Patrick J. Michaels
Senior Fellow in Environmental Studies
Michaels is a research professor of environmental sciences at the University of Virginia and visiting scientist with the Marshall Institute in Washington, D.C. He is a past president of the American Association of State Climatologists and was program chair for the Committee on Applied Climatology of the American Meteorological Society. Michaels is a contributing author and reviewer of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. His writing has been published in the major scientific journals, including Climate Research, Climatic Change, Geophysical Research Letters, Journal of Climate, Nature, and Science, as well as in popular serials such as the Washington Post, Washington Times, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, Houston Chronicle, and Journal of Commerce. He was an author of the climate "paper of the year" awarded by the Association of American Geographers in 2004. He has appeared on ABC, NPR's "All Things Considered," PBS, Fox News Channel, CNN, MSNBC, CNBC, BBC and Voice of America. According to Nature magazine, Pat Michaels may be the most popular lecturer in the nation on the subject of global warming. Michaels holds A.B. and S.M. degrees in biological sciences and plant ecology from the University of Chicago, and he received a Ph.D. in ecological climatology from the University of Wisconsin at Madison in 1979.
Media Contact: 202-789-5200
To Book a Speaking Engagement: 202-789-5226
E-Mail: pmichaels@cato.org
Books and Book Chapters
Meltdown: The Predictable Distortion of Global Warming by Scientists, Politicians, and the Media (2004)
The Satanic Gases (2000)
Sound and Fury: The Science and Politics of Global Warming (1992)
Cato Studies
"Is the Sky Really Falling? A Review of Recent Global Warming Scare Stories," Policy Analysis no. 576, August 23, 2006.
"Review of the 2001 U.S. Climate Action Report," White Paper, June 3, 2002.
"Long Hot Year: Latest Science Debunks Global Warming Hysteria," Policy Analysis no. 329, December 31, 1998.
"The Consequences of Kyoto," Policy Analysis no. 307, May 7, 1998.
Articles and Newsletters
Trends in Precipitation on the Wettest Days of the Year across the Contiguous United States. International Journal of Climatology 24, pp. 1873-1882, 2004.
A Test of Corrections for Extraneous Signals in Gridded Surface Temperature Data. Climate Research 26, pp. 159-174, 2004.
Decadal Changes in Summer Mortality in U.S. Cities. International Journal of Biometeorology 47, pp. 166-175, 2003.
Opinion and Commentary
"Hansen Unhinged," National Review (Online), June 27, 2008
"Commission Does Little About Climate Change," Richmond Times-Dispatch, June 19, 2008
"Global-Warming Myth," Washington Times, May 16, 2008
"Doing Little Is Doing Right, or You'll Wreck Economy," Des Moines Register, April 20, 2008
"Our Climate Numbers Are a Big Old Mess," The Wall Street Journal, April 18, 2008
Events
"What to Do about Climate Change," February 29, 2008 [Capitol Hill Briefing]
"Global Warming: Some Convenient Facts," May 7, 2007 [Capitol Hill Briefing]
"Meltdown: The Predictable Distortion of Global Warming by Scientists, Politicians, and the Media," November 18, 2004 [Book Forum]
Multimedia
Patrick J. Michaels discusses the Climate Security Act on Federal News Radio (June 4, 2008) [MP3]
Patrick J. Michaels discusses energy resource development on Al Jazeera English, Part II. (May 30, 2008) [Real Media]
Patrick J. Michaels discusses energy resource development on Al Jazeera English, Part I. (May 29, 2008) [Real Media]
"A Decade Without Warming" featuring Patrick J. Michaels, May 22, 2008 [Flash Audio, 05:21]
Patrick J. Michaels on Fox News talking about endangered species February 16, 2008 [Flash Video, 01:50]