Mike Hulme

Mike Hulme has an H-Index of 33 (June 2010). A full listing all career publications can be downloaded here: Hulme Publications December 2009.  Scroll down this page for archived publications listed by year.  Click here for recent (2010) publications. 

Thomson Reuters reports Mike Hulme as the 10th most cited author in the world in the field of climate change, between 1999 and 2009 (ScienceWatch, Nov/Dec 2009, see Table 2).

Most cited publications (citation counts derived from Scopus unless otherwise stated).

(792) New,M., Hulme,M. and Jones,P.D. (2000) Representing twentieth century space-time climate variability. Part 2: development of 1901-96 monthly grids of terrestrial surface climate J.Climate, 13(13), 2217-2238

(715) New,M., Hulme,M. and Jones,P.D. (1999) Representing twentieth century space-time climate variability. Part 1: development of a 1961-90 mean monthly terrestrial climatology J.Climate, 12(2-3), 829-856

(480) Hulme,M., Jenkins,G.J., Lu,X., Turnpenny,J.R., Mitchell,T.D., Jones,R.G., Lowe,J., Murphy,J.M., Hassell,D., Boorman,P., McDonald,R. and Hill,S. (2002)   Climate change scenarios for the UK: the UKCIP02 scientific report Tyndall Centre,  UEA,  Norwich,  UK,  112pp. [citation count obtained from Google Scholar]

(395) New,M., Lister,D., Hulme,M. and Makin,I. (2002) A high-resolution data set of surface climate over global land areas Climate Research 21(1), 1-25

(188) Hulme,M., Doherty,R.M., Ngara,T., New,M. and Lister,D. (2001) African climate change: 1900-2100 Climate Research 17(2), 145-168

(153) Hulme,M. (1992) A 1951-80 global land precipitation climatology for the evaluation of General Circulation Models Climate Dynamics, 7(2), 57-72

(150) Osborn,T.J., Hulme,M., Jones,P.D. and Basnett,T.A. (2000) Observed trends in the daily intensity of UK precipitation Int. J. Climatol. 20(4), 347-364

(137) Hulme,M. Osborn,T.J. and Johns,T.C. (1998) Precipitation sensitivity to global warming: comparison of observations with the HadCM2 simulations Geophys. Res. Letts. 25(17), 3379-3382

Adger, W. N., Huq, S., Brown, K., Conway, D. and Hulme, M. (2009) Adaptation to climate change in the developing world   pp.161-185 in, Earthscan reader in adaptation to climate change  (eds.) Schipper, E. L. and Burton, I.,  Earthscan,  London

Adger,W.N., Dessai,S., Goulden,M., Hulme,M., Lorenzoni,I., Nelson,D., Otto-Naess,L., Wolf,J. and Wreford,A. (2009)   Are there social limits to adaptation to climate change?   Climatic Change   93,  335-354  doi 10.1007/s10584-008-9520-z

Dessai,S., Hulme,M., Lempert,R. and Pielke,R. jr. (2009)   Climate prediction: a limit to adaptation?  Chapter 5 in, Adapting to climate change: thresholds, values, governance  (eds.) Adger,W.N., Lorenzoni,I. and O’Brien,K.  Cambridge University Press, Cambridge,  530pp.

Dessai,S., Hulme,M., Lempert,R. and Pielke,R. jr. (2009)   Do we need better predictions to adapt to a changing climate?    EOS  90(13),  111-112

Girod,B., Wiek,A., Mieg,H. and Hulme,M. (2009)  The evolution of the IPCC’s emission scenarios – changes, causes and critical aspects    Environmental Science and Policy   12(2),  103-118   doi:10.1016/j.envsci.2008.12.006

Hulme,M. (2009)   A belief in climate  pp.85-98 in, Real Scientists, Real Faith  (ed.) Berry,S.,  Monarch (Lion Hudson),  Oxford,  288pp.

