Meteorology students Brian Mastro and Julia Fike discuss the history of weather forecasting in this feature for “Up in the Air.” CSWCR director David Titley is interviewed as part of this feature.
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National Academy of Sciences report on Extreme Weather and Climate Change
CSWCR director David Titley headed up a National Academy of Science, Engineering, and Medicine committee that looked into connections between extreme weather events and climate change. The committee concluded that the intensity and frequency of some extreme weather events has been influenced by anthropogenic climate change.
Read Penn State press release.
Read the report.
Article from Forbes by Dr. Marshall Shepherd
Story from PRI’s “Living on Earth”
Climate Law Blog from Columbia Law School.
Blog post from the Union of Concerned Scientists
Article from Time Magazine.
Article from Scientific American
Article from The Washington Post
Article from the Christian Science Monitor
Alumnus, researcher help develop new Climate Prediction Center forecasting tool
Dr. Stephen Feldstein, professor and senior scientist in Meteorology, and Dr. Nat Johnson, Penn State Meteorology alumnus, have created a 3 to 4 week experimental weather prediction system to help NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center improve their mid-range forecasts. Dr. David Titley comments.
Keynote: Citizen’s Climate Lobby 3rd Coast Regional Conference in Austin, Texas
Watch a recent keynote given by CSWCR director David Titley at the Citizen’s Climate Lobby conference in Austin, TX.
New Department of Defense Directive on Climate and Security
The U.S. Department of Defense has issued a new directive on climate and national security. CSWCR director David Titley outlines the directive and what it means in this post at the Center for Climate and Security.
Mild winter taking toll on Pittsburgh region’s skiers, resorts
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette discusses the mild December weather, its impact on the ski resorts, and potential links to climate changes. David Titley comments on the winter outlook as well as record-breaking temperatures both in Pennsylvania and in the Arctic.
Gold Rush on the Seas: The New Blue Economy — KCRW’s “To the Point”
David Titley appeared with others on KCRW’s “To the Point” to talk about exploitation of the oceans.
This is Why Scientists Have Hope For the Climate
David Titley and others tell Climate Central why they are hopeful about climate and their wishes for 2016.
Commentary: After the Paris pact, thoughts on the Ted Cruz climate change hearing
In the Washington Post‘s blog “Capital Weather Gang,” Dr. David Titley comments on the Senate hearing chaired by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) as well as a few comments about the recent pact from the Paris climate summit (COP21).
Following the intelligence community’s lead on climate change
Rear Adm. Dr. David Titley penned this article in the Washington Examiner about the effect of climate changes on national security issues.