ASA Participates in 5th Annual Climate Science Day of Capitol Hill‘ Professor Leonard Smith quoted in article by Steve Pierson in Amstat News, April 2015, about the ASA Climate Science Day, 10-11 February 2015, Capitol Hill, Washington DC.
Dr Erica Thompson was the lead climate scientist for the Global Calculator project, an online tool that helps businesses, governments and individuals explore low carbon worlds. It draws on the latest scientific results from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to highlight the range of possible impacts resulting from different energy choices. Read DECC Press Release: World can cut carbon emissions and live well DECC press release 28 January 2015.
A touch of random‘ Professor Leonard Smith quoted in article by Colin Macilwain, in Science, 13 June 2014 (Vol. 344, Issue 6189), which discusses deterministic versus stochastic techniques for climate modelling.
Global warming is being caused by humans, not the sun, and is highly sensitive to carbon, new research shows‘. Article in The Guardian, 29 January 2014, that discusses (among others) the paper by Imbers, Lopez, Huntingford and Allen Sensitivity of climate change detection and attribution to the characterization of internal climate variability Sensitivity of climate change detection and attribution to the characterization of internal climate variability‘, Journal of Climate.
London researchers visit Gothenburg‘ article in The CELSIUS Insider, January 2014, about Dr Ofer Engel and Professor Peter Abell’s visit to Gothenburg as part of the CELSIUS Project CELSIUS project. It also generated some local media attention in Vårt Göteborg.
Summers are getting hotter – honest‘ Dr David Stainforth quoted in an article by Louise Gray in The Telegraph, 11 September 2013.
Another sign of the growing North-South divide, but this time it’s climate change‘ Dr David Stainforth quoted in an article by Tom Bawden in The Independent, 11 September 2013.
Mapping climate change in European temperature distributions‘ by David Stainforth, Sandra Chapman and Nick Watkins received coverage in the following German media: Der Spiegel; Süddeustche Zeitung; Wirtschaftswoche Wirtschaftswoche; Klimaretter Klimaretter; Zeit; Focus; Schweizerbauer Schweitzerbauer; Sudkurier Südkurier, and also in Space Daily; Motherboard and Világvége, September 2013.
Making Sense of Uncertainty – Dr David Stainforth and Professor Leonard Smith contributed to a report by Sense About Science which challenges the idea that uncertainty in research is a reason for people to worry about the reliability of findings. The report was launched on 27 June 2013 at the World Conference of Science Journalists. The researchers say that if policy makers and the public are discouraged by the existence of uncertainty, we miss out on important discussions about the development of new drugs, taking action to mitigate the impact of natural hazards, how to respond to the changing climate and to pandemic threats. Dr David Stainforth said: ‘Uncertainty is simply part of our understanding. Sometimes the details matters, sometimes they don’t, but uncertainty is not a barrier to taking good decisions. Nor is it unfamiliar. We all take decisions under uncertainty every day.’ Press release for the launch of Making Sense of Uncertainty.
Interview with Dave Stainforth‘ by Katie Steele in The Reasoner (Volume 7, Number 2) February 2013, where he talks about the interdisciplinary nature of climate science, his interpretation of the concept of ‘climate’, and the issue of communicating climate science to the general public.
