dr. Michael Mann penned this opinion piece in the Huffington Post about the outcome of the Paris climate summit.
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- Climate change reversal puts brighter spotlight on weatherman Greg Fishel (December 12, 2015)
TV Meteorologist Greg Fishel discusses his transformation from climate skeptic to accepting the science behind climate change. Dr. Michael Mann comments on the importance of TV meteorologists in the communication of climate change to the public.
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- Climate Denial's Ugly Side: Hate Mail to Scientists (December 11, 2015)
InsideClimateNews covers the range of hate e-mails, packages, and other threats climate scientists have received over the years. Dr. Michael Mann has been a recipient of these types of threats and comments in the story.
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- Response to Comment on "Atlantic and Pacific multidecadal oscillations and Northern Hemisphere temperatures" (December 11, 2015)
Dr. Mann and other scientists confront the claim that their statsitcal research is incorect.
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- The Latest Embarrassing GOP Attacks on Climate Change Science (December 10, 2015)
Phil Plait from Slate discuss the attacks on climate change science from the government. Dr. Michael Mann is mentioned.
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- Deniers Debunked, Corrected, Chastised, Exposed. (December 10, 2015)
This article from the Daily Kos debunks climate change myths. Dr. Mann is mentioned.
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- Commentary: Will we reach peak denial soon? (December 9, 2015)
Peter Dykstra from The Daily Climate discusses the crippling denial at the highest levels of the United States Congress. Dr. Mann is mentioned
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- Why Is Shock Jock Mark Steyn Testifying At A Senate Hearing On Climate Science?" (December 8, 2015)
Andrew Seifter discusses government fight back against Michael Mann and other climate scientists research. Dr. Mann is quoted.
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- Now Here's Some Good News: Global Warming Emissions Could Actually Be in Decline (December 8, 2015)
The Paris Climate conference has dealt out some good news that global warming emissions could be declining. Dr. Michael Mann is quoted.
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- Is holding warming to 1.5 degrees realistic? (December 8, 2015)
The Toronto Star discusses the 1.5 degree target of the Paris climate talks, whether that target is plausible, and why the 0.5 degree difference is important. Dr. Michael Mann comments that the 1.5 degree target is ambitious but doable.
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- Michael Mann defends climate science...again (December 8, 2015)
This article about Dr. Mann discusses how he repeatedly defends the science behind climate change.
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- The Assault on Climate Science (December 8, 2015)
In the New York Times, Dr. Michael Mann writes this Op-Ed about the continuing assault on climate scientists from certain Republican members of Congress.
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Read a response from Doug Craig at Redding.com >>
- Study Sees Possible Decline in Global CO2 Emissions (December 7, 2015)
A recent study published in Nature Climate Change shows that the rate of growth in fossil fuel emissions are declining. Dr. Michael Mann comments on the study.
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Another article from the Toronto Star >>
Another article from Vice.com >>
- The thing that really doesn't make sense about the climate debate in Paris (December 2, 2015)
Chris Mooney in the Washington Post covers the debates in the COP21 Paris Summit. Dr. Michael Mann comments on how sea level rise could affect the U.S. coastline.
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- COP21 As the Beginning of a Process: Michael Mann's Thoughs on Paris Climate Talks (November 30, 2015)
Michael Mann Discusses how he sees the Paris Climate talks as a great beginning to greater change.
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- Making the Moral Case on Climate Change Ahead of COP21 Paris Summit (November 29, 2015) - www.desmogblog.com
Dr. Michael E. Mann has co-signed a moral and political statement addressed to those attening COP21.
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- Sea Change: Rising sea levels should be a wake-up call (November 29, 2015) - www.presshearald.com
Dr. Michael E. Mann weighs in on the persistent cold blob in the Atlantic located to the south of Greenland and what that means for the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation.
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- COP21 Paris Climate Change Summit: What you Need to Know (November 28, 2015) - www.inquisitr.com
Dr. Michael E. Mann is quoted on his thoughts surrounding the general atmosphere and mood leading up to COP21.
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- Scientists: Ted Cruz Understands Less About Climate Than A Kindergartner (November 25, 2015) - talkingpointsmemo.com/
Dr. Michael E. Mann gives comments on Ted Cruz's 'understanding' of climate science.
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- COP21: Why Science Will Make All the Difference (November 25, 2015) - www.yesmagazine.org
Dr. Michael E. Mann's 'hockey stick' graph will be used at COP21 to signfigy the rapid warming experienced globally to signifify the anthropogenic influence on the Earth's climate.
