January 31, 2025 (Cape Cod, MA) – The Cape Cod Technology Council is kicking off its 2025 First Friday series with a talk on how climate change is impacting the region led by meteorologist and climate scientist Chris Gloninger of Barnstable.
To register for the talk, which takes place on Friday, February 7, 7:30-9 am at Cape Cod Community College, visit https://cctechcouncil.org/.
“This is not a tomorrow problem. This is a today problem,” said Gloninger, a senior scientist at the Woods Hole Group who spent nearly two decades as a meteorologist in markets that included Boston; Albany, New York; Saginaw, Michigan; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and Des Moines, Iowa. “I give talks about climate all over the country to all different groups and my advice isn’t about investing in solar or buying an electric vehicle. It’s about listening and learning about the problem and bringing that to conversations with friends and family. …Passing on that knowledge is the most meaningful climate action any of us can take.”
“We are so excited to welcome Chris to the Tech Council to discuss how climate change is a major issue facing the Cape and to show how innovation is helping to address it,” Tech Council Executive Director Michael White said. “Chris’ extensive knowledge and passion for weather, and for raising awareness to climate change and what we can do about it is an important message.”
Gloninger’s talk will dive into his career journey as a climate scientist which started at a young age, growing up in Sag Harbor, Long Island, where he knew he wanted to forecast weather. He pursued that dream, studying meteorology at Plymouth State University in New Hampshire, leading to an internship with WABC in New York City. That was his entrée to television jobs throughout the country, starting with WHEC-TV in Rochester, New York.
He has earned three EMMYs, two NBC Gems, and two Wisconsin Broadcasters Association awards in recognition of his news coverage during his career. It’s a career that saw him cover a breadth of weather phenomena, including floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, ice floes, blizzards, and Nor’easters.
Since July 2023, he has served as a senior climate scientist at the Woods Hole Group in Bourne.
He will highlight some of the technology the company has developed to combat climate change and to monitor physical meteorological and oceanographic parameters, including winds, waves, currents, water levels, and other atmospheric parameters to provide real-time data in offshore and coastal operations.
“This is an opportunity to learn how climate change is already affecting Cape Cod,” Gloninger said of why people should attend next week’s talk.
Over the past five years, he has worked part-time as a healthcare emergency management clinical instructor for Boston University School of Medicine, teaching Emergency Management graduate students about the connection between emergency management, public health, and meteorology.
He also is a part-time instructor at the National Disaster Preparedness Training Center, teaching classes to first responders on topics involving emergency management, meteorology, and extreme weather events such as coastal flooding and riverine flooding.
About Cape Cod Technology Council
Founded in 1994 and incorporated in 1996, the Cape Cod Technology Council, Inc. is a membership-based, events-oriented nonprofit that promotes technology and its understandings on Cape Cod, the Islands, and in Southeastern Massachusetts. The Council’s work includes supporting the direction of development of the technology infrastructure in the region to advance the growth, effectiveness, and competitiveness of member organizations; assist in the technology education for the advancement of its members as well as future generations through a variety of programs; and provide unique, meaningful, and topical presentations, discussions, forums, and events focused on technology. To learn more about the Technology Council, visit www.cctechcouncil.org.