Hulme,M. (2009)   On the origin of the greenhouse effect: John Tyndall’s 1859 interrogation of Nature   Weather  64(5),  121-123

Hulme,M. (2009)   Why we disagree about climate change: understanding controversy, inaction and opportunity   Cambridge University Press,  Cambridge,  393pp.

Hulme,M. (2009)  mediating the messages about climate change: reporting the IPCC Fourth Assessment in the UK print media  pp.117-128 in, Climate change and the media  (eds.) Boyce,T. and Lewis,J.,  Peter Lang,  New York,  261pp.

Hulme,M., Boykoff,M., Gupta,J., Heyd,T., Jaeger,J., Jamieson,D., Lemos,M.C., O’Brien,K., Roberts,T., Rockstrom,J. and Vogel,C. (2009)   Conference covered climate from all angles   Science  324,  881-882

Hulme,M., Dessai,S., Lorenzoni,I. and Nelson,D. (2009)  Unstable climates: exploring the statistical and social constructions of ‘normal’ climate   Geoforum   40(2),  197-206  doi 10.1016/j.geoforum.2008.09.010

Hulme,M., Neufeldt,H. and Colyer,H. (eds.) (2009)   ADAM final report.  Tyndall Centre,  UEA,  Norwich,  44pp.

Hulme,M., Pielke,R.A.jr. and Dessai,S. (2009)  Keeping prediction in perspective  Nature Reports Climate Change  Issue 11,  29 October  doi:10.1038/climate.2009.110

Hulme,M. and Turnpenny,J. (2009)  What does applying ‘scientific values’ mean in reality? Correspondence in Nature  9 April,  458,  702

Lorenzoni,I. and Hulme,M. (2009)   Believing is seeing: laypeople’s views of future socio-economic and climate change through scenarios in England and Italy  Public Understanding of Science   18,  383-400

O’Neill,S.J. and Hulme,M. (2009)   An iconic approach for representing climate change  Global Environmental Change  19(4),  402-410

Hulme,M. and Dessai,S. (2008) Predicting, deciding, learning: can one evaluate the ’success’ of national climate scenarios? Environmental Research Letters  3(4),  7pp.  doi:10.1088/1748-9326/3/4/045013

Hulme,M. (2008)  To what climate are we adapting?  ECOS  29(3/4),  80-85

Dessai,S. and Hulme,M. (2008)  How do UK climate scenarios compare with recent observations? Atmospheric Science Letters doi: 10.1002/asl.197

O’Neill,S.J., Osborn,T.J., Hulme,M., Lorenzoni,I. and Watkinson,A.R. (2008)  Using expert knowledge to assess uncertainties in future polar bear populations under climate change Journal of Applied Ecology 45(6), 1649-1659

Hulme,M. (2008)  Governing and adapting to climate change.  A response to Ian Bailey’s commentary on “Geographical work at the boundaries of climate change”   Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers 33(3), 424-427  doi: 10.1111/j.1475-5661.2008.00311.x

Hulme,M. and Dessai,S. (2008)  Ventures should not overstate their aims just to secure funding   Correspondence in Nature  19 June, 453, 979

Hulme,M. (2008)  The Star Wars solution to climate change that will crash back to Earth  Times Higher Education  26 June  pp.24-25 

Hulme,M. (2008) The conquering of climate: discourses of fear and their dissolution (submitted version) Geographical Journal 174(1), 5-16   doi: 10.1111/j.1475-4959.2008.00266.x

Hulme,M. (2008) Geographical work at the boundaries of climate change (submitted version) Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers 33(1), 5-11  doi: 10.1111/j.1475-5661.2007.00289.x

Hulme,M. and Dessai,S. (2008)    Negotiating future climates: a critical review of the development of climate scenarios for the UK  Environmental Science and Policy 11(1), 54-70   doi:10.1016/j.envsci.2007.09.003

Hulme,M. (2007) Understanding climate change: the power and the limit of science (viewpoint article) Weather 62(9), 243-244.

