The Weather Channel: A Network with Integrity Gets Real

[existentialist]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/laurie-david/the-weather-channel-a-ne_b_22767.html

Laurie David

The Weather Channel: A Network with Integrity Gets Real

The Weather Channel is the first cable television network to take a formal position on global warming -- to say not only that it's real, but also that it's a result of human activities. Its important decision to join the mainstream scientific community in acknowledging the threat from global warming should serve as a wake-up call to those meteorologists who have yet to connect the dots between increasing episodes of extreme weather and global warming.

The Weather Channel's more than 120 expert meteorologists reach into the living rooms of over 89 million TV viewers, and its award-winning website averages 20 million visitors each month. Led by its full-time global warming expert Dr. Heidi Cullen (another first among mainstream media), the network continues to expand its coverage of global warming issues on TV and online.

Cullen told Grist last year, "When I got here, there was some skepticism even within the group here as to whether global warming was real or not. But over the past couple of years, I've had so many conversations with forecast meteorologists, and a lot of them say, 'You know what? This isn't the same weather I was forecasting 30 or 40 years ago.' And I think among the meteorology community now, there is a sense that patterns look different, and weird things are happening."

The Weather Channel is also the newest addition to the Virtual March, and deserves special thanks for standing up and joining the fight so publicly. The network's spokesperson told me that "joining the virtual march is a natural extension of our commitment to informing and educating people and making a difference in their lives, given the threat posed by the Earth's rapidly changing climate."

stopglobalwarming.org

[AX10]

1. Kick and Recomended!

[theHandpuppet]

2. Isn't Dr. Cullen the one who's a Lt. in the Air Force Reserve?

The one who is a "hurricane hunter" and flies into the hearts of these storms? I always wondered where she stood on the issue of GW.

Chalk one up for the Weather Channel! :thumbsup:

[Lugnut]

12. That's Nicole Mitchell

Here's a link to the Weather Channel on-air personalities.

http://www.weather.com/aboutus/television/ocms/

[Kolesar]

18. Warren Madden is a USAF hurricane-flying pilot

http://www.weather.com/aboutus/television/ocms/madden.html

[Catbird]

3. Landfall!

If there is a busy hurricane season again this year, LOTS of people will be watching them.

[AuntiBush]

4. Wow.

Finally... thank-you, Weather Channel folks :hi:

http://www.stopglobalwarming.org/. Didn't know it was them.

[undergroundpanther]

5. Somthings going on

When the Atlantic is as warm as a hot tub..
http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Atlantic_Ocean_Warmer_Than_A_Hot_Tub.html

[cagoldensun5050]

6. It's about time!

[AuntiBush]

7. Exactly.

My cousin and I were speaking on this very issue hours ago. She holds a Masters, has a high-end, respectable position. Yet she still refuses to hear anything about this, but I'm working on her :)

And the Atlantic is seriously warm... people need to stop, learn and listen - now.

[AuntiBush]

8. Thanks for the link.

[AuntiBush]

9. OMG

From the link:
"These temperatures are off the charts from what we've seen before," said Karen Bice, a paleoclimatologist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI). Bice reported the findings Feb. 17 at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in St. Louis and is also lead author of a study to be published in an upcoming issue of the journal Paleoceanography, published by the American Geophysical Union.

http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Atlantic_Ocean_Warmer_Than_A_Hot_Tub.html

[Mr_Spock]

10. The temperatures from 90 million years ago that is

The article is saying that temperature rise from CO2 levels 4 times the amount we have now created a much higher temperature rise than current computer models predict. If we keep on the current CO2 increase trend, we may see those temperatures at some point. They are not "off the charts" elevated yet though.

[AuntiBush]

13. I'd say...

we're living in trying, and unpredictable times, at the very least.

[Mr_Spock]

14. Sounds like a line from "An Inconvenient Truth"

:D

Excellent movie BTW - we really do need to be diligent because if we continue on the exponential increase in CO2 concentration, we may see the tipping point within our lifetimes...

[Mr_Spock]

11. Interesting article, but the Atlantic is not warm as a hot tub yet!

The title is somewhat deceiving - what the article says is that if we see increases in CO2 from the current 380ppm to 1300 - 2100 PPM, the increase in temperature may well exceed the current computer models based on some new scientific data. Since we are not likely to do anything about this until we hit a tipping point, we may see if the new information is accurate :(

[Dead_Parrot]

17. Umm, we may have hit it

There are reports that the methane clathates in the artic circle are melting, bubbling billions of tons of methane into the atmosphere.

We may see 1000 ppm in my lifetime (I'm 35)

:(

[Ghost Dog]

15. It's the Atlantic Conveyor (Gulf Stream)

slowing down up north, and swilling around, warmly, down south (all the way across the Atlantic from the coast of NW Africa).

The tide is indeed turning.

[Bosso 63]

16. My grandfather seemed to have the TV "locked" on TWC,

which I always thought was strange, as he almost never left the house in his final years. Why would he care about the weather, but since then, I have noticed that many of older rural people seem to have this habit of watching the Weather channel almost by default, and often, these are the same people who get most of their news from Fox. I wonder who they are going to believe.

[Kolesar]

19. Are y'all ready to give up vacations and sunday driving ?

That is what it is going to take to solve the CO2 problem.

[druidity33]

20. yup, already have... n/t