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He’s Been to the Mountaintop – and it’s Melting
Paleoclimatologist Lonnie Thompson, Byrd Polar Research Center, Ohio State University Paleoclimatologist Lonnie Thompson has spent more time above 20,000 feet than anyone else. In the 1970′s, he was...
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Himalayan Nations Meet to Confront Climate Change
Last month, South Asia nations met to discuss how to prevent and respond to climate change in the Himalaya. The conference, called “Kathmandu to Copenhagen: A Vision For Addressing Climate Change Risks...
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India is Vulnerable and Acting to Address Climate Change
“India is vulnerable,” said Jairem Ramesh, India’s Minister for Environment and Forests at a breakfast meeting in Washington, DC last week. “We are responding to climate change because it is in our own...
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Project Surya Aims to Clear the Air and Reduce Global Warming
Welcome to Blog Action Day 2009! Starting early this morning in the Far East until late tonight in the Pacific Islands, more than 8,700 bloggers from 148 countries are stimulating a global conversation...
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Update and More About the Melting Himalayas
Whew! It’s been a busy couple of months in the climate science world, and even crazier for those of us following the IPCC-Himalayan glacier debate! I’ve been so busy working on it in my professional...
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So, What is Happening with the Himalayan Glaciers?
There’s been a lot of news recently about the the IPCC’s erroneous statement about the Himalayan glaciers. Here’s the exact quote from the 4th IPCC Assessment Report, Climate Change 2007: Working...
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Winds of Change: How Black Carbon Affects the South Asian Monsoon
In the previous post, I wrote about how the glaciers of the ‘Third Pole’ – the greater Himalayan-Tibetan Plateau region – are melting at a dramatic rate (just not as fast as mistakenly stated in the...
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Personal Lessons in Climate Change from India
Over the past 9 months or so, I have written a number of posts on climate change in South Asia, particularly at the ‘Third Pole,’ the ice-covered region that includes the Himalayas and the Tibetan...
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An ocean of ups, downs, and much uncertainty: sea-level rise in the 21st century
One of the oft-cited results of global warming is sea-level rise. But how does it work? Human-induced climate change contributes to sea-level rise in two ways. Almost two-thirds of the predicted rise...
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Speeding Up Natural CO2 Reduction and Saving the Oceans at the Same Time
The planet is warming. The release of CO2 and other greenhouse gases, from the burning of fossil fuels and other human activities, is causing global temperatures and sea levels to rise, glaciers to...
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