Michael E. Mann

• Nobel Prize-winning scientist sheds light on global warming issue
  Dr. Michael Mann responds to criticisms in this opinion piece in The Reporter (serving eastern Pennsylvania). He defends his work and the work of other scientists against mistruths often repeated by climate deniers.
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• New billboards compare climate scientists and Unabomber, mass murderers
  A new Heartland Institute gimmick uses billboards to cast doubt on climate science by linking it to Ted Kaczynski (the "Unabomber"), mass murderer Charles Manson, and Cuban dictator Fidel Castro. Michael Mann comments on the absurdity.
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• Michael Mann comments on statements made by baseball analyst McCarver
  Michael Mann and others comment on a recent dust-up over bizaare comments make recently by baseball analyst Tim McCarver mid-game. McCarver asserted that increases in home run numbers is somewhat due to the changing climate.
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• Climate Canard No. 2: ‘Warming Has Stopped’ — A Very Temporary Duck
  ABC News' Bill Blakemore examines a common denialist argument that "warming has stopped." He uses a common proverb oft quoted by Michael Mann: "A half-truth is a whole lie."
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• Hansen Had It Right in 1981 Climate Report
  A recent article looks at projections of climate change made in 1981 in the journal Science by James Hansen and others. Hansen underwent decades of attacks following this and other similar publications, similar to attacks described by Michael Mann in his book The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars.
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• 10 Green Lessons from the Sustainable Operations Summit
  "Triple Pundit" summarizes the 10 biggest takeaways from the 2012 Sustainable Operations Summit, including a short summary of Dr. Michael Mann's talk.
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• Mann to recieve Hans Oeschger Medal from European Geosciences Union
  Dr. Michael Mann has been awarded the 2012 Han Oeschger Medal from the European Geosciences Union (EGU). This medal recognizes his accomplishments within the field of climate science. This prestigious award was established in 2001 to honor outstanding scientists whose work is related to past, present, and future climates.
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• Earth Day 2012: Interview with Michael Mann
  Columbia University Press, publisher of The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars, presents this two-part interview with Dr. Michael Mann as part of their recognition of Earth Day 2012.
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• 'Gaia' Scientist Takes Back Climate Change Predictions
  Dr. Michael Mann comments in the LiveScience report on the latest statements of James Lovelock.
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• Earth Day: Climate scientists battle the global-warming skeptics
  The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ran this profile of Dr. Michael Mann and the ongoing battle against climate deniers in this Earth Day article.
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• Michael Mann faces off with foes on 'Hockey Stick' tour
  USAToday's Dan Vergano details Dr. Michael Mann's campaign to fight his detractors through his newest book as well as his recent lecture tour promoting the book.
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• The Dangers of Climate Change Denial
  Dr. Michael Mann writes an opinion piece in The Mark where he discusses the dangers of continuing to debate climate changes and attack climate scientists while not taking action to do anything about emissions that drive these changes.
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• Has global warming caused a quantum jump in extreme weather?
  Think Progress collects comments from various climate scientists on whether warming may be contributing to recent extreme weather events in the U.S.
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• Pat Robertson Proves Global Warming is a Hoax: No SUVs On Mars!
  Dr. Michael Mann comments on the common misconception (recently discussed by Evangelist Pat Robertson) that warming on Mars proves that humans are not causing climate change on Earth.
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• Time for grown up debate on climate change
  Dr. Michael E. Mann presents this guest editorial in the Trentonian about the need to end attacks on climate scientists and debate the real issues facing us in a changing climate.
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• Letter to NASA is Common Ploy in Climate Change Denial
  A letter from 49 former employees of NASA asks the agency to stop supporting climate change research and publicizing the scientific results of that research. Dr. Michael Mann comments on this latest ploy in the climate denier playbook.
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• Zoo and Aquarium Visitors More Concerned About Climate Change than General Public
  A national survey shows that people who visit zoos and aquaria are more concerned about climate change and more willing to take action. This survey, part of the Climate Literacy Zoo Education Network (CLiZEN) project, determined that zoo and aquarium visitors are more likely to be connected to the animals and concerned about their future. Dr. Michael Mann is a collaborator on the CLiZEN project.
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• Besieged by Climate Deniers, A Scientist Decides to Fight Back
  Dr. Michael Mann published this commentary in the Yale Environment 360. In the commentary, he discusses the "climate wars" — ongoing attacks against climate scientists and their work.
