Inside the Greenhouse

SPARC Publications

2011

Boyd, E., M. Boykoff and P. Newell (2011). The "New" Carbon Economy: What's New? Antipode 43 (3) 601-611, June.

Crompton, R.P., K.J. McAneney, K.P. Chen, R.A. Pielke and K. Haynes (2011). Comments on "Influence of Location, Population, and Climate on Building Damage and Fatalities due to Australian Bushfire: 1925-2009" Reply. Weather Clim. Soc. 3 (1) 63-66, January.

Crompton, R.P., R.A. Pielke and K.J. McAneney (2011). Emergence timescales for detection of anthropogenic climate change in US tropical cyclone loss data. Environ. Res. Lett. 6 (1), January.

Dilling, L. and M. C. Lemos (2011). Creating usable science: Opportunities and constraints for climate knowledge use and their implications for science policy. Glob. Environ. Change-Human Policy Dimens. 21 (2) 680-689, May.

Hale, B. and L. Dilling (2011). Geoengineering, Ocean Fertilization, and the Problem of Permissible Pollution. Science Technology & Human Values 36 (2) 190-212, March.

Jonassen, R and R. Pielke (2011). Improving conveyance of uncertainties in the findings of the IPCC. Clim. Change 108 (4) 745-753, October.

Pielke, R.A. (2011). An evaluation of the targets and timetables of proposed Australian emissions reduction policies. Environ. Sci. Policy 14 (1) 20-27, January.

Rick, U.K., M.T. Boykoff and R.A. Pielke (2011). Effective media reporting of sea level rise projections: 1989-2009. Environ. Res. Lett. 6 (1), January.

Trenberth, K., A. Watson, R.A. Pielke, Jr., K. Emanuel, J. Curry, L. Bouwer, G.C. Hegerl, and W. Hooke (2011). Forum: Is Extreme Weather Linked to Global Warming? Yale Environment 360, June 2.

2010

Averill, M. (2010). Getting into Court: Standing, Political Questions, and Climate Tort Claims. Review of European Community and International Environmental Law 19 (1) 122-126, April.

Averill, M., L. Dilling, J. B. Holbrook, N. Logar, G. Maricle, E. McNie, R. Meyer, and M. Neff (2010). Usable Science: A Handbook for Science Policy Decision Makers. SPARC, a Decision Making Under Uncertainty project funded by the National Science Foundation , 19 pp., April.

Boykoff, M. T., D. Frame, and S. Randalls (2010). Discursive stability meets climate instability: A critical exploration of the concept of 'climate stabilization' in contemporary climate policy. Global Environmental Change-Human Policy Dimensions 20 (1) 53-64, February.

Crompton, R.P., K.J. McAneney, K.P. Chen, R.A. Pielke and K. Haynes (2010). Influence of Location, Population, and Climate on Building Damage and Fatalities due to Australian Bushfire: 1925-2009. Weather Clim. Soc. 2 (4) 300-310, October.

Failey, E.L. and L. Dilling (2010). Carbon stewardship: land management decisions and the potential for carbon sequestration in Colorado, USA. Environ. Res. Lett. 5 (2), April.

Pielke, Jr., R. A. (2010). A Positive Path for Meeting: The Global Climate Challenge. Yale 360,October 18.

Pielke, Jr., R. A. (2010). Beyond the Annual Climate Confab. Bridges 28.

Pielke, Jr., R. A. (2010). Major Change Is Needed If the IPCC Hopes to Survive. Yale Environment 360, February 25.

2009

Averill, M. (2009). Linking Climate Litigation and Human Rights. Review of European Community and International Environmental Law 18 (2) 139-147.

Boykoff, M.T., A. Bumpus, D. Liverman and S. Randalls (2009). Theorizing the carbon economy: introduction to the special issue. Environ. Plan. A 41 (10) 2299-2304, October.

Klotzbach, P.J., R.A. Pielke, R.A. Pielke, J.R. Christy and R.T. McNider (2009). An alternative explanation for differential temperature trends at the surface and in the lower troposphere. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos. 114, November 4.

Lahsen, M. (2009). A science-policy interface in the global south: The politics of carbon sinks and science in Brazil. Clim. Change 97 (4-Mar) 339-372, December.

Pielke, Jr., R.A. (2009). Obama’s Climate Policy: A Work in Progress. Bridges 21, April.

