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Bierbaum talks adaptation as NYC proposes climate policies

SNRE Professor Rosina M. Bierbaum spoke to the Associated Press about climate adaptation strategies in light of a proposal from New York City to keep that city ahead of future climate-related challenges.

"Climate change poses significant risks to New York City’s communities and infrastructure," according to a report released June 11, 2013, by Mayor Michael Bloomberg. "Hurricane Sandy has focused attention on the effects that extreme climate events have on New York City, reminding New Yorkers that the city is vulnerable to a range of climate hazards today and in the future.

Rosina M. Bierbaum

Bierbaum discusses climate, National Climate Assessment with Michigan Radio

SNRE Professor Rosina M. Bierbaum discusses the recently released National Climate Assessment draft report with Cynthia Canty of Michigan Radio. Bierbaum of SNRE and the School of Public Health was a lead convening author of the chapter on climate change adaptation.

Stateside with Cynthia Canty covers a range of Michigan news and policy issues as well as culture and lifestyle stories.

Three University of Michigan researchers were lead convening authors of chapters in the 1,100-plus-page National Climate Assessment, which was written by a team of more than 240 scientists.

SNRE professors contribute to new National Climate Assessment

In the coming decades, climate change will lead to more frequent and more intense Midwest heat waves while degrading air and water quality and threatening public health. Intense rainstorms and floods will become more common, and existing risks to the Great Lakes will be exacerbated. Those are some of the conclusions contained in the Midwest chapter of a draft report released last week by the federal government that assesses the key impacts of climate change on every region in the country and analyzes its likely effects on human health, water, energy, transportation, agriculture, forests, ecosystems and biodiversity. Three University of Michigan researchers were lead convening authors of chapters in the 1,100-plus-page National Climate Assessment, which was written by a team of more than 240 scientists.

Bierbaum article on energy, climate in current issue of American Academy journal

SNRE Professor Rosina M. Bierbaum has contributed an essay on energy in the context of sustainabilityas part of the current issue of Daedalus, the journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The issue presents thinking from leading scientists on the question of how limiting the effects of climate change requires a substantial transformation of the energy infrastructure.

Research being led by SNRE Professor Don Zak has received an additional five years of federal support. PHOTO BY DAVE BRENNER

Grant Funding Allows for Further Study of the Effects of Climate Change

Research being led by SNRE Professor Don Zak has received an additional five years of federal support, enabling researchers to continue an unprecedented study of how changes in climate are affecting the DNA of forests. The new round of National Science Foundation funding allows work to continue through 2018. The experiments are taking place in northern Michigan, and examine how climate change is influencing the activity of soil microbes, which decay dead leaves and roots in a process that controls the amount of carbon stored in soils.

SNRE Bookshelf: Recent publications from faculty, alumni

Today's enormous development challenges are complicated by the reality of climate change—the two are inextricably linked and together demand immediate attention. Climate change threatens all countries, but particularly developing ones. Understanding what climate change means for development policy is the central aim of the World Development Report 2010. It explores how public policy can change to better help people cope with new or worsened risks, how land and water management must adapt to better protect a threatened natural environment while feeding an expanding and more prosperous population, and how energy systems will need to be transformed.

Erb Speaker Series: Peter Sinclair "Communicating Climate Science in the Disinformation Era"

Event Date: 
Wednesday, September 11, 2013 - 5:00pm to 7:00pm
Location: 
Ross School of Business Room 2230

The well funded, well organized and coordinated efforts of climate denialists on the internet pose a significant obstacle to the climate scientists and decision makers dedicated to educating the public about the realities of global warming.

One of the most effective social media initiatives against climate denialism has been Peter Sinclair’s “Climate Denial Crock of the Week“, the YouTube series that confronts and calls out climate deniers, deftly dissecting fossil funded disinformation and propaganda. Sinclair will illustrate the science with video clips, discuss what works, and what doesn't in climate communication, and relate stories from the media wars that have shaped coverage of the most important issue of the millennium.

The Erb Speaker Series is open to the public. Co-sponsored by: Erb Institute, Michigan League of Conservation Voters, Sierra Club, Michigan Environmental Council, and Ecology Center

Sinclair website: http://climatecrocks.com/

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