Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf explains the basics of Climate Science. Basic data sets and findings about Global Warming, including some comments on historic land marks of the Science. Watch part two “Impacts of Climate Change” These lectures form part of a broader lecture course called World in Transition. It includes 11 themes, presented by the members…
In this Climate Change lecture Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf deals with the impacts (with a focus on extreme events and Sea-Level Rise) and the possibilities for holding Global Warming below 2°C. Watch part one “The Basics of Global Warming” Part three “Interview” These lectures form part of a broader lecture course called World in Transition. It…
No, sadly the Mail on Sunday has got it wrong… yet again. Here’s what’s behind the sensational news that global warming ended in 1997, and how it comes from misreporting, misquotes and omissions. SOURCES: Mail on Sunday story: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetec… Met Office release of Hadcrut 4 data: http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/hadobs/ha… Met Office response to Mail on Sunday story,…
“I’m very disappointed [California] chose a half-baked system like cap-and-trade, with offsets,” said NASA climatologist James Hansen in a conversation with Climate One host Greg Dalton. He prefers a carbon fee and dividend and, in the absence of a strong carbon price, says the risks of reaching climatic tipping points that could bring catastrophic consequences…
Interview from 29 April 2013 A Price Is Right: Carbon Tax Has Very Broad, Bipartisan Support (Outside Of Congress) Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_tax
Interview with James Hansen (NASA Goddard Institute) recorded at the UN University G8 symposium on innovation and climate change held 4th July, 2008 Tokyo. Wikipedia: Carbon tax Frontline: Climate of Doubt http://youtu.be/A5GVHqlnPAc Answering Climate Change Skeptics, Naomi Oreskes http://youtu.be/XXyTpY0NCp0 Test trial convicts fossil fuel bosses of ‘ecocide’ Top lawyers put fossil fuel bosses on trial…
PBS Frontline explores the massive shift in public opinion on climate change. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/climate-of-doubt/
Extreme Weather and Climate Change. President Barack Obama calls for swift action to tackle emissions ahead of Doha climate talks. Turn Down the Heat: Why a 4°C Warmer World Must Be Avoided – Executive Summary http://climatechange.worldbank.org/si… The World Bank – Climate Change http://climatechange.worldbank.org/
Lecture by Richard Alley, Evan Pugh Professor of Geoscience at Pennsylvania State University, 10/23/2012 at Stanford University, sponsored by the Stanford School of Earth Sciences