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Brian Magi
brian dot magi at charlotte dot edu
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Geography and Earth Sciences
UNC Charlotte
McEniry 331
9201 University City Blvd
Charlotte, NC 28223-0001Meta
Author Archives: Brian Magi
Thin Ice film screening
I watched the soon-to-be-officially-released new film about climate science and climate scientists called Thin Ice today. I read about Thin Ice on the RealClimate blog, where the blog author (an Atmospheric Scientist who is interviewed in the film itself) posted … Continue reading
Posted in Earth System Observer
Tagged climate, climate science, film, global warming, teaching, Thin Ice
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Resources for learning about the state of the climate
An atmospheric scientist likes to talk about the “state” of the atmosphere. A “meteorological state” usually means knowing the temperature, pressure, dewpoint temperature (moisture), and maybe the wind speed and whether there is precipitation. Climate state is similar but usually … Continue reading
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Tagged climate, data analysis, data visualization, global warming, online resources
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Margaret Thatcher and global warming
Margaret Thatcher, prime minister of Great Britain from 1979-1990, passed away on 8 April 2013. These are her introductory words in a speech to the United Nations about the threat that global warming poses to world order, and that I … Continue reading
Posted in Earth System Observer, Quotes
Tagged global warming, leadership
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Your climate change
Advocacy in science seems to be on the rise. Maybe it’s that the USA administration is citing greater concern about the future state of our planet. Maybe scientists are just fed up that essentially the same message has been reiterated … Continue reading
Land use in action
Externalities are the costs that are not incurred by coal mining operations, hydraulic fracturing (fracking), and oil sands extraction. Aside from the fossil fuel emissions from the burning of coal, oil, and natural gas for power generation, the extraction process … Continue reading
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Tagged carbon, coal, data visualization, global warming, land use
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Resources to understand sea level rise
Whereas the global warming app I mentioned is based on analysis of data we already have, the future projections of the impacts of global warmings are ridiculously interesting, speculative, and terrifying at the same time. Hurricane Sandy and some of … Continue reading
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Tagged data visualization, global warming, impacts, sea level rise
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Policy leadership on issues related to global warming
President Obama continues to steam ahead in the beginning of his 2nd term. His State of the Union speech was really well-done, and followed on the tone he set in his Inaugural Address. Not all of the speech was about … Continue reading
Posted in Earth System Observer, Quotes
Tagged carbon, climate impacts, coal, global warming, natural gas, technology
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Charlotte Research Scholars 2013
Cross-posted from a campus-wide announcement. I participated as a CRS mentor in Summer 2012 and have volunteered to participate again this summer. Please let me know if you’re interested in working on a project – this is a great chance … Continue reading
Posted in Group News, Research News
Tagged CRS, undergraduate research
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Resources to understand global warming
There is a treasure trove of information and misinformation about global warming on the mighty internet. I try to sift through these as I prepare for effective ways to empower students or at least generate discussion. Here are a couple … Continue reading
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Tagged data visualization, global warming, research, sea level rise, teaching, temperature
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Where the US coal is going
Many in North Carolina are aware of the move in the energy industry from coal to natural gas (example 1, and others from photos with telling captions at example 2, example 3, example 4, etc.). Fracking has opened up a … Continue reading
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Tagged carbon, coal, global warming
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