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1 month ago | 
theguardian.com | Raymond T. Pierrehumbert |Michael E. Mann
Some years ago in the pages of the Guardian, we sounded the alarm about the increasing attention being paid to solar geoengineering – a barking mad scheme to cancel global heating by putting pollutants in the atmosphere that dim the sun by reflecting some sunlight back to space. In one widely touted proposition, fleets of aircraft would continually inject sulphur compounds into the upper atmosphere, simulating the effects of a massive array of volcanoes erupting continuously.
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May 15, 2024 | 
sustainableviews.com | Katharine Hayhoe |Michael E. Mann
Michael Mann is presidential distinguished professor and director of the Center for Science, Sustainability and the Media at the University of Pennsylvania. His most recent book is “Our Fragile Moment: How Lessons from Earth’s Past Can Help Us Survive the Climate Crisis”. Katharine Hayhoe is a horn distinguished professor and endowed chair of public policy and public law at Texas Tech University, and chief scientist for The Nature Conservancy.
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May 3, 2024 | 
law.com | Daniel Garrie |Michael E. Mann
In evaluating whether to take on a potential class action case, attorneys have to consider many things. How many other people have been harmed in the same way as the prospective plaintiff? How likely is it that their claims will succeed? How likely is it to get class certification? Have other lawsuits asserting the same claims already been filed? It can be a challenging analysis to undertake even before getting involved in the actual case.
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Apr 24, 2024 | 
redgreenandblue.org | Michael E. Mann |Jeremy Bloom
Published on April 24th, 2024
University of Pennsylvania EES scientists Dr. Michael E. Mann and Shannon Christiansen, and Penn State ESSC alumnus Dr. Michael Kozar have released their seasonal prediction for the 2024 North Atlantic hurricane season, which officially starts on 1 June and runs through 30 November. The prediction is for 33.1 +/- 5.8 total named tropical cyclones, which corresponds to a range between 27 and 39 storms, with a best estimate of 33 named storms.
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Oct 13, 2023 | 
msn.com | Michael E. Mann
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Sep 17, 2023 | 
redgreenandblue.org | Michael E. Mann |Jeremy Bloom
Watch Dr Michael Mann on CBS Saturday discuss his new book, “Our Fragile Moment” Watch it for the dad joke, stay for the climate message. Thanks to Jeff Glor and the awesome crew at CBS Saturday for this fantastic segment!By Dr Michael MannFamous climate scientist Michael Mann on new book “Our Fragile Moment”Michael Mann has been at the center of the discussion on climate change for over two decades.
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Sep 14, 2023 | 
redgreenandblue.org | Michael E. Mann |Jeremy Bloom
Published on September 14th, 2023
On The Secret Life of Cookies podcast with Melissa Rothkopf: “What we learn to understand now, will be vital to all our future understanding of this catastrophic crisis.”By Dr Michael Mann“Noted climate scientist and author Dr. Michael Mann has a gift for making the most complex ideas clear enough for us all to understand.
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Jul 19, 2023 | 
theguardian.com | Michael E. Mann
Thirty years ago, the world’s nations agreed to prevent dangerous human interference with the climate system. But what is “dangerous climate change”? Just turn on the television, read the headlines of the morning paper or view your social media feeds. For we are watching it play out in real time this summer, more profoundly than ever before, in the form of unprecedented floods, heatwaves and wildfires. Now we know what dangerous climate change looks like.
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Jul 19, 2023 | 
shorturl.at | Michael E. Mann
Thirty years ago, the world’s nations agreed to prevent dangerous human interference with the climate system. But what is “dangerous climate change”? Just turn on the television, read the headlines of the morning paper or view your social media feeds. For we are watching it play out in real time this summer, more profoundly than ever before, in the form of unprecedented floods, heatwaves and wildfires. Now we know what dangerous climate change looks like.
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Jun 13, 2023 | 
thehumanist.com | Michael E. Mann
Dr. Michael E. Mann is Presidential Distinguished Professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Science at the University of Pennsylvania, with a secondary appointment in the Annenberg School for Communication. He is director of the Penn Center for Science, Sustainability, and the Media (PCSSM).
