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 (Link has been updated to Master’s new blog). 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.