|
|
|
Below is a sampling of the newspaper and magazine articles that have
been written about the activities and achievements of the Department
and its faculty and students over the past 5 years, ordered chronologically.
Sources are in brackets.
Online and
Offline
Sources
|
|
Online Sources
08/05/2005 [Washington Post]
A BID TO CHILL THINKING / BEHIND JOE BARTON'S ASSAULT ON CLIMATE SCIENTISTS
Michael Mann , an environmental sciences professor, was
cited today in a column in the Washington Post.
08/05/2005 [Charlottesville Daily Progress.
RISING TEMPERATURES STIFLE RESIDENTS
Jerry Stenger , research coordinator at the climatology office, was
quoted today in a Charlottesville Daily Progress.
08/05/2005 [Charlottesville Daily Progress.
RISING TEMPERATURES STIFLE RESIDENTS
Jerry Stenger , research coordinator at the climatology office, was
quoted today in a Charlottesville Daily Progress.
06/10/2005 [National Public Radio]
VIRGINIA ON THE ROCKS
From the Tredegar Iron Works of the Confederacy to the soapstone quarries near
Charlottesville to the caverns of the Shenandoah Valley, geology has helped
create the natural and historical landscape of Virginia. Geologist Ernest Ern
(U.Va.’s College at Wise) discusses the rocks and topography of the Commonwealth.
Also featured: At the turn-of-the-century, former slaves and freedmen, and immigrants
from Eastern Europe and Italy, worked side-by-side on the farms and in the coal fields
of Appalachia. History professor Richard Straw (Radford) takes a look at these often
overlooked people of the Appalachian region.
"With Good Reason," produced by the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities,
is broadcast on 10 public radio stations in Virginia and Washington. Each week,
scholars from Virginia's public colleges and universities explore the worlds of
literature, science, the arts, politics, history and business. For complete listings
of shows and times visit the program's Web site at http://www.withgoodreasonradio.org.
Listen to "With Good Reason" tonight at 7 on WMRA-Harrisonburg (103.5 FM)
06/10/2005 [Coalfield Progress]
ERN DISCUSSES FIRST IMPRESSIONS
Clinch Valley College had been open just five years when Ernest Ern
made his first visit here in 1959. The site, the county poor farm before the
college's founding in 1954, had little in the way of landscaping. "It was barren,
" Ern remembers. Three buildings dotted the campus landscape, Ern says —
Crockett Hall, the just completed gymnasium and Martha Randolph Hall, now
known as Bowers-Sturgill Hall and home to the chancellor's office. And dirt
was being moved on Cemetery Hill, Ern recalls, which would later feature
such academic buildings as Zehmer Hall, the Science Building and college library.
Today, the college, now known as University of Virginia's College at Wise,
has tons more, from a five-story student center and campus lake to
residence halls and athletic fields.
06/10/2005 [Coalfield Progress]
ERN REFLECTS ON SERVICE AS COLLEGE CHANCELLOR
University of Virginia's College at Wise is a special place, chancellor Ernest Ern
says. "People believe in this place. The faculty believe in it. The students believe in it.
And, as a result, the alumni are very supportive of it," Ern said. The college has a
wonderful faculty, Ern says. Students think positively of their professors, he says,
and alumni have fond remembrances about the faculty and their time as students
here. Ern uses the word "solid" when talking about college staff, faculty and administration.
And the students are "very hardworking" and thankful for the opportunities they have at UVa-Wise.
Ern, 72, says he had a "very special run" at the University of Virginia, where he worked from
1962 until retiring in 2000. He taught geology and held several administrative positions while there.
His one-year appointment as UVa-Wise chancellor has been the icing on the cake, the "cream on top."
that appointment is coming to a close. Ern will work through the end of this month before he and
wife Petie return to Charlottesville and the state of Maine to resume an active retirement life.
05/10/2005 [New York Times]
A WEB OF SENSORS, TAKING EARTH'S PULSE
Bruce Hayden , an environmental science professor, is
quoted today in a New York Times article.
04/11/2005 [ Sydney [Australia] Morning Herald]
A COLD, HARD LOOK AT A HOT TOPIC
Michael Mann , an environmental sciences professor, was
mentioned Saturday in a Sydney [Australia] Morning Herald article.
(Subscriber access only; text available upon request)
03/24/2005 [The Associated Press]
REPORT: RIVERS MAY GET TOO HOT FOR FISH
Pat Michaels , an environmental sciences professor, was quoted Thursday
in an Associated Press article.
03/07/2005 [The Philadelphia Inquirer]
RANKING STORMS, BEFORE AND AFTER
Bob Davis & Robert Dolan , environmental sciences professors, are quoted
today in a Philadelphia Inquirer article.
03/07/2005 [Richmond Times-Dispatch]
PERCEPTION VS. REALITY / WACKY WEATHER GIVES FALSE CLUES ABOUT LONG-TERM TRENDS
Pat Michaels , an environmental sciences professor, wrote a
commentary that appeared Sunday in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
03/07/2005 [Pittsburgh Tribune]
HUMANS MAY NOT BE THE BIGGEST VILLAINS
Bill Ruddiman , an environmental sciences professor, is quoted
today in a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review commentary.
03/07/2005 [Washington Times]
SNOW JOBS ON CLIMATE CHANGE
Pat Michaels , an environmental sciences professor, wrote a
commentary that appeared in Sunday's Washington Times
03/07/2005 [ [London] Sunday Telegraph]
EARTH AVOIDS SECOND ICE AGE
Here’s a tricky little dilemma for you. Right now, Earth should be in the grips of the next ice age,
according to US climate scientist William Ruddiman. He says the only reason it isn't frozen is because
of the greenhouse effect. In other words, our polluting ways have prevented Earth from plunging back
into icy conditions. What's more, Ruddiman, emeritus professor at the University of Virginia, says our
ancestors started releasing greenhouse gases 8,000 years ago. If Ruddiman is right, the gases of the
modern age have actually done humans a favour.
(Subscriber access only; text available upon request)
02/16/2005 [ CNSNews.com]
ENVIRONMENTALISTS STILL SQUABBLING AS KYOTO PROTOCOL TAKES EFFECT
Pat Michaels , an environmental sciences professor, was
a CNSNews.com story.