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• Michael Mann - Climate Scientist
  Chris Crisman provides behind the scenes coverage of the photo shoot with Dr. Michael Mann for the Scientific American article.
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• Sociology professor draws Limbaugh’s ire
  Michael Mann comments on the recent targetting of University of Oregon professor Dr. Kari Norgaard by Rush Limbaugh and other conservative bloggers. Dr. Norgaard has received threats as a response to a misstatement of her research on attitudes toward climate change research and action.
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• Feds: 'Meterological March madness' mostly random
  This article from the Atlanta Journal and Constitution talks about the record-breaking warmth across the broad sections of the US in March 2012. While the warmth is considered to be random, Dr. Michael Mann discusses how climate change may be "loading the dice," and these types of events may occur more often.
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• Michael Mann 'Disappointed' In Obama's Global Warming Record
  Lucia Graves from the Huffington Post reports on an interview with Dr. Michael Mann about his views on the performance of President Obama and his administration on the issue of dealing with the changing climate.
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• Climate scientists and smear campaigns
  CNN presents this commentary from Dr. Michael Mann discussing the smear campaign against climate scientists. He compares this campaign to previous efforts to discredit those discussing the ill effects of tobacco and lead, and he posits that politicizing climate science has only led to a delay in taking the necessary decisive action.
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  A response from the Cost of Energy blog: "Why Michael Mann is a climate hero" >>
• Michael Mann, Off Battlefield, Discussing ‘Climate Wars’
  Andrew Freedman, of "Climate Central," discusses the attacks against Dr. Michael Mann and other scientists, and the ongoing "street fight" between climate scientists and their detractors.
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• Climate Wars Continue With More Heat Than Light
  Dr. Michael Mann responds to criticism of his work and his new book in this letter to the Wall Street Journal.
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• "SpinningPop" image of the day: Dr. Michael Mann
• Reader Rebuttal: Climate change research
  Dr. Michael Mann responds to recent mischaracterizations of his research in this article in the Orange County Register.
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• Catholic educational institutions teach the peer-reviewed science about climate change
  Dr. Michael Mann visited Bishop O'Connell High School in Virginia recently to discuss climate science with students. The students have been studying climate change and enjoyed the oppotunity to interact with a research scientist.
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• Ken Cuccinelli's Witch Hunt
  The Op-Ed in the Washington Post remarks on the end of recent legal battles concerning Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli and Dr. Michael Mann. The editors compare Cuccinelli's misuse of the legal system to a "witch hunt."
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• Michael Mann's statement on the Virginia Supreme Court's rejection of Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli's case against the University of Virginia
  Coverage of the ruling from the Chronicle of Higher Education >>
• Death threats, intimidation and abuse: climate change scientist Michael E. Mann counts the cost of honesty
  Robin McKie of The Observer talks about Michael Mann's new book and the attacks that climate scientists have endured.
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• Michael Mann's counterstrike in the climate wars
  In this opinion piece from the Los Angeles Times, Dan Turner discusses the ongoing "Climate Wars" and recommends Dr. Michael Mann's new book The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars.
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• Climate warrior puts it all on the line — including his life
  Time magazine profiles Dr. Michael Mann and details the attacks against him and his work over the past several years. These attacks are discussed in detail in the new book, The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars.
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• "Hockey Stick" scientist checks critics: A Q&A with Michael E. Mann
  In the March 2012 issue, Scientific American profiles Dr. Michael Mann, and the progression of his career as well as the attacks against him since the publication of the first "hockey stick" journal article in 1998.
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• Hockey-stick graph creator talks 'Climategate,' 'Denialgate' and resisting schadenfreude
  E&E News/ClimateWire present this interview with Dr. Michael Mann where he discusses his new book, attacks against climate scientists, and recent revealations about a prominent libertarian non-profit organization.
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• Climate denial in the classroom
  This editorial from the Los Angeles Times takes on recently released documents from the Heartland Institute and their campaign to spread misinformation to classrooms by challenging accepted scientific theories and attempting to discredit climate scientists like Dr. Michael Mann.
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• The inside story on climate scientists under siege
  The Guardian interviewed Dr. Michael Mann about the attacks lobbed at climate scientists from industry interests and others. These attacks are chronicled in his new book, The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches from the Front Lines.