Andronova,N., Schlesinger,M.E., Dessai,S., Hulme,M. and Li,B. (2007) The concept of climate sensitivity: history and development pp.5-17 in, Human-induced climate change: an inter-disciplinary assessment (eds.) Schlesinger,M.E., Khesgi,H., Smith,J., Chesnaye,F., Reily,J.M., Wilson,T. and Kolstad,C., Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 451pp.

Hulme,M. (2007) Newspaper scare headlines can be counter-productive Nature, 445 (22 Feb), p.818

Dessai,S. and Hulme,M. (2007) Assessing the robustness of adaptation decisions to climate change uncertainties: a case-study on water resources management in the East of England Global Environmental Change, 17(1), 59-72.

Dessai,S., O’Brien,K. and Hulme,M. (2007) On uncertainty and climate change Global Environmental Change, 17(1), 1-3.

Dessai,S., O’Brien,K. and Hulme,M. (eds.) (2007) Uncertainty in climate change adaptation in mitigation Global Environmental Change (Special Issue), Volume 17(1)

Hulme,M. (2006) We need a change of climate to survive Times Higher Educational Supplement (6 Jan), p.14

Hulme,M. and Minns,A. (2006) Truly useful: doing climate change research that is useful for both theory and practice Tyndall Centre, Norwich, UK, 32pp.

Hulme,M. (2006) Unexpected interest in an element Book review of ‘Carbon and its domestication’ Mannion,A., Times Higher Educational Supplement (26 May), pp.xii-xiii

Hulme,M. (2006) Climate change in Europe: implications for the future and choices for the present pp.16-17 in, Climate change and biodiversity – meeting the challenge Report of the 13th Annual Conference of the European Environment Advisory Committee, English Nature, Peterborough, UK, 84pp.

Hulme,M. (2006) Tyndall Centre research strategy: summary 2006-2009 Tyndall Centre, Norwich, UK, 16pp.

Hulme,M. (2006) Break moulds to recognise value of interdisciplinary research Research Fortnight, (22 Nov), pp.16-18

Hulme,M. (2006) Something to clear the air Book review of ‘Avoiding dangerous climate change’ Schenllhuber,H.J. et al. (eds.) in Times Higher Educational Supplement (18 Aug), p.23

Hulme,M. (2006) A priceless proposition Book review of ‘How to spend $50 billion to make the world a better place’ Lomborg,B. (ed.) Times Higher Educational Supplement (1 Sep), pp.24-25

Adger,W.N., Brown,K. and Hulme,M. (2005) Redefining global environmental change Global Environmental Change 15(1), 1-4

Dessai,S., Lu,X. and Hulme,M. (2005) Limited sensitivity analysis of regional climate change probabilities for the 21st century J. Geophys. Research (Atmospheres) 110(D19108), doi:10.1029/2005JD005919

Hulme,M. (2005) Global warming and African climate change: a re-assessment pp.29-40 in, Climate change and Africa (ed.) Low,P.S., Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 369pp.

Hulme,M. (2005) Recent trends in climate pp.31-40 in, Climate change and biodiversity (eds.) Lovejoy,T.E. and Hannah,L., Yale University Press, Yale, USA, 418pp.

Hulme,M., Githeko,A. and Matthies,F. (2005) Climate change and infectious diseases in Africa pp.27-33 in, Infectious diseases in Africa: using science to fight the evolving threat (ed.) Office of Science and Technology, London, UK, 57pp.

Hulme,M. (2005) Pie in the sky tops this GB’s wish list Book review of ‘Global crisis, global solutions’, B.Lomborg (ed.) Times Higher Education Supplement (22 April), pp.28-29

Metz,B. and Hulme,M. (eds.) (2005) Climate policy options post-2012: European strategy, technology and adaptation after Kyoto Climate Policy (Special Issue), 5(3), 243-391

Dai,A., Lamb,P.J., Trenberth,K.E., Hulme,M., Jones,P.D., and Xie,P. (2004) The recent Sahel drought is real International Journal of Climatology 24(11), 1323-1331