02/16/2005 [Greenwire]
CLIMATE CHANGE: EPA-FUNDED STUDY LINKS SEA-LEVEL RISE TO FUTURE FLOODING IN BOSTON
Michael Mann , an environmental sciences professor, was
quoted Tuesday in a Greenwire report.
(Subscriber access only; text available upon request)
02/14/2005 [Wall Street Journal]
GLOBAL WARRING: IN CLIMATE DEBATE, THE `HOCKEY STICK' LEADS TO A FACE-OFF
/ NONSCIENTIST ASSAILS A GRAPH ENVIRONMENTALISTS USE, AND HE GETS A HEARING
/ DEFENDERS CALL ATTACK POLITICAL
Michael Mann , an environmental sciences professor, was
quoted today in a Wall Street Journal article.
(Subscriber access only; text available upon request)
02/14/2005 [Toronto Star]
Commentary: SCIENTIFIC DIN DISTORTING KYOTO MESSAGE / PUBLIC ILL-SERVED
BY FEUDING SCIENTISTS
Michael Mann , an environmental sciences professor, was
mentioned Saturday in a Toronto Star commentary
01/31/2005 [National Post]
Commentary: LET SCIENCE DEBATE BEGIN
Michael Mann, an environmental sciences professor, quoted in a National Post article.
(text available upon request)
01/31/2005 [National Post]
CANADIANS FIND FLAW IN KYOTO 'HOCKEY STICK' / GLOBAL WARMING DEBATE
Michael Mann, an environmental sciences professor, quoted in a National Post article.
(text available upon request)
01/24/2005 [The [Edinburgh] Scotsman]
MAN-MADE GREENHOUSE GASES SAVED WORLD FROM BIG FREEZE
Humans may have unwittingly saved themselves from a looming ice age by interfering with the
Earth’s climate, according to a new study. The findings from a team of American climate experts
suggest that were it not for greenhouse gases produced by humans, the world would be well on
the way to a frozen Armageddon. ... The research was carried out by an American team, led by
WILLIAM RUDDIMAN FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA IN CHARLOTTESVILLE, who used a
climate model to test what would happen if these greenhouse gases were reduced to their "natural" level.
01/14/2005 [FOX News]
Pat Michaels, an environmental sciences professor, was a guest Thursday on
Fox News' "Special Report with Brit Hume." He discussed global warming.
(No link; transcript available upon request)
01/13/2005 [The Daily Progress]
WARM SPELL STALLS RESORT
Jerry Stenger, research coordinator at the state climatology office at U.Va.
was quoted Wednesdayin a Daily Progress article
01/13/2005 [The Richmond Times-Dispatch]
`OSCILLATION' BRINGS WET, WARM WINTER
Pat Michaels, an environmental sciences professor,
was quoted Wednesday in a Richmond Times-Dispatch article.
01/10/2005 [American Prospect]
Commentary: WARMED OVER
Michael Mann , an environmental sciences professor, was
mentioned in an American Prospect commentary.
01/10/2005 [Jan. 8 edition of New Scientist]
Heads in the sand!
Pat Michaels, an environmental sciences professor, had his book
“Meltdown: The Preditable Distortion of Global Warming by Scientists, Politicians and the Media,”
reviewed in the Jan. 8 edition of New Scientist
01/01/2005 [ Le Monde (Paris)]
SUR REALCLIMATE.ORG, DES SPÉCIALISTES TRAQUENT IMPOSTURES ET ERREURS SCIENTIFIQUES
Michael Mann, a professor of environmental sciences, was quoted Saturday in Le Monde [Paris].
12/29/2004 [Albuquerque [N.M.] Journal]
MUDDY STUDIES / UNM PROFESSOR HOPES TO GET THE DIRT ON NORTHERN NEW MEXICO'S CLIMATE HISTORY
Michael Mann, a professor of environmental sciences, was quoted in an Albuquerque [N.M.] Journal.
12/28/2004 [A&S Online]
Study abroad -- in Charlottesville
The department of environmental sciences, for example, has cultivated ties
with researchers and institutions in southern Africa for more than a decade.
Bob Swap, research associate professor, has been one of the
leaders in this initiative.
12/14/2004 [UVA TOP NEWS]
Living Wisely with Nitrogen
James Galloway, professor of environmental sciences, examines the
role of nitrogen in the terrestrial ecosystem.
12/14/2004 [UVA TOP NEWS]
At the Intersection of Forest and Sky
Jose Fuentes, associate professor of environmental sciences, at a data collection
tower in rural Virginia.
12/14/2004 [UVA TOP NEWS]
Adding People to the Environmental Equation
Research Associate Professor, Bob Swap, organizes international research
collaborations in Southern Africa.
12/14/2004 [UVA TOP NEWS]
How Streams Resist Acid Rain
Not all streams in the park, however, are equally vulnerable to acid rain. As
graduate student Jeffrey Chanat notes, a key determinant is
the bedrock over which they flow.
12/15/2004 [The Environmental Magazine]
IS GLOBAL WARMING REAL?
Pat Michaels, a research professor of environmental sciences and a senior fellow
12/01/2004 [UVA TOP NEWS]
Sinking Carbon in the Swamp
Sarah Lawson, graduate student, with professors Patricia Wiberg and Karen McGlathery,
works on plant life restoration at Virginia Coastal Reserve Long-Term Ecological
Research on Virginia’s Eastern Shore.
11/28/2004 [Washington Times]
CLIMATE: IS THE 'HOCKEY STICK' BROKEN?
Michael Mann, an assistant professor of environmental sciences, was
mentioned Sunday in a Washington Times article.
11/19/2004 [UVA TOP NEWS]
Sinking Carbon in the Swamp
If you picture environmental scientists as carefree adventurers who loll about in
some of the world’s most exotic locales, consider the case of graduate student Jordan Barr.
For several weeks during the spring of 2003, he and his colleagues labored to erect a thirty-meter
tower in a mangrove swamp in southern Florida.
11/13/2004 [The Economist]
A CANARY IN THE COAL MINE / CLIMATE CHANGE
Pat Michaels , environmental sciences professor, is quoted
in the Nov. 13 issue of The Economist
11/11/2004 [UVA Top News]
Rethinking Our Assumptions about Everglades Restoration
Jay Zieman , who has devoted more than thirty- five years
to studying the Florida Bay, developed the conceptual model that explained
not only why the seagrasses disappeared, but also why they were there in
such abundance in the first place.
