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New Jersey’s Changing Climate
May 4 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
| with David Robinson, PhD, NJ State Climatologist, and Distinguished Professor of Geography, Rutgers University Within the past 15 years, New Jersey has experienced its wettest and warmest years in well over a century of observations. Warm conditions are arriving earlier in the spring and persisting into fall. Extreme events, such as Ida, Sandy, and Irene appear to be becoming more common. Sea level is rising along NJ shorelines at a faster pace than many other locations around the globe. All of this suggests that NJ’s climate regime is hardly stable; it is changing. Natural variations alone cannot account for these local and global anomalies. Human influences on climate are significant, prompting discussion as to how society might mitigate or develop greater resiliency to increasing climate change. This presentation will explore the physical dimensions of the issue, both short and long term. Information will also be provided on how the state climate office is actively monitoring weather and climate conditions via the Rutgers New Jersey Weather Network and with the assistance of volunteers participating in the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail, and Snow Network Dr. David Robinson works with a wide array of stakeholders who require climatological information and expertise to solve problems. He directs the Rutgers NJ Weather Network, a constellation of 70 automated weather stations and co-leads the NJ chapter of the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail, and Snow citizen science network. Globally, Dave conducts research on the role of snow cover in the climate system and as an indicator of climate change. Dave is a former member of the National Academy of Sciences’ Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, is past president of the American Association of State Climatologists, has received the Lifetime Achievement award of the American Association of Geographers, and is a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society. |
| PLEASE REGISTER IF YOU PLAN TO COME. hunterdon@npsnj.org |