Michael Lemonick

I'm an ex-TIME writer and current TIME contributor. I now write for Climate Central, a nonprofit, non-advocacy climate communications firm

Articles from Contributor

Sort by  
+Oceans | June 17, 2010

Hot Times in Antarctica

By Michael Lemonick

The world’s polar regions are warming up faster than the global average, but the western edge of the Antarctic Peninsula is especially steamy. Over the past 50 years, winter temperatures have shot up by an almost unbelievable 6°C—more than five times the global average, according to a paper just published in Science.

+Climate Science | June 13, 2010

TIME and Climate Change

By Michael Lemonick

About 20 years ago, a group of TIME writers and editors had lunch with Stephen Schneider, who was then and remains a leading climate scientist. At one point during the meeting, Schneider made a plea: “You really should be covering global warming every week. That’s how important it is.” The journalists looked at each other [...]