ClimateCrocks: Dr. Richard  Rood is a Veteran NASA Atmospheric Scientist, currently teaching at the University of Michigan’s College of Atmopheric, Oceanic, and Space Sciences.

Dr. Rood also posts regularly on Dr. Jeff Master’s Weather Underground. I sat down with Dr. Rood not long ago to talk about developments in climate science. This is a small, but significant piece of the conversation, in light of this week’s announcement of a heightened alert for a developing El Nino event in the Pacific.