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  Follow-up Q&A with Michael Mann >>
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• What’s it like to be climate scientist Michael Mann? Think bounty (not the good kind)
  Cara Horowitz at the blog Legal Planet covers the recent talk by Dr. Michael Mann at the UCLA Law School. The talk covered his new book as well as the ongoing campaign against Dr. Mann and other climate scientists.
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• Mann still scheduled to talk despite controversy
  Penn State's Daily Collegian remarks on the efforts of an industry group to convince Penn State administrators and the Penn State Forum Speaker Series to cancel a speech by Dr. Michael Mann. The speech, which covered topics like this type of campaign, went on as scheduled.
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  More coverage of the talk from the Centre Daily Times and Daily Collegian >>
  Audience member summary at Sustainability Now Blog >>
• Tree rings may underestimate climate response to volcanic eruptions
  A new study by Dr. Michael Mann and his colleagues posits that tree rings, often used as a proxy for temperature changes, may not capture intense short-term changes like cooling due to large volcanic eruptions. This study, published in Nature Geoscience, compares temperature reconstructions from tree-ring data to climate models driven by past volcanic eruptions.
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• Climate scientists not cowed by relentless climate change deniers
  Physics Today discusses the coordinated effort to undermine climate science by attacking and intimidated climate scientists. Dr. Michael Mann comments on the attacks which he discusses in his new book The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars.
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• Volcanic eruptions emerge as lead cause for Little Ice Age
  New research into the onset and timing of the Little Ice Ago posits that a series of volcanic eruptions in the tropics helped trigger the climatic shift. Dr. Michael Mann comments on the study.
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• Michael Mann touts skeptics, targets "deniers"
  The C-Ville Weekly covers the recent keynote speech given by Dr. Michael Mann at Enviroday 2012 at the University of Virginia. Mann discussed his upcoming book and the influence of media on the public's perception of science and scientists.
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• Mann elected Fellow of American Geophysical Union
  Dr. Michael Mann is among the scientists in 2012 class of elected Fellows of the American Geophysical Union (AGU).
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• Scientist says greenhouse gases causing global warming
  The News & Advance (Lynchburg, VA) covered the lastest lecture by Michael Mann on climate change and the need for urgent action to combat emissions.
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• Michael Mann: The climate scientist who the deniers have in their sights
  Dr. Michael Mann is profiled in this article from the Independent (UK). The article discusses the attacks against Mann's work since the publication of the first of his"hockey stick" journal articles in 1998.
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• Wild weather hits Latin America
  CBS News covers the recent spate of extreme weather in Latin America. Dr. Michael Mann comments on the role of climate change in weather events.
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• What do U.S. students know about climate change?
  In this article in the American Geophysical Union's EOS, Dr. Kevin Theissen discusses the state of climate change communication in undergraduate education. He acknowledges the roles of books such as Dr. Michael Mann's Dire Predictions in increasing climate science literacy.
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• Police Inquiry Prompts New Speculation on Who Leaked Climate-Change E-Mails
  The New York Times reports on the latest happenings in the search for the people who stole and released thousands of e-mails from several scientists, including Dr. Michael Mann. Dr. Mann comments on the latest progress.
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• The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars among the "Books to Read" in 2012
  Dr. Michael Mann's latest book, set to debut in 2012, is listing among the Irish Times' "Books to Read in 2012."
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• 2011's Most Fascinating Discoveries
  Michael Mann comments on some of the most interesting science stories of 2011, including a study on the effects of climate change on certain types of weather.
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• Michael Mann, le chercheur pourchassé
  Le Monde profiles Dr. Michael Mann and discusses his upcoming book on the war against climate science.
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• AGU Meeting: Michael Mann heads for the zoo
  One of Michael Mann's talks at the recent American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting was about the ability of zoos to help communicate the dangers of climate change on the natural world. Environmental Research Web summarizes the talk as well as the Climate Change Literacy Initiative, a collaboration between zoos, researchers, and other groups.
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  Article from ClimateWire on the zoo collaboration >>
  Article from National Geographic's Daily News Watch on the zoo collaboration >>
  
• Climate contrarians ignore overwhelming evidence
  Dr. Michael Mann responds to attacks from climate contrarians in general and a recent diatribe in the Wall Street Journal in this letter to the editor.