11/10/2004 [UVA Top News]
NATIONAL ECOLOGICAL OBSERVATORY NETWORK BEING PLANNED
Bruce Hayden , U.Va. professor of environmental sciences,
has been chosen by the National Science Foundation to head a national team
of scientists in planning a multimillion-dollar National Ecological Observatory Network.
10/27/2004 [Hampton Roads Daily Press]
IT COULD'VE BEEN AN EVEN WETTER SUMMER
Jerry Stenger , research coordinator in U.Va.'s State Climatology
office, is quoted today in a Hampton Roads Daily Press article
10/27/2004 [Inside UVA Online]
TAKING STOCK OF VIRGINIA MOUNTAIN STREAMS
10/08/2004 [Albuquerque [N.M.] Journal]
EPIC DROUGHT' MAY AID RESEARCH
Michael Mann , environmental sciences professor, was quoted Friday in an Albuquerque [N.M.] Journal.
10/05/2004 [New York Times]
NEW RESEARCH QUESTIONS UNIQUENESS OF RECENT WARMING
Michael Mann , environmental sciences professor, was quoted Tuesday in the New York Times.
10/04/2004 [New Scientist]
MODELS MAY UNDERESTIMATE CLIMATE SWINGS
Michael Mann , environmental sciences professor, was quoted Thursday in a New Scientist magazine.
10/01/2004 [Nature]
PAST CLIMATE CHANGE QUESTIONED / SWINGS IN TEMPERATURE MIGHT BE MORE
COMMON THAN THOUGHT.
Michael Mann , environmental sciences professor, was quoted Thursday in a Nature magazine.
9/27/2004 [Lynchburg News & Advance]
LITTLE EVIDENCE LINKING GLOBAL WARMING TO STORMS
Michael Mann and Pat Michaels, environmental sciences professors, were quoted Sunday in a Lynchburg News & Advance article.
8/17/2004 [BBC News]
CLIMATE LEGACY OF 'HOCKEY STICK'
The work of Michael Mann, an environmental sciences
professor, was cited Monday in a BBC News article.
8/17/2004 [Washington Times]
GLOBAL-WARMING SCIENCE MELTDOWN
Pat Michaels, an environmental sciences professor, co-authored
a commentary that appeared Monday in the Washington Times.
8/17/2004 [Hampton Roads Daily Press]
WETTER THAN EVER
Jerry Stenger, research coordinator for U.Va.'s State Cllimatology Office,
is quoted today in a Hampton Roads Daily Press article.
6/25/2004 [INSIDE UVA]
Immersed in science
San Salvador, Bahamas — Students get their gills wet in ‘Academical Village Tropicale’
An article on Biology 350, an intensive three-week, four-credit study abroad course
in marine biology and coral reef ecology involving memebers and students from our department.
6/1/2004 [Richmond Times-Dispatch]
ENJOY THE FESTIVAL WEEKEND: FORECASTERS SAY SUMMER LOOKS HOT, DRY
Jerry Stenger research coordinator for the State Climatology Office
at U.Va., was quoted Saturday in a Roanoke Times article.
By Shawntaye Hopkins of the Roanoke Times
6/1/2004 [Hobart [Australia] Mercury ]
CHILL OF WARMING (No link found)
Bill Ruddiman, an environmental sciences professor, had his work
cited in a Reuters News Service article appearing Saturday in the
Hobart [Australia] Mercury. By Ed Stoddard of Reuters for the Hobart [Australia] Mercury.
6/1/2004 [See sources and links below to this topic on the movie "The Day after Tomorrow"]
-
END OF THE WORLD, AGAIN / MOVIE: 'THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW' ELICITS
CHUCKLES FROM SCIENTISTS WHILE EVOKING SOME SERIOUS DISCUSSION OF THE
IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE By Frank D. Roylance of the Baltimore Sun
-
POLITICIZING A SUMMER MOVIE / SHOULD SCIENCE FICTION MOVIES BE FODDER FOR POLITICAL DEBATE?
MSNBC's "Deborah Norville Tonight"
-
CLIMATE FLICK FAVORS FANTASY OVER FACT By Michael Coren of CNN.com
6/01/2004 [Richmond Times-Dispatch]
CLIMATE THRILLER MAY BE HOT AIR
Pat Michaels and Michael Mann are quoted today in a Richmond Times-Dispatch article.
5/21/2004 [Richmond Times-Dispatch]
CLIMATE THRILLER MAY BE HOT AIR
Pat Michaels and Michael Mann are quoted today in a Richmond Times-Dispatch article.
5/24/2004 [Reuters News Service]
CLIMATE CHANGE: BOOM OR BUST FOR BIODIVERSITY?
Bill Ruddiman an environmental sciences professor, was quoted Thursday in a Reuters News Service article.
4/22/2004 [American Prospect]
EARTH LAST / JAMES INHOFE PROVES "FLAT EARTH" DOESN'T REFER TO OKLAHOMA
Michael Mann an environmental sciences professor, is cited in the Mar 7 edition of American Prospect
4/04/2004 [Sacramento [Calif.] Bee]
DID WE START WARMING 5,000 YEARS AGO?
Bill Ruddiman professor emeritus of environmental sciences, was quoted Sunday
in a Sacramento [Calif.] Bee article.
3/29/2004 [Winchester Star]
THE BUZZ IS COMING BACK / CICADAS' ANNOYING SONGS WILL BLANKET THE AREA IN MAY
T'ai H. Roulston, associate director of Blandy Experimental Farm and State Arboretum of Virginia
and an adjunct faculty member at the University, was quoted Saturday in a Winchester Star article.
3/23/2004 [New York Times]
CLIMATE DEBATE GETS ITS ICON: MT. KILIMANJARO
Pat Michaels, an environmental sciences professor, is quoted today in a New York Times article.
3/18/2004 [San Diego Union-Tribune]
THE ORIGINS OF HUMAN-INFLUENCED CLIMATE CHANGE MAY BE TRACED BACK 5,000 YEARS
Global warming is usually presumed to be a modern problem: a byproduct of the
Industrial Revolution and its intensive use of carbon dioxide-producing fossil fuels.
