Public Press Faculty Articles

The Texas Tech Climate Science Center affiliated faculty members have written public press articles pertaining to their research in regards to climate change.

• John Zak (Biology) - "Our Catholic Response and Responsibility to Climate Change"
• Ken Baake (English) - "The Key to Conversation May Lie in Our Language"
• Katharine Hayhoe (Political Science) - "Future Water Solutions"

CSC Blog - Think Global, Act Local

• The Quiet Revolution
• Mapping to Make a Difference
• Five Fairy Tales We Tell Ourselves About Energy In West Texas
• Rethink, Recycle!
• Will the Great Plains Experience Another Dust Bowl?
• Climate Change, Politics, and Public Perception
• Scary and Gross - 3 Disturbing Consequences of a Warming Planet
• Seven Ways Climate Change Affects Our Health
• Climate Change and the Syrian Refugee Crisis -- What's the Connection?
• Money and Politics, God and Global Warming
• Water Conservation Tips From High Plains Water District (Part 1)
• Rainwater Harvesting Practices From High Plains Water District (Part 2)
• Busting the Climate Change Myth
• Sustainability Efforts by Texas Tech Transportation and Parking Services (Part 1)
• Sustainability Efforts by Texas Tech Transportation and Parking Services (Part 2)
• Texas Is the Best. And Worst. #1 in Both Wind Energy and Carbon Pollution
• The Goal of the National Wind Institute at Texas Tech University
• Benefits and Challenges of Wind Energy

Featured Articles

• Dangerously Hot Playground Temperatures Explored by Texas Tech Researcher - Featuring Dr. Jennifer Vanos
• Capitol Hill Event Launches University Consortium to Engage Student Mappers- Featuring Dr. Patricia Solis
• A Million Edits Made to World's Open Map, Program Funded by Texas Tech - Featuring Dr. Patricia Solis

Contributing Research

• Patricia Solis, Jennifer Vanos, and Robert Forbis. (2016). The Decision- Making/Accountability Spatial Incongruence Problem for research linking environmental science and policy.Geographical Review. 106(4). doi:10.1111/gere.12240
• Jennifer Vanos, Drew Graham, Natasha Kenny, and Robert Brown. (2016). The Relationship Between Neighborhood Tree Canopy Cover and Heat Related Ambulance calls during Extreme Heat Events in Toronto, Canada. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 20, 180-186. doi:10.1016/j.ufug.2016.08.005
• Brian Shreck, Arnold Vedlitz. (2016). The Public and Its Climate: Exploring the Relationship Between Public Discourse and Opinion on Global Warming. Society & Natural Resources. doi: 10.1080/08941920.2015.1095380
• Jennifer Vanos, Ariane Middel, Grant McKercher, Evan Kuras, and Benjamin Ruddel. (2015). Hot playgrounds and children's health: A multi scale analysis of surface temperatures in Arizona, USA. Landscape and Urban Planning, 146, 29-42. doi:10.1016/j.landurban.2015.10.007
• Rodica Gelca, Katharine Hayhoe, Ian Scott-Fleming, Caleb Crow, Dan Dawson, and Reynaldo Patino. (2015). Climate-water quality relationships in Texas reservoirs.Hydrol. Process. Hydrological Processes. doi:10.1002/hyp.10545
• Jung-Hee Ryu, Katharine Hayhoe. (2015). Regional and large-scale influences on seasonal to interdecadal variability in Caribbean surface air temperature in CMIP5 simulations.Climate Dynamics, 45(1), 455-475.
• Kerry Griffis-Kyle, Joseph Drake, Jeffery Jenness, Jordan Calvert. (2015). Testing a model for the prediction of isolated waters in the Sonoran Desert.Journal of Arid Environments, 118, 1-8.
• Kerry Griffis-Kyle, Jeffery Kovatch, and Cristina Bradatan. (2014). Water Quality: A hidden danger in anthropogenic desert catchments. Wildlife Society Bulletin. 38:148-151.
• Nancy E McIntyre, Christopher K Wright, Sharmistha Swain, Katharine Hayhoe, Ganming Liu, Frank W Schwartz, and Geoffrey M Henebry. (2014). "Climate forcing of wetland landscape connectivity in the Great Plains."Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. (2014) 12: 59–64.
• Ken Baake. (2013). The legacy of Charlie Flagg: narrative of drought and overcoming the monster in West Texas water policy debates.Texas Water Journal, 4(1), 78-92.
• Blake Grisham, Clint Boal, David Haukos, Dawn Davis, Kathy Boydston, et al. (2013). The Predicted Influence of Climate Change on Lesser Prairie-­‐Chicken Reproductive Parameters. PLoS ONE 8(7): e68225
• Cristina Bradatan. (2013). Where do we go from here? Climate change as a human affair. International Sociology, 28(5), 496-501. doi:10.1177/0268580913496914
• John Zak, Colin Bell, Nancy McIntyre, et al. (2008). Soil Microbial Responses to Temporal Variations of Moisture and Temperature in the Chihuahuan Desert Grassland.Microbial Ecology, 56(1), 153-167.