http://www.mikehulme.org Professor Mike Hulme's Site Tue, 29 Apr 2008 09:08:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hulme,M. (2007) Understanding climate change: the power and the limit of science (viewpoint article) Weather 62(9), 243-244. Andronova,N., Schlesinger,M.E., Dessai,S., Hulme,M. and Li,B. (2007) The concept of climate sensitivity: history and development pp.5-17 in, Human-induced climate change: an inter-disciplinary assessment (eds.) Schlesinger,M.E., Khesgi,H., Smith,J., Chesnaye,F., Reily,J.M., Wilson,T. and Kolstad,C., Cambridge University ... http://www.mikehulme.org/2007/12/publications-2007/ I will be teaching the Module 'Climate change: impacts, responses and policy' (ENV-M594) for the MSc in Climate Change during Semester 2 of the 2007/08 academic year. Module Synopsis Climate change - the anthropogenic shaping of the global climate system, or 'global warming' - has become a defining phenomenon of the new ... http://www.mikehulme.org/2007/11/teaching/ Current Projects I am currently writing a book for Cambridge University Press titled 'Why We Disagree About Climate Change' to be published winter 2008/09. Why we disagree about climate change Climate change is not ‘a problem’ waiting for ‘a solution’. It is an environmental, cultural and political phenomenon which is re-shaping the way ... http://www.mikehulme.org/2007/11/books/ My book "Imagined Memories and the Seductive Quest for a Family History" was published by Grosvenor House Publishing Ltd. in February 2008.  It is available on-line at www.amazon.co.uk at £8.99 or else from the author at mikehulme@btinternet.com. Synopsis 'From accidental beginnings, Mike Hulme's interest in genealogy grew first into a hobby and then into ... http://www.mikehulme.org/2007/03/family-history/ Mike Hulme has an H-Index of 29 (April 2008). A full listing all publications can be downloaded: Hulme Publications (as of January 2008) Most recent publications Hulme,M. and Dessai,S. (under review) Predicting, deciding, learning: can one evaluate the 'success' of national climate scenarios? Environmental Research Letters Hulme,M., Dessai,S., Lorenzoni,I. and Nelson,D. (under ... http://www.mikehulme.org/2007/03/academic-publications/ I am seeking to recruit a PhD student to work with me on the following topics: 'The IPCC and the spatial ordering of climate change knowledge' and (with Dr Irene Lorenzoni) 'Public perceptions of drought and climate change in southeast England'.  Contact me at m.hulme@uea.ac.uk for further information. I am also ... http://www.mikehulme.org/2007/01/phd-students/ The longest UK climate data series is the Central England Temperature available from the Hadley Centre. The decade 1991-2000 was 0.6degC warmer than the 1961-90 baseline, and the period 2001-2006 was 1.0degC warmer. Other climate datasets produced by the Climatic Research Unit can be found here, including the Hulme global gridded ... http://www.mikehulme.org/2007/01/data-sets/ Information about current and recently completed research projects for which I am the Principal, or Co-Principal, Investigator. The Tyndall Centre currently has a contract with NERC, EPSRC and ESRC worth £5.7m for the period 2006-2009. Current Research Contracts ADAM: adaptation and mitigation strategies in support of European climate policy, 2006-2009 (EU DG-Research, ... http://www.mikehulme.org/2007/01/current-projects/ Less heat, more light, please  Book review of 'The Hot Topic: how to tackle global warming and still keep the lights on' by Gabrielle Walker and David King, Times Higher Education, 21 February 2008 Overheated, underpowered  Book review of 'The Hot Topic: how to tackle global warming and still keep the ... http://www.mikehulme.org/2007/01/articles-talks-and-lectures/ This page summarises my professional and personal affiliations, revealing some of the responsibilities and influences that shape my thinking. Journals I am Editor-in-Chief of the new Wiley-Blackwell Interdisciplinary Review (WIREs) Climate Change, to launch early 2010.  I co-edit with Neil Adger and Kate Brown the journal Global Environmental Change and I am on the editorial ... http://www.mikehulme.org/2007/01/affiliations/