But humans have been changing the earth's climate for thousands of years, says
William Ruddiman, an emeritus professor of environmental sciences
from the University of Virginia. And the changes have been substantial.
2/27/2004 [UVA Top News]
DISCOVERING NEW LIFE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA:
STUDENTS IN SUBS FIND SEA FLOOR ALIVE WITH COLOR
Through projects led by Steve Macko, professor of environmental sciences, U.Va. students
have, during the past five years, made 31 ocean expeditions for the prospect of diving to
the sea floor off the coast of the Carolinas and in the Gulf of Mexico. They have gone as
deep as two miles below the surface and have found strange and fascinating creatures.
2/24/2004 [www.nationalgeographic.com]
Calls in the Wild!
Mike Garstang has a nice article written about his elephant work and
sound communication in the March 2004 issue of National Geographic magazine.
2/23/2004 [Cavalier Daily]
Scientist says winter one of harshest in recent past!
Although recent warm temperatures may have lulled students into a false sense of security
that winter's end is near, Environmental Sciences Prof. Robert E. Davis said this year's winter
has in fact been one of the most severe in recent past and there still is more arctic air ahead.
2/23/2004 [Richmond Times-Dispatch]
Scientist says winter one of harshest in recent past!
Although recent warm temperatures may have lulled students into a false sense of security
that winter's end is near, Environmental Sciences Prof. Robert E. Davis said this year's winter
has in fact been one of the most severe in recent past and there still is more arctic air ahead.
2/15/2004 [The Washington Post]
BLANDY EXPERIMENTAL FARM
Tired of looking at dead brown stuff in your yard? Head to the Virginia arboretum for
inspiration to jazz up your winter-weary plot.
This 700-acre former country estate is now a research facility for the University of
Virginia and is open for strolling every day from dawn until dusk. Against a backdrop
of undulating foothills, you can stick to self-guided trails or blaze your own path.
2/12/2004 [Richmond Times-Dispatch]
MARS ATTRACTS! / IMAGINATION AND SCIENCE CONTINUE TO FUEL A PREOCCUPATION WITH EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE!
Robert Rood, chairman of the astronomy department, and Steve Macko, an environmental sciences
professor, were quoted Thursday in a Richmond Times-Dispatch article.
1/19/2004 [Discover Channel, Canada website]
ANCIENT DIETS!
Steve Macko, an environmental science professor, appears in a short webclip about his research into ancient diets.
1/17/2004 [an Australian publication, The Age]
GLOBAL WARMING: A LOAD OF HOT AIR? / DESPITE FREAK WEATHER
AND LOOMING EXTINCTIONS, SCIENTISTS ARE DIVIDED BY A NEW
ROW OVER WHETHER GLOBAL WARMING MATTERS -
A ROW THE WORLD'S POLITICIANS HAVE BEEN QUICK
TO EXPLOIT AS THE KYOTO TREATY APPROACHES DEADLINE
Pat Michaels, an environmental science professor, was quoted Saturday in an Australian publication, The Age.
12/18/2003 [The Guardian [London]]
IS GLOBAL WARMING 8,000 YEARS OLD?
Humans began altering the climate 8,000 years ago, a leading climate scientist has claimed.
Massive clearance and irrigation for agriculture released huge amounts of greenhouse gases
into the atmosphere, says William Ruddiman of the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.
12/16/2003 [Arts & Sciences, UVA]
A CHANGE IN THE WEATHER: GARSTANG PURSUES WEATHER MODIFICATION
12/16/2003 [Chemical & Engineering News]
CLIMATE CHANGE / EARTH IS WARMING, AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES -
LARGELY ATTRIBUTABLE TO GREENHOUSE GASES - ARE DRAMATIC
AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN THE ARCTIC
Michael Mann, an environmental sciences professor, was quoted Monday in a
story in the Chemical & Engineering News.
12/10/2003 [See sources and links below to this research story]
-
SCIENTIST LINKS MAN TO CLIMATE OVER THE AGES By Kenneth Chang of The New York Times
-
SCIENTISTS MEASURE HUMAN IMPACT ON CLIMATE By Andrew Bridges of The Associated Press
-
MAN HAS BEEN CHANGING CLIMATE FOR 8,000 YEARS / AGRICULTURE MAY HAVE
RELEASED HUGE AMOUNTS OF GREENHOUSE GASES INTO ATMOSPHERE. By Betsy Mason of Nature
-
EARLY FARMERS WARMED EARTH'S CLIMATE From New Scientist / Dec. 11 issue
- HUMANS BEGAN GLOBAL WARMING 8,000 YEARS AGO By Elaine Monaghan of the Times of London (Registration required)
-
HUMANS' 10,000-YEAR WARMING HABIT By Richard Black of the BBC
-
STUDY POINTS TO EARLY ORIGINS OF GLOBAL WARMING By Ehsan Masood of ScieDevNet
-
Commentary: GETTING REAL ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE / IT'S HAPPENING, SO LET'S END THE GUILT AND IMPLEMENT SOLUTIONS By Simon Smith of BetterHumans.com
STORY 1
Humans have altered the world's climate by generating heat-trapping gases since almost the
beginning of civilization and even prevented the start of an ice age several thousand years ago,
a scientist said on Tuesday. Most scientists attribute a rise in global temperatures over the
past century in part to emissions of carbon dioxide by human activities like driving cars and
operating factories. Dr. William Ruddiman, an emeritus professor at the University of Virginia,
said at a meeting of the American Geophysical Union here that humans' effect on climate
went back nearly 10,000 years to when people gave up hunting and gathering and began farming.
STORY 2
Measurements of ancient air bubbles trapped in Antarctic ice offered evidence that humans have
been changing the global climate since thousands of years before the industrial revolution.
Beginning 8,000 years ago, atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide began to rise as humans started
clearing forests, planting crops and raising livestock, a scientist said Tuesday. Methane levels
started increasing 3,000 years later. The combined increases of the two greenhouse gases
implicated in global warming were slow but steady and staved off what should have been a
period of significant natural cooling, said Bill Ruddiman, emeritus professor at the University of Virginia.
