Tag Archives: global environmental change

Climate science movies

Posted on 2013-05-31 by Brian Magi

I held a screening of Thin Ice: The Inside Story Of Climate Science on Earth Day in April 2013, the day the film was released. The response from the students was good – they liked seeing Earth scientists working on … Continue reading →

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CO2 in the very merry month of May

Posted on 2013-05-30 by Brian Magi

The whole month has been an edge-of-your-seat wait-and-see when CO2 will stop hovering above and below 400 ppm and just stay above. Unlike Miguel Cabrera‘s triple crown of 2012 or the thoughts that he could repeat that feat in 2013 … Continue reading →

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CO2 and climate sensitivity

Posted on 2013-05-18 by Brian Magi

On Thursday, May 16, 2013, the official daily-averaged CO2 concentration in the atmosphere was reported by Scripps as (drumroll please)Like I pointed out, 400 ppm is inevitable because CO2 increases by 2 ppm every year, but to actually see a … Continue reading →

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Cold spring and signs of summer

Posted on 2013-05-17 by Brian Magi

A great description of some of the unusual recent temperature swings in the north central part of the USA by Minnesota State Climatologist office with the original link here: A taste of summer air surged into Minnesota on May 14th, … Continue reading →

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Changes to Global Environmental Change webpage

Posted on 2012-08-24 by Brian Magi

just a few notes about the changes to my teaching webpage for my Global Environmental Change (ESCI 3000 this semester – Fall 2012, expected to be ESCI 3101 by Fall 2013) webpage. i updated just about everything there so the … Continue reading →

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