Melanie Lenart, Ph.D; Roger Pielke, Jr.; and Jim Miller Ph.D on KVMR: Our Climate and Changing Ecosystem

Summary: Melanie Lenart, Ph.D., is an award-winning journalist, is environmental scientist and writer specializing in climate change and forests. As a scientist, she studied forest dynamics in China, Colorado, and Puerto Rico, where she lived during two major hurricanes. She was involved in an Arizona agricultural experiment testing how plants responded to elevated levels of carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas responsible for the ongoing warming of the planet. www.melanielenart.com Roger Pielke, Jr. is a professor of environmental studies at the Center for Science and Technology Policy Research at the University of Colorado at Boulder. He also has appointments as a Visiting Senior Fellow, Mackinder Programme, London School of Economics and Senior Visiting Fellow at the Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes at Arizona State University. Pielke is also a Senior Fellow of The Breakthrough Institute, a progressive think tank. His latest book is The Climate Fix: What Scientists and Politicians won't tell you about Global Warming. http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/about_us/meet_us/roger_pielke/ Jim Miller, Phd is a professor of Climate Modeling and Climate Change at Rutgers University. He is co-editor of "Scientists Debate Gaia: The Next Century". Miller's current work focuses on the effects of climate dynamics on the Arctic and the Tibetan Plateau. He has been involved in PlanSmart New Jersey's Climate Change Report: Protecting New Jersey's Natural Capital. http://www.newschool.edu/nssr/faculty.aspx?id=10346