STORY 3
Humans began altering the climate 8,000 years ago, long before the industrial revolution, claims a leading
climate scientist. Massive clearance and irrigation for agriculture released huge amounts greenhouse gases
into the atmosphere, says Bill Ruddiman, of the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.
STORY 4
Our tampering with Earth's climate did not begin just a few decades or centuries ago, but 8000 years before,
with the birth of agriculture. This controversial theory drastically widens the debate about the timing and extent
of humans' impact on the Earth. Bill Ruddiman, a climate scientist at the University of Virginia
in Charlottesville, started to suspect that ancient human activities have affected the climate when he noticed a
telltale discrepancy in levels of greenhouse gases revealed by ice cores.
12/10/2003 [Raleigh [N.C.] News & Observer]
OUTER BANKS AN IDEAL LABORATORY / STEADY WIND, DUNES AIDED EXPERIMENTS
Robert Dolan, an environmental sciences professor, is quoted today in a
Raleigh [N.C.] News & Observer article on the Wright brothers' first flight 100 years ago.
12/08/2003 [Scripps Howard News Service]
COMMENTARY: ENDANGERED SPECIES / KYOTO PROTOCOL MAY BE ABOUT TO BE PUT OUT OF ITS MISERY
Michael Mann, an environmental sciences professor, had his research cited Sunday in a Scripps Howard News Service
12/08/2003 [Denver Post]
UNSTABLE CLIMATE LINKED TO POLLUTION / BOULDER EXPERTS CITE CAUSES OF WARMING
Pat Michaels, an environmental sciences professor, was quoted Friday in a Denver Post.
12/08/2003 [UVA TOP NEWS]
Blandy Experiment Farm wins grant to expand educational programs.
Blandy Experimental Farm, a research station for environmental sciences
located near Winchester, will enhance its educational programs, thanks to a grant from the
Institute for Museum and Library Services.
12/01/2003 [Portland Oregonian]
Research Notebook
Michael Mann, an environmental sciences professor,
was quoted Wednesday in a research notebook column in the Portland Oregonian.
12/01/2003 [Newport News Daily Press]
WE'LL BE COLD, WARM, WET OR DRY / FORECASTERS HEDGE ON WINTER OUTLOOK; ALMANACS AT ODDS
Jerry Stenger, research coordinator for the state climatology office
at the U.Va., was quoted in a Sunday Newport News Daily Press article.
11/24/2003 [UVA TOPNEWS]
Volcanic Eruptions May Affect El Nino Onset
“Our results suggest that the atmospheric cooling from an eruption may help nudge
the climate system towards producing an El Niño event,” said study co-author
Michael Mann, an assistant professor of environmental sciences at the University of Virginia.
11/21/2003 [Science Daily]
Volcanic Eruptions May Affect El Nino Onset
A new study by scientists at the University of Virginia (UVa) in Charlottesville and
the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado,
suggests that explosive volcanic eruptions in the tropics may increase the
probability of an El Niño event occurring during the winter following the eruption.
11/21/2003 [Discoverynews.com]
Study: Volcanoes Unleash El Niño
Climate experts led by Brad Adams of the University of Virginia looked at
so-called geological indicators — dust preserved in polar ice cores as well as tree rings and
coral growth that reflect sudden changes in the climate — and compared this with the dates
of major known eruptions from 1649 onwards.
11/20/2003 [See sources and links below to this research story]
ERUPTION, THEN EL NIÑO? / WHEN A VOLCANO BLOWS, THE CHANCES MAY DOUBLE, ACCORDING TO NEW RESEARCH By A.J. Hostetler of the Richmond Times-Dispatch
STUDY: VOLCANOES MIGHT DOUBLE CHANCES OF EL NIÑO By Jim Erickson of the Rocky Mountain News
VOLCANOES KICK-START EL NIÑO / ERUPTIONS MAKE NATURAL CLIMATE SWINGS TWICE AS LIKELY By Philip Ball of Nature
VOLCANOES FEED EL NIÑO: STUDY By CBC News
VOLCANOES MAY BE PRECURSORS TO EL NIÑOS By United Press International
VOLCANIC EL NIÑO THEORY ERUPTS By Anna Salleh of Australia Broadcasting Channel
VOLCANOES HELP UNLEASH EL NIÑO DISASTER STUDY By Agence France Presse / Wednesday (No link found)
Mike Mann & Brad Adams in the news:
A new study reveals that a tropical volcano spewing tons of debris and gases can double
the chance that El Niño will visit the next winter. The research contradicts earlier climate
studies of the past 200 years that chalk up to coincidence the appearance of an El Niño
after a large, fiery eruption in the tropics. A team led by University of Virginia climatologists
who reviewed the Earth's climatological and geological story for the past four centuries uncovered
the higher risk for the cyclical warm-up in the Pacific Ocean. Volcanic bursts don't trigger the
El Niños, the scientists stressed, but rather boost weather conditions toward favoring the famous phenomenon.
11/19/2003 [USA Today]
GLOBAL WARMING DEBATE HEATS UP CAPITOL HILL
Mike Mann, an environmental sciences professor, was mentioned Tuesday in a USA Today.
11/19/2003 [Norfolk Virginian-Pilot]
SOME FEEL IT'S ABOUT TIME TO BUNDLE
Jerry Stenger,research coordinator for U.Va.'s State Climatology Office,
was quoted Tuesday in a Norfolk Virginian-Pilot column.
11/18/2003 [Richmond Times]
'Windows to the deep' - W&M professor leads expedition to study marine animals on ocean floor!
This isBill Gilhooly's, Bill Gilhooly's picture in today's Richmond Times Dispatch from
the vent work (Alvin dives)
11/10/2003 [Richmond Times]
'Windows to the deep' - W&M professor leads expedition to study marine animals on ocean floor!
This isBill Gilhooly's, Bill Gilhooly's picture in today's Richmond Times Dispatch from
the vent work (Alvin dives)
11/10/2003 [Nature]
Extraterrestrial Enigma: Missing Amino Acids In Meteorites
"The bottom line is that you have these materials that come from space," says Steve Macko,
professor of environmental sciences at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.
11/03/2003 [Nature]
FERTILIZED TO DEATH / VAST QUANTITIES OF NITROGEN BEING POURED INTO
FARMERS' FIELDS ARE WREAKING HAVOC WITH OUR FORESTS
Jim Galloway, an environmental sciences professor, is quoted in an
article in the current issue of Nature.
