Chris Mooney is a freelance writer and the author of two books, The Republican War on Science and Storm World.
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Sheril Kirshenbaum is a marine biologist at the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions at Duke. Sometimes she's a classicist, radio jock, or congressional staffer. Never sure what's next, she continues to enjoy the journey...
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December 30, 2006
Category: Updates
Dear Readers: This blog has been sleepy for quite some time now, hosting only occasional updates on whatever the hell it is I'm doing at a particular time. That has been a very direct function of workload: I have had...
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 12:17 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
December 23, 2006
Category: Hurricanes
Cyclone Bondo has, for me, underscored just how far hurricane intensity prediction still has to go. It almost seems as though every time this storm is predicted to weaken it intensifies, and every time it's predicted to intensify it...
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 11:26 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
December 19, 2006
Category: Hurricanes
This post is to introduce you to Cyclone Bondo, which now has 135 knot winds according to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center as it approaches Magagascar and Mozambique. The storm is expected to become a Cat 5 with the...
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 9:55 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
December 13, 2006
Category: Global Warming and Hurricanes
Cyclone Gaflio, South Indian Ocean, March 2004. Well, my first hurricane-related presentation, at the Exploratorium here in San Francisco, can now be watched here...Here for Real Player, here for Windows Media Player....I think it came off pretty well. Lotsa...
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 6:59 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
December 12, 2006
Category: Updates
I'm here in San Francisco--just arrived--and tomorrow will be doing a webcast at a fantastic museum called the Exploratorium. This is an open-to-the-public webcast--i.e., you can come see me in person or you can see me through your computer. The...
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 9:11 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
December 4, 2006
Category: Global Warming and Hurricanes
Harcourt Books now has a description up, so no need for secrecy any longer: Chris Mooney delves into a red-hot debate in meteorology: whether the increasing ferocity of hurricanes is connected to global warming. In the wake of Katrina,...
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 9:53 PM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
December 2, 2006
Category: Hurricanes
Typhoon/Supertyphoon Durian was apparently the deadliest tropical cyclone event in the world this year, due to heavy rains that created mudslides from the slopes of the Mayon Volcano, in turn burying a large number of villages. Jeff Masters has more....
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 4:01 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
