Tag Archives: climate

Climate change and debate

Posted on 2015-01-15 by Brian Magi

An interesting article about the amazing climate change humans are causing was published by the UNC Charlotte campus newspaper back in Spring 2014, but it’s worth re-visiting as our atmosphere once again reached 400 ppm CO2 concentration. The piece was … Continue reading →

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Climate change and 400 ppm carbon dioxide

Posted on 2015-01-14 by Brian Magi

In the great carbon cycle that is at work on our planet, carbon dioxide (CO2) gas concentration in our atmosphere, as measured in the most famous observation site in the world (Mauna Loa, Hawaii, home of the Keeling Curve), has … Continue reading →

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Robust features in the 2014 USA forecast

Posted on 2014-02-22 by Brian Magi

Building on a previous discussion about a seasonal forecast product from NOAA Climate Prediction Center (CPC), I am still really curious about how robust the features in the seasonal weather patterns in the USA are. “Weather” in this case is … Continue reading →

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Forecasting the USA temperature and precipitation tendency for 2014

Posted on 2014-02-13 by Brian Magi

Where we are this calendar yearCurrently, the USA as a whole and the Southeastern USA are both cooler than normal this year and precipitation is slightly below average for the Eastern USA, above average for Colorado-Wyoming-Idaho, and well below average … Continue reading →

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Climate in the Southeast in January 2014

Posted on 2014-02-01 by Brian Magi

Scientists studying the Earth’s climate system are supported by an immense and rich array of data. Sometimes it seems like you only have to be comfortable working with all this information. Programming languages help (matlab, R, python, NCL, for example). … Continue reading →

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Voting for action on global environmental change

Posted on 2013-12-10 by Brian Magi

As real as global warming (figure above from NOAA NCDC) is, and as much as we expect that the science has done enough, one US lawmaker recently said I am for global action on climate change. I am a proud … Continue reading →

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Tracking and targetting emissions from power plants

Posted on 2013-09-26 by Brian Magi

As my students probably know by now, I think an important point when discussing or even thinking about how to deal with the combination of our hunger for energy and global warming is to remember the scales of the problem. … Continue reading →

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Ramping up for teaching with NOAA NCDC

Posted on 2013-08-07 by Brian Magi

Summer is a time of dedicated research for me. Finished one project, waiting for peer reviews on that manuscript, tinkering with twitter, planning out research conference travel in the next school year, and working on a grant proposal to NSF. … Continue reading →

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Activity on twitter

Posted on 2013-07-05 by Brian Magi

I haven’t posted anything here for about a week – an eternity in the land of constant chatter (the internet). I’m working on a couple of publications, which take a lot of concentration, so that’s my main excuse. My secondary … Continue reading →

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The Climate Change Speech transcript and video

Posted on 2013-06-26 by Brian Magi

Here’s an update from my post yesterday about the Climate Change Speech. Link to the video on Youtube via whitehouse.gov. The video is downloadable (mp4) so you can show students how a speech embodies leadership on an issue that will, … Continue reading →

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