10/29/2003 [www.usatoday.com]
RESEARCHERS QUESTION KEY GLOBAL-WARMING STUDY
Michael Mann, an environmental sciences professor, has his research
mentioned today in a USA Today.
10/29/2003 [National Post-Toronto]
KYOTO DEBUNKED / A PILLAR OF THE KYOTO ACCORD IS BASED ON
FLAWED CALCULATIONS, INCORRECT DATA AND AN OVERTLY BIASED SELECTION
OF CLIMATE RECORDS, AN IMPORTANT NEW PAPER REVEALS
Michael Mann, an environmental sciences professor, research
was also mentioned in a National Post [Toronto].
10/14/2003 [CNN.com]
Stone Age man dumped fish for meat
Stephen Macko, a geochemist at the University of Virginia who's done similar research,
said the study was interesting. But he said he was not convinced that it proved a rapid
diet shift, because it included too few bone samples from just before the proposed
time of the shift.
10/06/2003 [CNN.com]
Stone Age man dumped fish for meat
Stephen Macko, a geochemist at the University of Virginia who's done similar research,
said the study was interesting. But he said he was not convinced that it proved a rapid
diet shift, because it included too few bone samples from just before the proposed
time of the shift.
10/03/2003 [Providence Journal]
Raymond S. Bradley, Philip D. Jones and Michael E. Mann: Greenhouse gases and global warming
THE EVIDENCE for global warming is unequivocal. Temperatures in recent decades
have risen to levels that the earth has not experienced for well over a thousand years.
Nine of the ten warmest years in the last 150 years have occurred since 1990.
09/25/2003 [Associated Press]
STUDY SAYS STONE AGERS PREFERRED MEAT
Stephen Macko, a geochemist at the University of Virginia who's done similar research,
said the study was interesting. But he said he was not convinced that it proved a rapid
diet shift, because it included too few bone samples from just before the proposed
time of the shift.
09/12/2003 [Contra Costa Times]
Scientists' research backs global warming trend
Michael Mann, a University of Virginia climate researcher who studied
temperature trends in ancient lake sediments, tree rings and ice cores and concluded that
the Earth warmed rapidly during the 1990s, said the analysis by Vinnikov and Grody
highlights the difficulty of teasing meaningful temperature data from atmospheric conditions.
09/12/2003 [Harvard Crimson]
Warming Study Draws Fire
Professor Michael Mann of the University of Virginia, who testified before the Senate
Committee, denounced the study in an interview yesterday.
“Serious scientists will tell you over and over again that this was a
deeply flawed study that should never have been published,” Mann said.
“Scientifically this study was considered not even worthy of a response.
But because it was used politically, to justify policy changes in the
administration, people in my field felt they had to speak out.”
09/05/2003 [Chronicle of Higher Education]
Storm Brews Over Global Warming
It is absurd to take wetness or dryness as proof of abnormal warmth, the critics argue.
"A paper using that kind of methodology could not be published in any legitimate
climate-research journal unless something was severely wrong or suspicious with
the review process," says Virginia's Michael Mann, lead author of the Eos paper, whose
own studies on climate were heavily criticized by Mr. Soon's team in the Energy
and Environment paper.
09/05/2003 [Washington Post]
NOT YOUR TYPICAL WETTER PATTERN / JET STREAM'S PERSISTENT DIP EXPLAINS THE SOGGY SEASONS
"It's not like the jet stream has looked exactly the same since January, but we
have had periods of persistence," said Robert Davis, a professor in
the University of Virginia's Environmental Sciences Department.
09/02/2003 [Tech Central Station]
SON ET LUMIÈRE OVER FRENCH HEAT WAVE
New research from University of Virginia researchers Bob Davis,
a climate scientist, and Wendy Novicoff, a public health specialist,
indicates that America has adapted to hot weather over the last
couple of decades.
09/02/2003 [BBC Online]
Earth hits '2,000-year warming peak'
They reconstructed the global climate from data derived from ice
cores, vegetation and other records. They believe their research
provides unequivocal confirmation that humans are affecting the
climate. But sceptics still insist that any human contribution is
likely to be too small to explain what is happening. The scientists
are Professor Philip Jones, of the climatic research unit, University
of East Anglia, UK, and Professor Michael Mann, of the University of Virginia
Their study, published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, supports recent
findings from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
09/02/2003 [The [London] Guardian]
NOT JUST WARMER - IT'S THE HOTTEST FOR 2,000 YEARS - WIDEST STUDY YET
BACKS FEARS OVER CARBON DIOXIDE
To discover whether there was any truth in the claims, Prof Jones teamed up
with Prof Michael Mann, a climate expert at the University of Virginia, and set
about reconstructing the world's climate over the past 2,000 years.
08/25/2003 [AGI Online (Italy)]
CLIMATE: IT WILL BE HOTTER BUT SCIENTISTS ARE DIVIDED AS TO THE CAUSES
Over the last 25 years temperatures have risen, bringing the rise to 0.5°C over
the last century and hot periods are more frequent than in the past. This will continue
according to the American, Michael Mann, from Virginia University's Department of
Environmental Science, who said that the temperature will increase by three degrees
over the next 50 years, causing the sea to rise by about two metres.
