PPT-Climate Change – The Science, The Future,

Strategies A talk given to the Santa Cruz Astronomy Club Nov 14 2013 Richard Nolthenius PhD Chair Astronomy Department Cabrillo College Is there a Scientific Controversy about the Cause of Global Warming. Professor David Schlosberg. Department of Government and International Relations. Overview of the Challenges. C. limate change challenges us to adapt – it’s too late for prevention. Climate change challenges the relationship between science, knowledge, progress, and democracy. John Olson. Desert Research Institute. Society for Freshwater Science Annual Meeting. 23 May 2016. River & stream salinity. Varies . over four orders of magnitude, . specific electrical conductivity (EC) from < . Doug Campbell. Department of Philosophy. University of Canterbury. What is skepticism?. First pass: a skeptic is someone who opposes bullshit. . Okay: but what’s ‘bullshit?’. How is this technical term to be unpacked?. CUHK Summer Institute 2017. Prof. Benoit MAYER, . bmayer@cuhk.edu.hk. . Sources of greenhouse gas emissions. Session 3:. International cooperation. Today’s class:. International cooperation. Addressing climate change. Sea Level Rise and the Future of Coastal Cities. Boston University. 14 November 2014. Outline. Context. What do we know, and how do we know?. Implications for the future. Actions for today. We are a coastal city…. Climatology. is . the study of Earth’s climate and the factors that affect past, present, and future climatic changes.. Climate describes annual variations of temperature, precipitation, wind, and other weather factors.. 17 January 2011. How and Why Does Climate Change?. Climate changes over a broad range of time scales. Years, decades, centuries, millennia. Many factors combine to affect climate. Variability of incoming solar radiation. Climatology. is . the study of Earth’s climate and the factors that affect past, present, and future climatic changes.. Climate describes annual variations of temperature, precipitation, wind, and other weather factors.. Is it getting worse?. Are Humans causing it?. Is Time running out?. Is there anything that should be done?. Is the “standard model” the only option?. Climate change?. . “Whatever Nature has in store for mankind, unpleasant as it may be, men must accept, for ignorance is never better than knowledge.” Enrico Fermi 1938.. G 610 – Climate of the Holocene. Presenter: Erin Dunbar. Assistant: Jesse . Senzer. Abrupt Climate Change. Alley, R.B. et al. Defines abrupt climate change. Recent abrupt changes before the instrumentation timeframe. Climate Matters in the Newsroom Josh Murphy Center for Climate Change Communication (4C) George Mason University Overview Our Mission (4C) “ We develop and apply social science insights to help society make informed decisions that will stabilize the Earth’s life-sustaining climate, and prevent further harm from climate change.” Restoration Under a Future Climate Understanding and managing climate change effects on federal lands Dr. Cynthia West, Director Office of Sustainability & Climate Change U.S. Forest Service What we do Ed Mathez. American Museum of Natural History. 18 November 2011. 1. Climate change as risk…. case 1: common floods, protected property. case 2: uncommon floods, no protection. Risk determined by:. Jonathan Patz, Professor & Director. COP21 Paris, Dec. 5, 2015. Future Projections. Range: from 1 – 7°C average global warming by 2100. . IPCC, AR5, 2013. CLIMATE . CHANGE. Temperature Rise .