Tonight, May 11th, check out “Addressing Seriously the Environmental Crisis: A bold, ‘Outside the Box’ Proposal to Address Climate Change and Other Forms of Environmental Destruction” – a talk with Professor Kim Scipes at the Madison Central Library (201 W. Mifflin) at 6:30 p.m. Dr. Scipes speaks with Allen on this, and how to address people […]
Ocean of Insight–A Sailor’s Voyage from Despair to Hope
Eleven years ago, Heather Mann had a nice career going here in Madison. She was the founder and director of the Center for Resilient Cities, an environmental advocacy group with a national reach. Heather and her husband, Dave, were well established in the Madison area, with a close circle of friends, and Heather was learning […]
The Madison Climate March on March 22nd
Saturday is Earth Day, and is also shaping up to be a busy day for activists, featuring not one, but two marches in downtown Madison. The first, the Madison March for Science kicks off at 1:00 p.m. at James Madison Park and ends up at UW’s Science Hall. The second, the Madison Climate March, begins […]
Hope and Renewal in the Age of the Apocalypse
“Hope and Renewal in the Age of the Apocalypse” that’s the theme of the Nelson Institute’s 11th Annual Earth Day Conference scheduled to take place this year on April 18th. Conference speaker Kyle Davis joins 8 O’Clock Buzz host Brian Standing in the studio this morning. Kyle is an atmospheric scientist specializing in statistical models […]
Global Warming to Increase Storm Intensity and Rain Volume
Climate scientists have been telling us for a while now to get ready for warmer, wetter weather. As things heat up, more water is evaporated into the atmosphere, more energy is added to the system, and you get more rain. Sounds simple enough. But a recent collaborative study involving climatologists at UCLA and mathematicians at […]
Collapsing AMOC and Climate Change
What’s AMOC? Glad you asked! AMOC stands for Atlantic meridional overturning circulation, or in other words, the complex process of Atlantic ocean current, flow, or, as our guest Galen McKinley describes it, a conveyor belt around the rim of the Atlantic Ocean. Galen is a professor in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at UW-Madison, and has […]