Dessai,S., Adger,W.N., Hulme,M., Kohler,J., Turnpenny,J. and Warren,R. (2004) Defining and experiencing dangerous climate change Climatic Change, 64, 11-25

Dessai,S. and Hulme,M. (2004) Does climate adaptation policy need probabilities? Climate Policy, 4, 107-128

Hulme,M. (2004) A change in the weather? Coming to terms with climate change pp.21-44 in, Global environmental issues (ed.) Harris,F., Wiley & Sons, Chichester, UK

Hulme,M. (2004) Climate change and lakes pp.55-61 in, Climate change and governance – managing the impacts on lakes 8th Living Lakes Conference, 8-12 September 2003, (ed.) Global Nature Fund, Radolfzell, Germany, 90pp.

Hulme,M. (2004) Pictures, scenarios or probabilities: how should we portray dangerous climate change? Paper presented at the Conference ‘Perspectives on dangerous climate change’, 28-29 June 2004, UEA, Norwich

Hulme,M. (2004) Save the world without being an eco-bore Book review of ‘High tide: news from a warming world’ by Lynas,M. and ‘Red sky at morning: America and the crisis of the global environment – a citizen’s agenda for action’ by Speth, J.G. Times Higher Educational Supplement (22 Oct), pp. 24-25.

Hulme,M. (2004) Whipping up a storm for the future Book review of ‘Climate into the 21st century’ by Burroughs,W. (ed.) Times Higher Educational Supplement, p. 29.

Lu,X. and Hulme,M. (2004) Combating climate change chapter in, Introducing sustainable development in nine and a half chapters (LEAD International, eds.), LEAD International, London, UK [ISBN 0-9546927-0-5]

Mitchell,T.D., Carter,T.R., Jones,P.D., Hulme,M. and New,M.G. (2004) A comprehensive set of high-resolution grids of monthly climate for Europe and the globe: the observed record (1901-2000) and 16 scenarios (2001-2100) Tyndall Working Paper No.55, Tyndall Centre, Norwich, UK, 30pp.

Hulme,M. and Turnpenny,J.T. (2004) Understanding and managing climate change: the UK experience Geographical Journal 170 ( 2), 105-115

Gill,J., Watkinson,A.R. and Hulme,M. (2004) Flying in the face of climate change: a review of climate change past, present and future Ibis, 146, 4-10

Adger,W.N., Huq,S., Brown,K., Conway,D. and Hulme,M. (2003) Adaptation to climate change in the developing world Progress in Development Studies, 3, 179-195

Dessai,S., Adger,W.N., Hulme,M., Kohler,J., Turnpenny,J. and Warren,R. (2003) Defining and experiencing dangerous climate change Tyndall Centre Working Paper No.28, Tyndall Centre, Norwich, UK, 12pp.

Dessai,S. and Hulme,M. (2003) Does climate policy need probabilities? Tyndall Centre Working Paper No.34, Tyndall Centre, Norwich, UK, 43pp.

Goodess,C., Osborn,T.J. and Hulme,M. (2003) The identification and evaluation of suitable scenario development methods for the estimation of future probabilities of extreme weather events Tyndall Centre Technical Report No.4, Tyndall Centre, Norwich, UK, 65pp.

Goodess,C., Hanson,C., Hulme,M. and Osborn,T.J. (2003) Representing climate and extreme weather events in integrated assessment models: a review of existing methods and options for development Integrated Assessment, 4(3), 145-171

Hulme,M. (2003) Abrupt climate change: can society cope? Tyndall Centre Working Paper No.30, Tyndall Centre, Norwich, UK, 23pp.