Pielke, Jr., R.A. (2009). The Carbon Dioxide Challenge, Simplified. Formiche (Italy) VI (33), November 11.

Pielke, Jr., R.A. (2009). The Folly of ‘Magical Solutions’ For Targeting Carbon Emissions. Yale Environment 360, July 29.

Pielke, Jr., R.A. (2009). Understanding the Copenhagen Climate Deal: The Fix is In. Bridges 23, October.

Pielke, R.A. (2009). Air capture update. Nat. Geosci. 2 (12) 811-811, December.

Pielke, R.A. (2009). An idealized assessment of the economics of air capture of carbon dioxide in mitigation policy. Environ. Sci. Policy 12 (3) 216-225, May.

Pielke, R.A. (2009). Decarbonization figures for India and China unconvincing. Nature 462 (7270) 158-159, November 12.

Pielke, R.A. (2009). Mamizu climate policy: an evaluation of Japanese carbon emissions reduction targets. Environ. Res. Lett. 4 (4), October.

Pielke, R.A. (2009). The British Climate Change Act: a critical evaluation and proposed alternative approach. Environ. Res. Lett. 4 (2), April.

Pielke, R.A. (2009). United States hurricane landfalls and damages: Can one- to five-year predictions beat climatology?. Environ. Hazards 8 (3) 187-200.

Sarewitz, D. and R. A. Pielke, Jr. (2009). Climate Changes, Society has to Learn to Adapt. The Albuquerque Journal, August 5.

2008

Lahsen, M. (2008). Experiences of modernity in the greenhouse: A cultural analysis of a physicist ‘‘trio’’ supporting the backlash against global warming. Global Environmental Change 18 (1) 204-219, February.

Pielke, Jr., R.A. (2008). Blinded by Assumptions. Bridges 17, April.

Pielke, R.A. (2008). Climate predictions and observations. Nat. Geosci. 1 (4) 206-206, April.

Pielke, Jr., R.A. (2008). End of 2007 Hurricane-Global Warming Update. AIR Currents January.

Pielke, Jr., R.A. (2008). Europe’s climate policy may be more about appearances. The Financial Times December 24.

Pielke, Jr., R.A. (2008). Overheated Claims. Financial Post June 18.

Pielke, Jr., R.A. (2008). Political realities will undermine energy pricing. Financial Times July 21.

Pielke, Jr., R.A. (2008). The Role of Risk Models in the Financial Crisis. Bridges 19, October.

Pielke, Jr., R.A. (2008). Trading technologies. Nature Reports Climate Change, May 29.

Pielke, Jr., R.A. (with contributions from P. Hoeppe and S. McIntyre) (2008). Case studies in disaster losses and climate change. 15th 'Aha Huliko'a Winter Workshop on Extreme Events, University of Hawaii, Honolulu 131-140.

Pielke, Jr., R.A., L. Bouwer, R. Crompton, E. Faust, P. Höppe (2008). Catastrophe Losses in the Context of Demographics, Climate, and Policy. Managing the Changing Landscape of Catastrophe Risk, 0th Aon Re Australia Biennal Hazards Conference, September 16-18 2007.

Pielke, Jr., R.A., J. Gratz, C.W. Landsea, D. Collins, M. Saunders, and R. Musulin (2008). Normalized Hurricane Damages in the United States: 1900-2005. Natural Hazards Review 9 (1) 29-42, February.

Pielke, Jr., R. A., C. Green (2008). The cure for carbon. Rocky Mountain News November 22.

2007

Averill, M. (2007). Climate litigation: shaping public policy and stimulating debate. Creating a Climate for Change: Communicating Climate Change and Facilitating Social Change, Ed. Moser, SC; Dilling, L462-474, Cambridge University Press, doi: 10.1017/CBO9780511535871.032.

Dilling, L (2007). Towards science in support of decision making: characterizing the supply of carbon cycle science. Environ. Sci. Policy 10 (1) 48-61, February.

Dilling, L. and S.C. Moser (2007). Creating a Climate for Change: Communicating Climate Change and Facilitating Social Change.

Dilling, L. (2007). A call to global action. Chemistry & Industry, April 9.

Dilling, L. (2007). The opportunities and responsibility for carbon cycle science in the US. Environ. Sci. Policy 10 (1) 1-4, February.

Dilling, L. (2007). Toward carbon governance: Challenges across scales in the United States. Global Environmental Politics 7 (2) 28, May 7.

