Michael Mann, distinguished professor and director of the Earth System Science Center at Penn State, spoke to the crowd Saturday, April 22, 2017. Here is a video clip from WashingtonPost.com:
Mann was also quoted in stories on Nature.com, The Associated Press, Business Insider, The Guardian, ABC News, Wired.com and many other news outlets.
This heart-shaped #cloud was captured by NOAA’s GOES-13 #satellite on June 1, 2011. (Image provided/NOAA)
Professor of meteorology and atmospheric science David Titley was recently quoted in The Washington Post about proposed Trump administration budget cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Here’s an excerpt:
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“David Titley, a professor of meteorology at Pennsylvania State University who served as NOAA’s chief operating officer in the Obama administration, said that ‘oddly’ the White House budget office, despite the president’s commitment to building infrastructure, would cut NOAA’s budget for ships and satellites. ‘These cuts will impact good private-sector jobs in the U.S.,’ Titley said. ‘The loss of capability will make America weaker both in space and on the sea — a strange place to be for an administration that campaigned to “make America great again.”’ ”
Read the full article on WashingtonPost.com. Title was also quoted in a similar article on the Standard-Examiner.
The record-hot months of 2016 compared to the past 137 years. Credit: ClimateCentral.org
David Titley, a professor of meteorology and director of the Center for Solutions to Weather and Climate Risk, and Michael Mann, a distinguished professor of atmospheric science and director of the Earth System Science Center, were quoted in a recent Scientific American article about President-elect Donald Trump’s potential impact on future climate and energy research. Here’s an excerpt:
“Michael Mann, paleoclimate researcher at Penn State: A Trump presidency might be game over for the climate. In other words, it might make it impossible to stabilize planetary warming below dangerous (i.e. greater than 2°C) levels. If Trump makes good on his campaign promises and pulls out of the Paris Treaty, it is difficult to see a path forward to keeping warming below dangerous levels.
“It is time for introspection and contemplation. I’m still in the process of letting this sink in. …
“David Titley, climate and weather risk researcher at Penn State: Many black swans have taken flight this year. One thing science teaches you is that systems frequently revert to the mean. So, as dark as everything looks at this moment for fixing our climate, we need to have hope that we won’t realize the worst case. If there is a silver lining it’s that Trump does not seem bound by whatever he has said previously. So perhaps he will see the wisdom or at least self-interest, in investing in non-carbon, U.S.-produced, energy.
“The climate community has a huge challenge ahead, to frame this issue in a way that will resonate with the likely president-elect. It may not be possible but it would be negligent to not even try.”
Read more at ScientificAmerican.com.
Other related articles quoting Penn State researchers today include:
— Under President Trump, what will happen to climate policy? – BuzzFeed.com
— Donald Trumps’s climate policies could mean ‘game over’ for the planet: scientists – NYDailyNews.com