Hulme,M. (2003) Abrupt climate change: can society cope? Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society London (A), 361(1810), 2001-2021

Adger,W.N., Huq,S., Brown,K., Conway,D. and Hulme,M. (2002) Adaptation to climate change: setting the agenda for development policy and research Tyndall Centre Working Paper No.16, Tyndall Centre, Norwich

Adger,W.N., Brooks,N., Brown,K., Conway,D., Haxeltine,A. and Hulme,M. (2002) Memorandum of evidence on climate change and sustainable development by the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research pp.59-62 in, Global Climate Change and Sustainable Development (ed.) House of Commons International Development Committee, Session 2001-2, Paper 519-II, The Stationary Office, London, UK

Arnell,N.W., Cannell,M.G.R, Hulme,M., Kovats,S.R., Mitchell,J.F.B., Nicholls,R.J., Parry,M.L. Livermore,M.T.J. and White,A. (2002) The consequences of CO2 stabilisation for the impacts of climate change Climatic Change 53, 413-446

Doherty,R.M. and Hulme,M. (2002) The relationship between the SOI and extended tropical precipitation in simulations of future climate change Geophys. Res. Letts., 29(10), 113-114

Hulme,M. (2002) Climate change: a sober assessment pp.1-17 in, Nature’s revenge? hurricanes: floods and climate change (ed.) Gilland,T., Institute of Ideas/Hodder and Stoughton, London, UK

Hulme,M. (2002) Framework for an integrated global climate management strategy Science in Parliament, 59 (2), 14-15

Hulme,M. (2002) Frameworks for an integrated global climate management strategy Environmental Scientist, 11, 7-8

Hulme,M. (2002) The changing climate of the UK: now and in the future pp.9-26 in, Climate change: impacts on UK forests, (ed.) Broadmeadow,M., Forestry Bulletin No 125, Institute of Chartered Foresters/Forestry Commission, Edinburgh, UK, 198pp.

Hulme,M., Jenkins,G.J., Brooks,N., Cresswell,D., Doherty,R.M., Durman,C., Gregory,J., Lowe,J. and Osborn,T.J. (2002) What is happening to global climate and why? pp.18-49 in, Health effects of climate change in the UK, Department of Health Report, London, UK, 238pp.

Hulme,M. et al. (2002) Climate change scenarios for the United Kingdom: the UKCIP02 scientific report Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, Norwich, UK, 120pp.

Hulme,M., Turnpenny,J.R. and Jenkins,G.J. (2002) Climate change scenarios for the United Kingdom: the UKCIP02 briefing report Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, Norwich, UK, 15pp.

Lu,X., Crossley,J. and Hulme,M. (2002) An exploration of regional climate change scenarios for Scotland Scottish Geographical Journal, 117, 251-270

Mitchell,T.D., Hulme,M. and New,M.G. (2002) Climate data for political areas Area, 34, 109-112

Mitchell,T.D. and Hulme,M. (2002) Length of the growing season Weather, 57, 196-198

New,M.G., Lister,D., Hulme,M. and Makin,I. (2002) A high-resolution data set of surface climate over global land areas Climate Research, 21, 1-25

Osborn,T.J. and Hulme,M. (2002) Evidence for trends in heavy rainfall events over the UK Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series A – Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences, 360(1796), 1313-1325

Patz,J.A., Hulme,M., Rosenzweig,C., Mitchell,T.D., Goldberg,R.A., Githeko,A.K., Lele,S., McMichael,A.J. and Le Sueur,D. (2002) Regional warming and malaria resurgence Nature, 420(6916), 627-628

Turnpenny,J.R., Crossley,J.F., Hulme,M. and Obsorn,T.J. (2002) Airflow influences on local climate: comparison of a regional climate model with observations over the UK Climate Research, 20 (3), 189-202

Dessai,S. and Hulme,M. (2001) Climatic implications of revised IPCC emissions scenarios, the Kyoto Protocol and quantification of uncertainties Integrated Assessment 2, 159-170.

Giorgi,F., Hewitson,B., Christensen,H.J., Hulme,M., Von Storch,H., Whetton,P., Jones,R., Mearns,L.O. and Fu,C. (2001) Regional climate information evaluation and projections pp.583-638 in, Climate change 2001: the scientific basis (eds.) Houghton,J.T., Ding,Y., Griggs,D.J., Noguer,M., van der Linden,P.J., Dai,X., Maskell,K. and Johnson,C.A., Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 944pp.