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- AAAS Fellows (November 24, 2015) - www.aaas.org
Dr. Michael E. Mann was recgonized as an AAAS Fellow for Geology and Geography!
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- There Was No Global Warming 'Hiatus,' 40-Study Review Concludes (November 24, 2015) - insideclimatenews.org
Dr. Michael E. Mann gives his thoughts on rebuttals of the hiatus theory.
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- What Is Happening in Paris, and What Do All These Acronyms Mean? (November 24, 2015) - www.psmag.com
Dr. Michael E. Mann's prognosis that global temperatures will hit two degrees above normal by 2016 was mentioned in this article.
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- COP21: Paris climate change talks far more positive than Copenhagen - but expectations must be limited(November 24, 2015) - www.ibtimes.co.uk
Dr. Michael E. Mann commented on his expectations on where gloal leaders would be in regards to agreement and action on climate change.
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- More than 2,000 academics call on world heads to do more to limit global warming (November 23, 2015) - www.theguardian.com
Dr. Michael E. Mann, along with other distinguished academic figures, called on leaders across the globe to 'do more to limit global warming to a 1.5 degree centigrade rise' in an open letter.
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- Even as Congress investigates the global warming "pause," actual temperatures are surging (November 19, 2015) - washingtonpost.com
Dr. Michael E. Mann states that "the world is now entering a regime where background rates of climate change will be well above historical averages until at least mid-century," in regards to the global warming slowdown.
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- Antarctica Is Gaining Ice, So Why Is the Earth Still Warming?" (November 19, 2015) - www.livescience.com
Dr. Michael E. Mann clears up misconceptions about a study. He states that "If they used data that was up-to-date, they would find a higher rate of loss."
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- Take action on climate to create social justice (November 18, 2015) - www.collegian.psu.edu
Dr. Michael E. Mann spoke on climate justice at a rally for reform on climate at Penn State.
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- What Is COP21 and Why Does It Matter? (November 18, 2015) www.planetexperts.com
Dr. Michael E. Mann gives an update on how China is reducing emissions, and gives his thoughts on a 'doomsday scenario.'
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- Meeting a Global Carbon Limit Is Cheaper Than Avoiding One (November 17, 2015) - Scientific American/
Dr. Michael E. Mann authored a piece on how fast we're burning through any wiggle room we have in regards to global temperature.
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- At Paris, the United States Finally Has a Chance to Be a Climate Hero (November 13, 2015) - psmag.com/
Dr. Michael E. Mann comments on the topic of the Keystone XL Pipiline, and how he thinks it could add a half-degree of warming, pushing us closer to the threshold of two degrees centigrade.
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- Obama Administration Rejects Keystone XL Pipeline (November 9, 2015) - vice.com
As global temperatures keep rising, scientists have determined that 2 degrees Celcius is the threshold before the effects of "dangerous" levels of climate change are felt. Dr. Michael E. Mann is quoted in this article, stressing how close we are to that threshold and how little wiggle room we have.
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- Obama Administration Rejects Keystone XL Pipeline (November 6, 2015) - Climate Central
Quoted in Climate Central, Dr. Michael E. Mann commented on how the "construction of the Keystone XL pipeline would be inconsistent with stabilizing global warming below dangerous levels.?
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- World's Pledges To Reduce Carbon Emissions Aren't Enough To Tackle Climate Change, UN Warns (November 6, 2015) - The Huffington Post
Dr. Michael E. Mann comments on how "we've still got a lot of work to do, but we've made some real progress," regarding the UNEP pledges submitted by ~150 countries. These countries combined to produce more than 85 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in the year 2012. "
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- Poll Finds Global Consensus on a Need to Tackle Climate Change (November 5, 2015)
The New York Times analyzed a poll where the majority of respondents supported placing limits on emissions of gases. Dr. Michael E. Mann found the findings more encouraging than he expected. "
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- Scientists Study Links Between Climate Change and Extreme Weather (November 5, 2015)
Quoted in the New York Times, Dr. Michael E. Mann commented on how the increase in global temperature "has fundementally influenced all meteorological events, not just ones in a study."
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- Extreme Heat Is Defining Climate Change (November 5, 2015) - Climate Central
Quoted in Climate Central, Dr. Michael E. Mann commented on how an increase in temperature leads towards more positive extremes in temperatures."