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• Sticking to Climate Science
  Dr. Michael Mann responds to Scientific American's recent interview of Dr. Richard Muller.
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• A discernable human influence: Schneider and climate change
  Miller-McCune covers the impact of Dr. Stephen Schneider on climate science and communication following a memorial symposium in late August. ESSC director Dr. Michael Mann comments on the support and vision that Schneider provided for the community.
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• Federal auditors find no evidence to support 'Climategate' accusations
  The National Science Foundation (NSF) has ended its investigation of ESSC Director Dr. Michael Mann after declaring, "No direct evidence has been presented that indicates [he] fabricated the raw data he used for his research or falsified his results." This is the latest organization to declare the climate-change research to be valid.
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• Pillars of Climate Art Installation
  An art installation at NOAA's National Climatic Data Center combines art and sculpture with climate science. The work features the research of Dr. Michael Mann, among others.
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• Record-breaking heat might be here to stay
  July was a record-breaking month for many areas of the United States, including a record-hot July in Wilmington, DE. Dr. Michael Mann comments in this Delaware News Journal story that this sultry pattern may become more frequent with greenhouse gas-induced climate change.
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• Sulphur from Chinese power stations 'masking' climate change
  A recent scientific paper in Proceedings of the National Academies of Science argues that increasing sulfur emissions from power plants in China have led to a flattening of the global surface temperature curve over 1998-2008. Dr. Michael Mann comments on the study in these two reports.
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• Climate-change politics: The sceptic meets his match
  This article from Nature News highlights the systematic attacks of the Heartland Institute and its leader Joe Bast on the science of climate change. Despite efforts to cherry-pick contrarian results to cast doubt on the credibility and consensus of the science, more scientists (85% in 2008) agree that human activity plays a role in climate change. ESSC director Dr. Michael Mann comments.
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• The front line of climate wars
  ESSC director Dr. Michael Mann recently gave a lecture at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies in Millbrook, NY. His talk focused on the reality of climate change and the continuing research on quantifying impacts. He also addressed the attacks he has endured as a result of his work on climate change.
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• Experts warn epic weather ravaging US could worsen
  AFP writes about this year's extreme weather and the likelihood of extremes under the current climate change scenario. Dr. Michael Mann offers his insight on the effects of warming on extreme events.
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• Salt marsh sediments help gauge climate-change-induced sea level rise
  Scientists, including ESSC director Dr. Michael Mann, have recently released a new 2,000 year record of changes in sea level. This new record, derived from salt water sediment cores taken from the salt water marshes of North Carolina, should provide further insight into past and future climate change.
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• 2011 Atlantic hurricane season prediction calls for above average activity
  ESSC Scientist Michael Mann and researcher Michael Kozar have released their prediction for the 2011 North Atlantic hurricane season, which starts on June 1st. The prediction is for 16.25 +/- 4.0 total named storms, which corresponds to between 12 and 20 storms with a best estimate of 16 named storms.
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• ESSC Director elected to AAAS Office
  ESSC Director Dr. Michael Mann has recently been elected to a 4-year term as Member-at-Large of the Atmospheric and Hydrospheric Sciences Section of American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
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• Dr. Michael E. Mann: Get the anti-science bent out of politics
  ESSC Director Dr. Michael Mann's recent op-ed in the Washington Post remarks on the political implications of recent attacks on climate science.
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• NSF Awards Major Climate Change Education Grant to Consortium
  The National Science Foundation has awarded a Climate Change Education grant to a consortium of zoos, universities, and other institutions. This group, led by the Chicago Zoological Society, includes the Earth System Science Center.
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• Wildlife study says summer heat waves to rise locally
  Ed Perry of the National Wildlife Federation appeared with ESSC director Dr. Michael Mann and others to present the latest update to the Federation's regional outlook titled, "More Extreme Heat Waves: Global Warming’s Wake Up Call."
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• ESSC Director Mann comments on Penn State RA-10 Inquiry
  ESSC Director Dr. Michael Mann has issued the following statement regarding the recent Penn State Inquiry: "I am very pleased that, after a thorough review, the independent Penn State committee found no evidence to support any of the allegations against me."
