Dr. Rickenbach has participated in various university and industry panels on climate change issues. He has appeared in numerous television and radio interviews and has published opinion and narrative pieces on climate change and general science issues. He has spent time on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. as a resource for Congressional staff on climate-related issues and impacts. Some examples of his outreach are found below.
How does a scientist learn how to communicate science to policy makers, at a time when building bridges between scientists, lawmakers, and the public has never been more important? Will climate science survive its death-defying leap into policy? It’s all about connection and trust. Read this published article on my experience and perspective:
Rickenbach, T., The Flying Trapeze. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 100 (4), 692-698, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-18-0171.1, 2019. Download here.
Interviews and op-ed pieces
Is the August 2021 flooding in western North Carolina part of a new normal of extreme rain? Watch my conversation with Tim Boyum and assistant North Carolina climatologist Corey Davis on Spectrum News Raleigh’s Capitol Tonight segment (26 August 2021).
Op-ed piece on climate change prediction and uncertainty, Raleigh News & Observer (13 Dec. 2009).
Will we see more hurricanes like Hurricane Katrina in the future as the Earth warms? See what I had to say in this October 2005 live interview with Bay Area NBC-11 news anchor T. J. Holmes.
Did you see the fireball meteor on March 22 (2011) over eastern North Carolina? Listen to my interpretation of what happened on the Down East Journal program on Public Radio East.
The Dept. of Geography at ECU hosted a public forum in September 2008 on hurricane impacts in North Carolina. Click here to watch a brief summary and interview on Greenville’s WNCT Ch. 9.
Why does the Leonid meteor shower appear every November? Here my explanation on East Carolina Public Radio, November 2010.