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- On the Coast, a Warm and Wet Future Unfolds (November 2nd, 2015) - The Guardian
Dr. Michael E. Mann gave thoughts towards what could be the disconnect between the total mass of the Antarctic ice sheet as discussed in two studies."
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- Climate Change is doing some very strange things to the waters off New England (October 29, 2015) - The Washington Post
Dr. Michael E. Mann weighs in on the warm ocean temperatures off the New England coast citing long-term changes being driven by anthropogenic climate change."
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- A Texas Republican and NOAA are in a standoff over global warming emails (October 29, 2015)
The House Science Committee is probing the accuracy of a landmark scientific study that disproved the notion of a global warming "hiatus"
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- Intent on discrediting climate scientists, witch-hunting House committee chairman subpoenas NOAA (October 27, 2015) - dailykos.com
Dr. Michael E. Mann is mentioned in an article reporting on the subpoena served to NOAA as a figure that scientists have begun to follow despite the 'despite the smears and budget attacks and stubborn scientific illiteracy'.
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- On the Coast, a Warm and Wet Future Unfolds (October 17, 2015) - The Charlotte Observer
Dr. Michael E. Mann commeted about how carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere are at the highest levels in "potentially millions of years."
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- Science Needs for Sea-Level Adaptation Planning: Comparisons among Three U.S. Atlantic Coastal Regions(October 16, 2015) - tandfonline.com
Dr. Michael E. Mann and others released a publication that pressed for sea-level adaptation amongst the eastern seaboard.
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- The Big Picture RT (October 16, 2015) - carbonbrief.org
Dr. Michael E. Mann was profiled on carbonbrief.org on his publications and gives a bit of insight on his life outside his work.
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- Secretary of State John Kerry at the Major Economies Forum (October 16, 2015) - state.gov
A study that Dr. Michael E. Mann co-authored was mentioned by Secretary of State John Kerry at the Major Economies Forum and Climate Change.
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- Climate Change Evidence All Around (October 15, 2015) - coastalreview.org
Along with others, Michael E. Mann spoke at the Duke University Marine Laboratory in Beaufort about the impact climate change is having on the fish off the coast of North Carolina.
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- Separating Internal Variability from the Externally Forced Climate Response (October 14, 2015) - American Meteorological Society Journal of Climate
(Frankcombe et al) have released a new paper in the American Meteorological Society Journal of Climate. Dr. Michael E. Mann was a co-author of this paper.
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- Susan Ladd: Reality of Climate Change won't Ignore Us (October 14, 2015) - greensboro.com
Michael E. Mann speaks about the frequency of storms such as Hurricane Sandy in addition to commenting on the rises of greenhouse gases. He also gives his thoughts on the use of the polar bear as a 'poster child of climate change'.
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- Study says coastal cities could escape some flooding if carbon emissions are cut sharply (October 12, 2015) - delawarepublic.org
Michael E. Mann says that the West Anarctic ice sheet is 'doomed', and gives thoughts on a potential sea level rise of 12-14 feet over time. He also comments on the uncertainty of how fast the sea level rise will occur.
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- Heidi Hall, Michael Mann: Let's have a worthy debate (October 9, 2015) - theunion.com
This editorial gives commentary on the attacks against Dr. Michael E. Mann scientific findings regarding the 'hockey stick curve'.
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- Will historic SC floods wash away state leaders' climate science denial? (October 8, 2015) - southernstudies.org
Michael E. Mann comments on the frequency of the extreme flooding in South Carolina and says that it is "weather on ?steroids', another case where climate change worsened the effects of an already extreme meteorological event."
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- Most Comprehensive Paleoclimate Reconstruction Confirms Hockey Stick (October 8, 2015) - thinkprogress.org
Michael E. Mann's recent work along with others regarding the PAGES 2k reconstruction was featured in this article.
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- Amongst the Top 150 Geoscientists (September 28, 2015)
Dr. Michael E. Mann was ranked amongst the Top ~150 Geoscientists in the Thomson Reuters ISI Highly Cited list for 2015.
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- Maunder Minimum and The Mini Ice Age (September 28, 2015) - The Pennsylvania State University
Dr. Michael E. Mann, along with others in the climate science field show that the risk of flooding in New York City has increased as a result of "human-caused climate change." A combination of models and paleoclimate data was used to describe the storm surge history.
