Earth and Environmental Science

Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences explains how human-caused warming from fossil fuel burning is impacting rain patterns and persistent weather extremes.

Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences says that climate warming had been muted by sulphate aerosol pollution, but that the science was well-known enough to anticipate more warming given the continuation of fossil fuel burning.

Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences questions why people are still burning fossil fuels after the weather extremes of the current summer.

Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences predicts there will be more record setting in oceanic heating into next year.

Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences says that the record warmth of July indicates a planet that will continue to warm as long as people burn fossil fuels.

Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences says that the solution to the increase in global temperatures is to quickly transition to cleaner sources of power.

Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences says that key Atlantic currents could shut down in decades rather than a century.

Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences says that it would take truly dramatic cooling in the waning days of the month to offset the warmth observed over the past few weeks.

Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences says that humanity is coming perilously close to some potentially critical climate tipping points.

Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences says that climate change-fueled extreme weather events are here, not far away in the Antarctic and not off in the future.