Goodess,C.M., Hulme,M. and Osborn,T.J. (2001) The identification and evaluation of suitable scenario development methods for the estimation of future probabilities of extreme weather events Tyndall Centre Working Paper No.6, Tyndall Centre, Norwich, 46pp.

Horton,E.B., Parker,D.E., Folland,C.K., Jones,P.D. and Hulme,M. (2001) The effect of increasing the mean on the percentage of extreme values in Gaussian and skew distributions. Response to X. Zhang et al. Climatic Change, 50(4), 509-510.

Hulme,M. (2001) Defining future climates from scenarios to risk assessments pp.8-9 in, Impact of climate change on wildlife (eds.) Green,R.E., Harley,M., Spalding,M. and Zöckler,C. Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, UK

Hulme,M. (2001) Emissions Scenarios: What are they and what do they tell us? Tyndall Centre Briefing Note No.1, Tyndall Centre, Norwich

Hulme,M. (2001) Integrated assessment models Tyndall Centre Working Paper No.2, Tyndall Centre, Norwich, 17pp.

Hulme,M. (2001) Climatic perspectives on Sahelian desiccation: 1973-1998 Global Environmental Change 11, 19-29.

Hulme,M., Doherty,R.M., Ngara,T., New,M.G. and Lister,D. (2001) African climate change: 1900-2100 Climate Research 17, 145-168.

Hulme,M., Crossley,J. and Lu,X. (2001) An exploration of regional climate change scenarios for Scotland The Scottish Executive Central Research Unit, Edinburgh, 50pp.

Hulme,M. (2001) Classics in physical geography revisited – the effects of doubling the CO2 concentration on the climate of a general circulation model. (Reprinted from Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences (1975) 32, 3-15) Progress in Physical Geography 25(3), 385-387.

Hulme,M. (2001) New Tyndall Centre to encourage integrated climate research Ocean Challenge 10, 15-16.

Hulme,M. and Torok,S. (2001) The scientific evidence for human-induced climate change SciDev.Net Dossier Feature article

Hulme,M. (2001) 40 ways to change a world climate Book review of ‘Emissions scenarios: special report to the IPCC’ (eds.) Nakicenovic,N. and Swart,R., Times Higher Education Supplement (2 February), p.30.

Hulme,M. (2001) Black gold blackens future Book reviews of ‘The collapse of the Kyoto Protocol and the struggle to slow global warming’ by D.Victor and ‘Climate change impacts on the United States: the potential consequences of climate variability and change’ (ed.) National Assessment Synthesis Team, Times Higher Education Supplement (22 June), p.25.

Magistro,J., Roncoli,C. and Hulme,M. (eds.) (2001) Anthropological perspectives and policy implications of climate change research Climate Research Special Issue, 19(2)

Mearns,L.O., Hulme,M., Carter,T.R., Lal,M., Leemans,R. and Whetton,P.H. (2001) Climate scenario development pp.739-768 in, Climate change 2001: the scientific basis (eds.) Houghton,J.T., Ding,Y., Griggs,D.J., Noguer,M., van der Linden,P.J., Dai,X., Maskell,K. and Johnson,C.A. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 944pp.

New,M., Todd,M., Hulme,M. and Jones,P.D. (2001) Precipitation trends and measurements in the twentieth century International Journal of Climatology 21(15), 1899-1922.

Sear,C., Hulme,M., Adger,W.N. and Brown,K. (2001) The impacts of global climate change on the British Overseas Territories Report to DFID Overseas Territories Unit, London, 38pp + Annexes.

Sear,C., Hulme,M. Adger,W.N. and Brown,K. (2001) The impacts of global climate change on the British Overseas Territories Technical Report and Stakeholder Survey, Tyndall Centre Technical Report, Norwich, 51pp.

Torok,S. and Hulme,M. (2001) How real is the threat of sea-level rise? SciDev.net Dossier Feature article