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- Maunder Minimum and The Mini Ice Age (July 18, 2015) - livescience.com
Dr. Michael Mann was quoted in a Live Science article commenting on the changes on atmospheric circulation patterns and year-to-year temperature changes.
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- Flooding in Texas (May 26, 2015)
Dr. Michael Mann was featured in the Huffington Post and provided insight on how human caused climate change amplified the flooding in Texas.
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- Dire Predictions (May 13, 2015) - cleantechnia.com
In a new book released, Dire Predictions, Dr. Michael Mann highlights the essentials regarding the state of the atmosphere in a non-technical format aimed for the everyday science enthusiast.
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- Denial 101x (May 8, 2015)
The University of Queensland recently showcased a course, Denial 101x, which featured interviews from Dr. Michael Mann on climate change denial.
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- Scientists Are Being Accused Of Pandering To Politicians Who Want To Delay Action On Climate (May 6, 2015)
Buzzfeed reports on a provocative commentary in Nature about how and what climate scientists tell policymakers regarding action needed to mitigate climate change. Dr. Michael Mann shares his opinion on the commentary.
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- Essay: Climate change misinformation is dangerous (May 5, 2015)
Dr. Michael Mann penned this essay in theVirginia Gazette refuting a recent article denying climate change science.
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- Say Goodbye to Green (May 1, 2015)
An overview of Penn State's sustainability efforts includes Dr. Michael Mann as a voice in climate science education.
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- Transparency versus harassment (May 1, 2015)
Michael Halpern of the Union of Concerned Scientists and Dr. Michael Mann penned this editorial in Science magazine about the misuse of open records laws to intimidate academics and waste valuable time and resources.
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- Making Sense of Climate Science Denial (April 28, 2015)
John Cook from the University of Queensland has designed a Massive Online Open Course (MOOC) about debunking common climate change denial myths. It features interviews and lectures from climate experts, including Dr. Michael Mann.
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Read more from Desmog Blog >>
Read more from Slate.com >>
Watch included interview from Climate Denial Crock of the Week >>
Read more from Latin Post >>
More from Planet Experts >>
Full Interview >>
- 200 Pieces Of Hate Mail A Day Is Just Part Of The Job For Many Climate Scientists (April 20, 2015)
MTV News talks to climate scientists, including Dr. Michael Mann, about the hate mail and other attacks against them and their work. Some clips from the "Merchants of Doubt" movie are included.
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- U.S. Greenhouse Gas Pollution Jumped 2 Percent in 2013 (April 16, 2015)
Scientific American reports on the US Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) report that greenhouse gas emissions increased in 2013. Dr. Michael Mann comments.
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Read article from International Business Times >>
- Penn State professor Michael Mann leads climate change research (April 3, 2015)
Penn State's The Daily Collegian profiles Dr. Michael Mann and his research in this article.
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- Scientists: Weakening Gulf Stream could impact marine life, weather (March 24, 2015)
A new study in Nature Climate Change shows evidence that the Atlantic Meridional Overturning circulation has weakened considerably over the past several decades. Researchers, including Dr. Michael Mann, a co-author on this study, posit that this study is another example of observations showing that climate models may be too conservative in their estimates of climate change.
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Read Commentary on RealClimate.org >> (and the follow-up >>)
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- Scientists Tell Smithsonian to Ditch Koch Money (March 24, 2015)
Dr. Michael Mann and several other scientists penned a letter to the Smithsonian Institution asking them to stop accepting donations from financiers like David Koch and others who seek to have strong ties to the fossil fuel industry and science denialism.
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- Interaction of ocean oscillations caused 'false pause' in global warming (February 26, 2015)
A new study in Science is highlighted in this Penn State press release. The paper, co-authored by Mann Research Group members Byron Steinman, Dr. Michael Mann, and Sonya K. Miller, posits that the recent slowdown in global warming may be due to a cooling cycle in the oceans as opposed a reversal or pause in the long-term trend.
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A complete list of articles and commentary, the paper itself, and the supplementary materials here >>
- Global warming could make blizzards worse (January 26, 2015)
Chris Mooney in the Washington Post covers how climate change and warming could lead to stronger and more extreme snow events. Dr. Michael Mann comments.
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- The 2014 North Atlantic Hurricane Season: Penn State ESSC's Prediction Successful (January 13, 2015)
Now that the 2014 North Atlantic hurricane season is over, ESSC scientist Michael E. Mann, alumnus Michael Kozar, and researcher Sonya Miller are assessing their successful total named storm prediction made in May 2014.
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