The State of the Climate
Videos, Wed, Feb 15th, 2012
Drawing on The State of the Climate in 2009, Dr. Deke Arndt presents the preponderance of scientific evidence that climate change is occurring and that humans are the primary cause. He also elaborates on the modern methods that scientists use to monitor many different aspects of Earth’s climate system.
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Speakers: Deke Arndt Chief, Climate Monitoring Branch NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center Download: Presentation (ppt) | Video (high resolution) Derek Arndt has served as chief of the Climate Monitoring Branch of NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) since 2009. The branch is responsible for routine and special reporting of the status of the Earth’s climate system, from large phenomena like global warming to regional occurrences like drought and weather extremes. He was the chief editor of The State of the Climate in 2009, an annual supplement to the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, featuring input and analysis from more than 300 authors in nearly 50 countries. Before coming to NCDC, he spent 15 years at the Oklahoma Climatological Survey. He holds a BS and MS in meteorology from the University of Oklahoma and is currently a student in the University of Oklahoma’s Adult and Higher Education PhD program. For more information, go to www.ncdc.noaa.gov/bams-state-of-the-climate. Editor’s note: these eight videos comprise a recent “Climate Science 101″ short course sponsored jointly by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI), at George Mason University, and NOAA. The presenters in this series were selected for their subject matter expertise. Their views and opinions are their own and don’t necessarily represent those of OLLI and NOAA.
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| Historical Perspectives on Climate Change
Speaker: James Rodger Fleming Get a historical perspective on how our understanding of Earth’s climate system evolved through a succession of pioneering scientists in the 1800s and 1900s who asked, and answered, fundamental questions about the causes and effects of global climate change. | What is the Difference Between Weather and Climate?
Speaker: Dr. Wayne Higgins Learn about the relationships and differences between weather and climate, as well as the differences between natural climate variability and human-induced climate change. | Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States Speaker: Anthony C. Janetos Director, Joint Global Change Research Institute This evidence-based presentation makes it clear that climate change isn’t some future abstraction, nor is it a far-off phenomenon happening to people in other parts of the world. |
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| Is the Breathing of the World’s Ocean Choking Marine Life?
Speaker: Dr. Christopher L. Sabine Review ongoing impacts of acidification on marine ecology and projections of likely future impacts on marine life if this trend continues. | Limiting the Magnitude of & Adapting to Future Climate Change
Speakers: Robert W. Fri Claudia Mengelt Learn about the findings from a recent series of reports by the National Research Council of the National Academies of Science highlighting options for adapting to and mitigating global climate change. | Ethics and Issues Surrounding Geo-Engineering to Mitigate Climate Change
Speaker: Dr. Michael MacCracken This session explores of the pros and cons, as well as legal and ethical considerations, involved in options for “geo-engineering.” |
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| Climate Change Communication: Focusing on Public Engagement Speaker: Matthew C. Nisbet, Ph.D. School of Communication American University Washington DC A summary about social scientists’ research into Americans’ attitudes and opinions about global climate change. | ||