Dilling, L. and B. Farhar (2007). Making it easy: establishing energy efficiency and renewable energy as routine best practice. Creating a Climate for Change: Communicating Climate Change and Facilitating Social Change, Ed. Moser, SC; Dilling, L359-382, Cambridge University Press, doi: 10.1017/CBO9780511535871.026.

Lahsen, M. and C.A. Nobre (2007). Challenges of connecting international science and local level sustainability efforts: the case of the Large-Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia. Environ. Sci. Policy 10 (1) 62-74, February.

Lahsen, M. (2007). Anthropology and the Trouble of Risk Society. Anthropology News 9-10.

Lahsen, M. (2007). Earth System Governance: Research in Aid of Global Environmental Sustainability. Global Change NewsLetter 70.

Lahsen, M. (2007). Trust Through Participation? Problems of Knowledge in Climate Decision Making. The Social Construction of Climate Change , Ed. M. Pettinger, 173-196, Ashgate Publishing.

Lemos, M.C., L. Dilling (2007). Equity in forecasting climate: Can science save the poor?. Science and Public Policy 34 (2) 109-116.

Logar, N.J. and R.T. Conant (2007). Reconciling the supply of and demand for carbon cycle science in the US agricultural sector. Environ. Sci. Policy 10 (1) 75-84, February.

Lovbrand, E. (2007). Pure science or policy involvement? Ambiguous boundary-work for Swedish carbon cycle science. Environmental Science & Policy 10 (1) 39-47, February.

Pielke, Jr., R. A. (2007). From 'Is it True?' to 'So What?'. Bridges 14.

Pielke, Jr., R. A. (2007). Late Action by Lame Ducks. Bridges 15.

Pielke, Jr., R. A. (2007). The Honest Broker. Bridges 13.

Pielke, Jr., R. A. and D. Sarewitz (2007). Reconciling the Supply of and Demand for Science. Environmental Science & Policy 10 1-84, February.

Pielke, Jr., R.A., G. Prins, S. Rayner, and D. Sarewitz (2007). Lifting the taboo on adaptation. Nature 445 597-598, February 8.

Pielke, Jr., R.A. (2007). The case for a sustainable climate policy: Why costs and benefits must be temporally balanced. Univ. Pa. Law Rev. 155 (6) 1843-1857, June.

Pielke, Jr., R. A. (2007). Statement to the Committee on Government Reform of the United States House of Representatives. Hearing on Political Interference in the Work of Government Climate Change Scientists.

Pielke, Jr., R. A. (2007). Statement to the House Committee on Science and Technology of the United States House of Representatives. The State of Climate Change Science 2007: The Findings of the Fourth Assessment Report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Working Group III: Mitigation of Climate Change.

2006

Chhetri, N., 2006. Decision Making Under Uncertainty: Ranking of Multiple Stressors on Central Arizona Water Resources, Workshop on Water Stressor Ranking, 2-3 November.

Dilling, L. (ed.), 2006. Workshop on Decision Support and Carbon Cycle Science: Practical Strategies to Reconciling the Supply of and Demand for Carbon Cycle Science, Final Workshop Report. Boulder, Colorado, 13-14 June 2005.

Dilling, L., R. Mitchell, D. Fairman, M. Lahsen, S. Mohser, A. Patt, C. Potter, C. Rice, S. VanDeveer (2006). How can we improve the usefulness of carbon science for decision-making. The First State of the Carbon Cycle Report (SOCCR): The North American Carbon Budget and Implications for the Global Carbon Cycle CCSP Product 2.2.

Höppe, P. and R.A. Pielke, Jr. (eds.) (2006). Workshop on Climate Change and Disaster Losses: Understanding and Attributing Trends and Projections, Final Workshop Report. Hohenkammer, Germany, 25-26 May.

King, A.W., L Dilling, G.P. Zimmerman, D.F. Fairman, R.A. Houghton, G.Marland, A.Z. Rose, T.J. Wilbanks (2006). Executive Summary. The First State of the Carbon Cycle Report (SOCCR): The North American Carbon Budget and Implications for the Global Carbon Cycle CCSP Product 2.2.

King, A.W., L Dilling, G.P. Zimmerman, D.F. Fairman, R.A. Houghton, G.Marland, A.Z. Rose, T.J. Wilbanks (2006). What is the carbon cycle and why care. The First State of the Carbon Cycle Report (SOCCR): The North American Carbon Budget and Implications for the Global Carbon Cycle CCSP Product 2.2.

