I encourage you to read a Miami Herald Op-Ed article written by Kerry Emanuel, a veteran climate and hurricane researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Peter C. Frumhoff, an ecologist who directs science and policy for the Union of Concerned Scientists.
The core theme is simple enough:
One of us is a Republican [Emanuel], the other a Democrat. We hold different views on many issues. But as scientists, we share a deep conviction that leaders of both parties must speak to the reality and risks of human-caused climate change, and commit themselves to finding bipartisan solutions.
The piece takes several Republican presidential candidates to task for rejecting science pointing to a growing risk from unabated greenhouse-gas emissions but also criticizes President Obama for ducking and covering on climate. Give it a read and weigh in.
Emanuel weighed in on his conservatism and climate concerns on Science Friday awhile back, as well.
Richard Alley, a masterful climate scientist and communicator and author at Pennsylvania State University, is also a Republican with climate concerns.