08/25/2003 [ New Zealand Herald ]
WARMTH - IT'S A HOT TOPIC
Michael Mann, an environmental sciences professor, is quoted today in
a New Zealand Herald story headlined: WARMTH - IT'S A HOT TOPIC
By Simon Collins of the New Zealand Herald
08/25/2003 [ New Zealand Herald ]
CLIMATE STUDY JUST HOT AIR SAY CRITICS
Michael Mann, an environmental sciences professor, is quoted today in
a New Zealand Herald story headlined: CLIMATE STUDY JUST HOT AIR SAY CRITICS
By Simon Collins of the New Zealand Herald
08/25/2003 [ Wichita Falls (Tex.) Times Record ]
CLIMATE STUDY JUST HOT AIR SAY CRITICS
Michael Mann was quoted in a Scripps-Howard News Service story that
appeared Wednesday in the Wichita Falls (Tex.) Times Record News,
headlined: EUROPE STRUGGLES WITH SWELTERING CONDITIONS
By Joan Lowy of Scripps-Howard News Service for the Wichita Falls (Tex.) Times Record
08/25/2003 [The New York Times]
POLITICS REASSERTS ITSELF IN THE DEBATE OVER CLIMATE CHANGE AND ITS HAZARDS
Pat Michaels, an environmental science professor, is quoted today in
a New York Times article headlined:
POLITICS REASSERTS ITSELF IN THE DEBATE OVER CLIMATE CHANGE AND ITS HAZARDS
By Andrew C. Revkin of The New York Times
08/21/2003 [Tacoma [Wash.] Tribune-News]
ARE WE HEATING THE PLANET? / PRO: EVIDENCE OF GLOBAL WARMING IS
CONCLUSIVE, AND DENIAL IS DANGEROUS
Michael Mann, an environmental sciences professor, co-wrote a commentary
that appeared Sunday in the Tacoma [Wash.] Tribune-News, headlined:
ARE WE HEATING THE PLANET? / PRO: EVIDENCE OF GLOBAL WARMING IS
CONCLUSIVE, AND DENIAL IS DANGEROUS
By Raymond S. Bradley and Michael E. Mann for the Tacoma [Wash.] Tribune-News / Sunday
Mann was quoted Thursday in a Salon.com article headlined:
THE TRIUMPH OF FRINGE SCIENCE By Katherine Mieszkowski of Sale.com
http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/08/07/global_warming/index_np.html
(Full text available by subscription only)
08/21/2003 [The Guardian [London]]
GOP disputes global-warming cause - by Stephen Dinan"
Jay Zieman, an environmental sciences professor, is quoted today in
a story in The Guardian [London], headlined:
DILUTE TO SAVE?/ TAKING FRESHWATER OUT OF THE EVERGLADES DAMAGED
FLORIDA BAY'S ECOLOGY. SO WHY NOT PUT IT BACK?
08/01/2003 [Washingtontimes.com]
GOP disputes global-warming cause - by Stephen Dinan"
Michael Mann, an environmental sciences professor, had his research
cited today in a Wall Street Journal article headlined:
LEADING THE NEWS: WARMING'S SKEPTICS FACE STORM CLOUDS
By Antonio Regalado of The Wall Street Journal (Paid access only)
Mann, who testified before a Senate committee Tuesday about
global warming, was quoted Wednesday in a Washington Times article
headlined: GOP DISPUTES GLOBAL-WARMING CAUSE
08/01/2003 [Richmond Times-Dispatch]
"7 months into the year, precipitation tops 2002" - By Renee Petrina
Jerry Stenger, a U.Va. professor and research coordinator for the
state climatology office, is quoted in a Richmond Times-Dispatch
article headlined: 7 MONTHS INTO THE YEAR, PRECIPITATION TOPS 2002
07/30/2003 [UVA Topnews]
Heat-Related Death Rates Declining Across U.S., Even As
Summer Temperatures Rise, Study Says
“The declining mortality rate can be attributed to various adaptations,” said Robert Davis,
associate professor of environmental sciences at U.Va. and the study’s principal investigator.
“Air conditioning, improved medical care, better public awareness programs relating to
potential dangers of heat stress and both human biophysical and infrastructural
adaptations are all factors.”
07/16/2003 [McIntire Exchange, UVA]
“The Business of Saving Nature.”
McIntire Professor Mark White and Environmental Sciences Associate Professor
Tom Smith were having lunch at the Colonnade Hotel, a faculty gathering spot,
when Smith came up with the perfect name for a course they were planning—
“The Business of Saving Nature.” White wrote it on a napkin and the rest is recent
history in cross-disciplinary collaboration.
07/14/2003 [Guardian Unlimited UK]
The heat is on... and it's getting hotter still
The research by Michael Mann of Virginia University and his team involved analysis
of lake sediments, fossil trees and glacier samples. These show very little variation in
temperatures in either hemisphere for the past 2,000 years - with one exception: the
last 10 years. On both sides of the equator, and at all latitudes, temperatures have soared.
06/25/2003 [Scientific American.com]
HOT WORDS / A CLAIM OF NONHUMAN-INDUCED GLOBAL WARMING SPARKS DEBATE
Michael Mann, an environmental sciences professor, was quoted Tuesday in
a Scientific American.com article headlined:
HOT WORDS / A CLAIM OF NONHUMAN-INDUCED GLOBAL WARMING SPARKS DEBATE
By David Appell of Scientific American.
06/09/2003 [ Austin [Texas] American-Statesman]
Global warming study sets off storm!
Michael Mann, an environmental sciences professor, was cited Saturday in
an Austin (texas) American-Statesman article headlined:
GLOBAL WARMING STUDY SETS OFF STORM / NONPROFITS TIED TO ENERGY
INDUSTRY QUESTION LINK BETWEEN CLIMATE CHANGE AND FOSSIL FUELS!
06/02/2003 [Seattle-Post Intelligencer:]
Nonprofits push controversial climate study
The principal target of the paper by Soon and his co-authors was Michael Mann of the University of Virginia,
whose landmark compilation of thousands of "proxy" indicators led to the conclusion that the last two decades
have been unusually warm and to the first depiction of the "hockey stick" graph.
05/27/2003 [The Washington Post magazine]
THE LAST STAND / VERY OLD TREES OFFER A GLIMPSE INTO OUR PAST AND
CLUES TO OUR FUTURE. BUT ARE THEY WORTH SAVING?
Druckenbrod, a doctoral candidate in environmental sciences, was
quoted Sunday in a Washington Post magazine article headlined:
THE LAST STAND / VERY OLD TREES OFFER A GLIMPSE INTO OUR PAST AND
CLUES TO OUR FUTURE. BUT ARE THEY WORTH SAVING?
04/18/2003 [Philadelphia Inquirer]
SUN A HOT TOPIC IN STUDY OF CLIMATE CHANGES
"There is a renaissance in this field," said Michael E. Mann, a University of Virginia
researcher. "It used to be a topic investigated only by fringe scientists."