King, A.W., L. Dilling, G.P. Zimmerman, D.M. Fairman, R.A. Houghton, G. Marland, A.Z. Rose, and T.J. Wilbanks (2006). The First State of the Carbon Cycle Report (SOCCR): The North American Carbon Budget and Implications for the Global Carbon Cycle. Final Report, Synthesis and Assessment Product 2.2, 242 pp.

Lahsen, M. and G. Oberg (2006). The Role of Unstated Mistrust and Disparities in Scientific Capacity. The Swedish Institute for Climate Science and Policy Research, Linkoping University.

Pielke, Jr., R. A. (2006). Climate change is serious, but we have to have a realistic response. Guardian Unlimited, October.

Pielke, Jr., R. A. (2006). Disasters, Death, and Destruction: Making Sense of Recent Calamities. Oceanography 19 138-147.

Pielke, Jr., R.A. (2006). The Kyoto Protocol: What Next? Encyclopaedia Britannica , Ed. K. Sparks, 194-195.

Pielke, Jr., R.A. (2006). Science, Politics and Press Releases. The Albuquerque Journal, April 2.

Pielke, Jr., R.A. (2006). Statement to the Committee on Government Reform of the United States House of Representatives. Hearing on Climate Change: Understanding the Degree of the Problem, July 20.

Pielke, Jr. R. A. (2006). Watch this space, Weather and Society Watch. Institute for the Study of Society and Environment, National Center for Atmospheric Research, November.

Pielke, Jr., R. A., R. Crompton, E. Faust, J. Gratz, M. Lonfat, Q. Ye and S. Raghavan (2006). Factors Contributing to Human and Economic Losses. Sixth WMO International Workshop on Tropical Cyclones, November.

Pielke, R., C. Landsea, M. Mayfield, J. Laver and R. Pasch (2006). Reply to '' Hurricanes and global warming - Potential linkages and consequences ''. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc. 87 (5) 628-631, May.

Comment by Anthes et al. 2006, Hurricanes and global warming: Potential linkage and consequences, BAMS, Vol. 87, pp. 623-628.

Anthes et al. 2006 is a comment on Pielke et al. 2005, Hurricanes and Global Warming.

Pielke, Sr., R.A. and R.A. Pielke, Jr. (2006). Climatology: between Science and Politics. Heartland: Eurasian Review of Geopolitics 59-63.

2005

Denning et al. (long list of contributors) (2005). Science Implementation Strategy for the North American Carbon Program. Report of the NACP Implementation Strategy Group of the U.S. Carbon Cycle Interagency Working Group. Washington, DC: U.S. Carbon Cycle Science Program, 68 pp.

Lahsen, M (2005). Seductive simulations? Uncertainty distribution around climate models. Soc. Stud. Sci. 35 (6) 895-922, December.

Lahsen, M. (2005). Technocracy, democracy, and US climate politics: The need for demarcations. Sci. Technol. Hum. Values 30 (1) 137-169.

Pielke, R.A. (2005). Meteorology - Are there trends in hurricane destruction?. Nature 438 (7071) E11-E11, December. Brief comment on K. Emanuel's "Increasing destructiveness of tropical cyclones over the past 30 years", Nature, Vol. 436, pp. 686-688. Response by K. Emanuel on page 3 Emanuel replies, Nature, Vol. 438, December, pp. E13.

Pielke, R.A. (2005). Misdefining "climate change": consequences for science and action. Environ. Sci. Policy 8 (6) 548-561.

Pielke, R.A., S. Agrawala, L.M. Bouwer, I. Burton, S. Changnon, M.H. Glantz, W.H. Hooke, R.J.T. Klein, K. Kunkel, D. Mileti, D. Sarewitz, E.L. Thompkins, N. Stehr and H. von Storch (2005). Clarifying the attribution of recent disaster losses. A response to Epstein and McCarthy. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc. 86 (10) 1481-1483, October. Reply by P.R. Epstein and J.J. McCarthy.

2004

Dilling, L., R.A. Pielke, Jr., and D. Sarewitz (2004). Pilot Study on Reconciling Supply and Demand: Assessing demand for information on the North American Carbon Balance. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting.

Lahsen, M. (2004). Transnational Locals: Brazilian Experiences of the Climate Regime. Earthly Politics: Local and Global in Environmental Governance , Ed. S. Jasanoff and M. Long-Martello152-172, MIT Press.