Measuring the ‘Tiger effect’ – doubling of Tour prizes, billions into players’ pockets By Roger Pielke Jr. on August 6, 2014. With the final Major of the golf season starting on Thursday at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky, most … Continue reading →

In SportingIntelligence By Roger Pielke, Jr. on July 29, 2014 Over the weekend, British deputy prime minister Nick Clegg told the Sunday Times that Russia should be stripped of the 2018 World Cup. Clegg joins several senior German politicians in … Continue reading →

By Roger Pielke, Jr. in The Guardian on July 24, 2014 A coalition of environmental NGOs is calling for the post of Europe’s chief scientist to be axed. Roger Pielke Jr explains why this is a misguided and shortsighted proposal. … Continue reading →

A world sport needs organising body that upholds highest standards.  By Roger Pielke, Jr. in the Financial Times on July 12, 2014 Fifa has long been plagued by scandal. In the coming days, it is expected to announce the results … Continue reading →

Protect America with structural integrity, Roger Pielke, Jr., June 9, 2014 In 1933, Richard Gray, a U.S. government weather forecaster, noted that Florida had been hit by at least 37 hurricanes over the 45 years ending in 1930. During this … Continue reading →

Technology, not carbon tax, will reduce emissions by Roger Pielke Jr. on June 3, 2014 Carbon emissions are the product of growth in gross domestic product and of the technologies of energy consumption and production. More precisely, this relationship is … Continue reading →

Natural Hazards Review,  February 2014 / Reconciliation of Trends in Global and Regional Economic Losses from Weather Events by Roger A. Pielke, Jr. In recent years claims have been made in venues including the authoritative reports of the Intergovernmental Panel … Continue reading →

Bridges vol. 39, May 2014 / Pielke’s Perspective by By Roger A. Pielke, Jr. With apologies to John Maynard Keynes, much of what occurs in discussions of science policy is in servitude to the ideas of some defunct scientist from … Continue reading →

How Grammatical Choice Shapes Media Representations of Climate (Un)certainty by Adriana Bailey, Lorine Giangola & Maxwell T. Boykoff Environmental Communication Volume 8, Issue 2, 2014 Abstract: Although mass media continue to play a key role in translating scientific uncertainty for … Continue reading →

Fifa Has Bigger Problems Than Corruption Alone by Roger Pielke, Jr. Soccer Economics May 7, 2014 For much of the past four years FIFA, the organization which oversees global football and the World Cup, has been dogged by allegations of … Continue reading →