03/17/2003 [Portland [Maine] Press Herald]
STATE TAKES ON CLIMATE CHANGE / A SWEEPING BILL TO CUT EMISSIONS
SPURS DEBATE ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING AND MAINE'S ROLE
Pat Michaels said that Earth is warming, but the warming is confined to the coldest,
driest spots on the planet. He also said that the United Nations "made an error"
when it said the climate would warm at an increasing rate over the next century.
Some computer models, he said, show that the warming will occur in a more linear
way and will not be as bad as some scientists say.
03/17/2003 [UVA TOP NEWS]
SOUTH AFRICANS DESCRIBE NURSING CRISIS AT HOME
South African nursing officials discuss the AIDS epidemic and shortage of nurses in
their country with students and faculty at a School of Nursing brown bag luncheon Feb. 27.
03/03/2003 [UVA TOP NEWS]
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC LAUDS ALUMNA'S WORK
Alumna Julie March was an environmental science major at U.Va. (’96), but with a
minor in English language and literature, she’s a "scientist who knows how to communicate."
03/03/2003 [UVA TOP NEWS]
STUDENT LINKS TREES TO HISTORY,WEATHER
"Different trees have different climate responses," Dan Druckenbrod said. "They have
different life spans and growth rates. They are affected by the amount of light and
moisture they get. Reconstructing their life history is somewhat of an art,
but it’s rationale-based."
01/27/2003 [UVA TOP NEWS]
CLIMATOLOGIST'S RESEARCH SUGGESTS GLOBAL WARMING MAY NOT BE AS
DRAMATIC AS FEARED!
While most climate models produce a constant rate of future warming,
that rate varies dramatically. Michaels’ research was designed to determine
which of these rates are more likely than others.
01/20/2003 [Scripps Howard News Service]
Humans heating up Earth at record pace
Sudies show that 1998 and 2002 are the two warmest years in the Northern
Hemisphere in at least the last 1,000 years, said University of Virginia climatologist
Michael Mann.
01/13/2003 [The Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle]
MORE DIE IN WINTER, BUT IS IT LACK OF VITAMIN D OR BASEBALL?
"People die not because it's cold, but because it's winter," said Robert E. Davis, a
University of Virginia environmental scientist.
01/09/2003 [UVA TOP NEWS]
SHUGART'S MODELS SYNTHESIZE BOTH FOREST AND TREES
Currently, Dr. Hank Shugart holds the W.W. Corcoran Chair in environmental sciences and directs the Global
Environmental Change Program. He is known among scientists as one of the leading computer modelers
of natural ecosystems.
12/19/2002 [The Associated Press]
REPORT: EVERGLADES RESTORATION NEEDS MORE RESEARCH, FUNDING
"There are pieces of the restoration where we have a high level of uncertainty," said Linda Blum, the report's chairwoman
and a research associate professor at the University of Virginia. "The question is how much uncertainty are we willing to live with."
12/05/2002 [The Economist - paid access only]
GOING WITH THE FLOW? / HOW SHOULD FLORIDA BAY'S ECOLOGICAL PROBLEMS BE SOLVED?
Jay Zieman, an environmental sciences professor, was quoted Saturday in The Economist, in a story headlined
GOING WITH THE FLOW? / HOW SHOULD FLORIDA BAY'S ECOLOGICAL PROBLEMS BE SOLVED?
12/05/2002 [Norfolk Virginian-Pilot / Sunday editorial]
Drought lesson: Build more reservoirs
Pat Michaels, a U.Va. professor and state climatologist, was quoted Sunday in a Virginian-Pilot editorial headlined:
DROUGHT LESSON: BUILD MORE RESERVOIRS
11/20/2002 [National Post]
MED SCHOOL GRADUATE'S AFRICA WORK LINKS ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS, PUBLIC HEALTH
Christine Wilder is a recent U.Va. Medical School graduate who also has a bachelor’s degree in environmental
sciences. Recently she returned from eight months in South Africa, conducting a study that merges
environmental studies with health.
11/12/2002 [National Post]
KYOTO: MYTHS AND SCIENCE
The work of Pat Michaels, an environmental sciences professor, is cited today in a National Post (Canada) story headlined:
KYOTO: MYTHS AND SCIENCE
11/12/2002 [Scientific American]
Mike Mann named one of Scientific American's top 50 visionaries of the year in science and technology!
Mann, an environmental sciences professor, has been named as one of Scientific American's first
"Top 50" award-winners, recognizing his research into global climate change and its policy implications.
10/10/2002 [UVA TopNews Daily]
Africa meeting brings results to Policy-makers!
During a major U.Va. and NASA-led environmental study in southern Africa two years ago, Rejoice Mabudafhasi,
South Africa's deputy minister of environmental affairs and tourism, challenged researchers to "make progress"
South Africa's the data available in plain language to policy-makers in Africa.
9/27/2002 [UVA TopNews Daily]
Desanker looks to change world climates.
Paul Desanker has never lost sight of the forest for the trees.
He has kept his focus on the bigger picture: the policy implications of research findings in the environmental sciences.
9/04/2002 [Cavalier Daily Online]
U.Va. partnership in Africa gains UN praise.
Environmental Sciences Prof. Paul Desanker is currently in Johannesborg participating in the consortium.
Environmental Sciences Prof. Hank Shugart, the director of the University's Global Environmen |
news
Chair's note
![[About]](/fset/images/directory/i/about.gif){kind=small}
![[News]](/fset/images/directory/i/news.gif){kind=small}
![[Courses]](/fset/images/directory/i/courses.gif){kind=small}
![[Undergraduate Program]](/fset/images/directory/i/undergrad.gif){kind=small}
![[Graduate Program]](/fset/images/directory/i/graduate.gif){kind=small}
![[Prospective Students]](/fset/images/directory/i/prospective.gif){kind=small}
![[Faculty]](/fset/images/directory/i/faculty.gif){kind=small}
![[staff]](/fset/images/directory/i/staff.gif){kind=small}
![[students]](/fset/images/directory/i/students.gif){kind=small}
![[Research]](/fset/images/directory/i/research.gif){kind=small}
![[O.T.S.]](/fset/images/directory/i/ots.gif){kind=small}
![[General Science Tours]](/fset/images/directory/i/tours.gif){kind=small}
![[Jobs]](/fset/images/directory/i/jobs.gif){kind=small}
![[Rollover]](/fset/images/directory/i/rollover.gif)
