Image: Lenticular cloud, February 13, 2022, Boulder County, Colorado Self Efficacy: Gaining Agency on Climate Change I get the occasional letter from a stranger worried about climate change. Sometimes, they say they were referred to me. Most of these letters are whether [...]
Winter is Getting Warmer: Warming Winter Syndrome One of the most robust measures of Earth’s changing climate is that winter is warming more quickly than other seasons. The cascade of changes it brings, including ice storms and rain in regions that were [...]
Stories and Scenarios for a Warming Climate 20240427: This is an evolving, working document.. One of the best ways to think about our climate future is to think of stories that describe situations we are likely to face. Stories are natural to [...]
This lecture was presented at the Biennale di Venezia, Italian Pavilion, on October 5, 2021. The lecture strives to make several points. As a species we have adapted to large climate change, especially at the end of the ice age. Compared to [...]
Takeaways from Climate Change Class If you don't want to spend the time on the course, here are some things worth knowing. We are at the beginning of a long period of sustained climate change. Plan for change. The climate will not [...]
This lecture discusses "framing" in my approach to climate change problem solving. First, I introduce what I mean by structured problem solving. I, then, motivate the need to take some control over the fact that we will be living in a strongly [...]
This annotated lecture introduces my approach to problem solving. It, first, motivates the need to take some control over the fact that we will be living in a strongly warming climate for upcoming decades. However, we have experience in dealing with weather [...]
Climate Change: A fundamental shift of our place in the world A version of this blog appeared originally in the Michigan Journal of Sustainability. Richard B. Rood University of Michigan Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering rbrood@umich.edu May 24, 2014 During the [...]
Pulling Back from the Climate Change Precipice Richard B. Rood University of Michigan Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering rbrood@umich.edu February 23, 2018 Prepared for International Conferences on the Unity of the Sciences, Seoul Korea, 2018. Published in the conference proceedings. The [...]