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• Mann and Kozar release 2010 Atlantic hurricane season prediction
  ESSC director Dr. Michael Mann and graduate student Michael Kozar have recently released their prediction for the 2010 Atlantic hurricane season, which runs from 1 June to 30 November. Mann and Kozar predict an extremely active season due to warmer than average sea surface temperatures in the tropical Atlantic Ocean and projections of near-neutral or slightly cool ENSO conditions.
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• Researchers make prediction for 2009 North Atlantic Hurricane Season
  Dr. Michael Mann and graduate student Tom Sabbatelli have made a prediction for the 2009 Hurricane season using the statistical model outlined in their 2007 paper in the Journal of Geophysical Research.
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• Climate change show features Penn State faculty
  Dr. Michael Mann and Dr. Richard Alley were both interviewed for a program called "How do we know? Physics, Forcings, and Fingerprints," which is part of the National Science Foundation's "To What Degree? What Science is Telling Us About Climate Change" series on the Research Channel.
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• New Research Shows Antarctica Melting, Not Cooling
  A new study published in the journal Nature takes a closer look at climate trends in Antarctica and finds that the continent is warming. Co-authored by Dr. Michael Mann, the study represents a reversal from earlier beliefs that Antarctica was cooling.
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• Mann pens new book on global warming and the IPCC report
  Dr. Michael Mann and Dr. Lee Kump have recently published a new book: Dire Predictions: Understanding Global Warming.
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• Global warming greatest in the past decade
  Dr. Michael Mann has recently published a new article in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences detailing the latest reconstructions of the temperature record for the past 1300 years. This research shows that the temperatures in the last decade are the warmest over this period.
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• Climate Ethics and Real Climate named one of the Top Green web sites by Time magazine
  Climate change blogs Climate Ethics (created by Penn State's Rock Ethics Institute) and Real Climate (co-founded by Dr. Michael Mann) were among the Top 15 Green web sites recognized by Time magazine in the April 28, 2008 special environmental issue.
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• Past hurricane counts accurate
  Dr. Michael Mann and his student Thomas Sabbatelli have examined the hurricane and tropical storm counts back to 1870 and determined that the counts are largely reliable, disputing earlier claims that the counts may be underestimating by as much as 3 storms per year. This research is presented in a paper published in Geophysical Research Letters.
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• Dr. Michael Mann part of Nobel-winning IPCC panel
  The 2007 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to former Vice President Al Gore and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
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• Geotimes Profiles: Gavin Schmidt and Michael Mann
  Carolyn Gramling of Geotimes presents this discussion with the creators of RealClimate.org, including Dr. Michael Mann.
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• Big storms double since last century
  Discovery News tackles a recently published journal article about the increasing frequency of tropical cyclones in the North Atlantic in the last century. Dr. Michael Mann comments on the article and correlation of rising sea surface temperatures to tropical cyclone activity.
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• More Forecasts of an Active Atlantic Hurricane Season
  Science blogger Chris Mooney reports on predictions of another active hurricane season in the North Atlantic. He also points to an upcoming paper in the Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres from Mr. Thomas Sabbatelli and Dr. Michael Mann on a new tropical forecasting method which takes into account both sea surface temperatures (SSTs) and the state of the El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO).
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• A Convenient Untruth
  Vanity Fair's "Green Issue" for May 2007 features this article where various scientists and experts, including Dr. Michael Mann, respond to comments from climate change skeptics. Dr. Mann responds to various criticisms surrounding the "hockey-stick" graph of temperatures over the past millennia. The ESSC is also mentioned as a resource for this "Green Issue."
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• Is Earth near its 'tipping points' from global warming?
  USA Today reports on potentially devastating impacts of climate change on the planet based on the recent report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Dr. Michael Mann cautions that the report's conclusions may be a bit conservative, since it lacks input from groundbreaking research from the last several months.
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• Scientists debate the influence of solar activity on observed warming
  In this article from LiveScience, the debate over solar activity and global warming is presented. Astronomers have noted warming trends on other planets, leading them to speculate that Earth's warming is also influenced by increased solar activity. Dr. Michael Mann counters that changes in solar activity accounts for a small fraction (less than 1%) of Earth's warming.
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• The Ununited States, When It Comes to the Weather
  Recent record snowstorms in the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains while the eastern seaboard experience spring-like record warmth has demonstrated how different parts of the United States can have differing opinions on the state of climate due to local weather conditions. The New York Times examines this issue, interviewing Dr. Michael Mann and others.
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