A Journey in Climate Science Communication: Three Decades of Building and Sharing Products on the Web
Brian McNoldy
Senior Research Associate · Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science
University of Miami
Speaker website- Date
- Friday, October 9, 2026
- Time
- 1pm – 2pm (EDT)
- Location
- Flanagan 265
- Format
- Hybrid
Abstract
Brian has been involved with climate science communication since the mid-1990s, including public presentations, blogs, extensive media correspondence, and particularly websites. Although the technology landscape has evolved significantly since then, his goal has not: strive to create content that is approachable, eye-catching, and understandable. He will take you on a tour of his website history, which began 32 years ago when websites were few and in their infancy, and will include timely topics for discussion such as El Niño, hurricane season, sea level rise, and extreme heat.
About the speaker
Brian is originally from Reading, PA, and has had a general interest in science since childhood. His passion for weather was sparked at age 7 by the big Nor’easter snowstorm of February 1983, and then further piqued by Hurricane Gloria in September 1985. He held an internship at NASA Goddard in the summer of 1997, earned his Bachelor's degree in physics, astronomy, and mathematics from Lycoming College in Williamsport, PA in 1998, then went on to graduate school where he completed his Master's degree in atmospheric science at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, CO in 2001. He spent the next decade working at CSU’s Department of Atmospheric Science conducting research on a variety of topics, specializing in tropical cyclones. Since January 2012, Brian has worked as a Senior Research Associate at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science where he continues his research career on a wide variety of topics in atmospheric science. His website at https://bmcnoldy.earth.miami.edu/ hosts many products routinely used by the meteorology community, the media, and the public.