Professor Fleming in the New York Times

Professor Fleming was quoted in yesterdays New York Times in an article about Benjamin Franklin's perspective on global warming,

"The weather historian James R. Fleming has noted that the vexing scientific challenge in the climate debate has always been 'the response of a large, complex, potentially chaotic system to small changes in forcing factors.'"

Here is the link,

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/18/opinion/18gelber.html&OQ=_rQ3D2Q26scpQ3D1Q26sqQ3DflemingQ26stQ3Dcse&OP=7d7366Q2FQ5BuxdQ5BQ5DOaQ3D6OOQ3BEQ5BEIIoQ5BAAQ5BAjQ5BO9Q5EQ51Q5EOQ51Q5BAjDxQ23dx6SnQ3BTQ23

Professor Fleming makes a special trip to Washington

This Thursday, Professor Fleming will be in Washington speaking to the U.S. House of Representatives during a meeting on Geoengering as part of the Committee on Science and Technology. Professor Fleming will bring a historical perspective to the roundtable discussion in addition to a five minute presentation.

Check this link for updates. After Professor Fleming's talk, I will post a copy of his presentation.

BLDG Blog references Professor Fleming

A recent post on the well read blog, BLDG Blog, referenced Professor Fleming's work on the weather race during the Cold War. Here is an excert, but be sure to check out the post for more,

"In an endlessly fascinating article published two years ago in The Wilson Quarterly, historian James R. Fleming describes – among many other things – how a "weather race with the Russians" was fought on the level of climatological R&D between the U.S. and U.S.S.R. during the Cold War.
For instance, "In the 1940s," Fleming writes, "General George C. Kenney, commander of the Strategic Air Command, declared, 'The nation which first learns to plot the paths of air masses accurately and learns to control the time and place of precipitation will dominate the globe.'"

Here is the links,
BLDG Blog.