Ice Melt Explained
Uncertainty in predictions of ice melt. The Paleo record has sobering evidence of massive melts in the recent past.
Gavin Schmidt: The emergent patterns of climate change
You can't understand climate change in pieces, says climate scientist Gavin Schmidt. It's the whole, or it's nothing.
The Big Question: Why are we still debating climate change?
David Archer of the University of Chicago joins Booth professors Jesse Shapiro and Jane Risen to discuss why the public's view of global warming is so far from the scientific consensus.
Barry Commoner – Scientist, Candidate and Planet Earth’s Lifeguard
Scientist, Candidate and Planet Earth’s Lifeguard Barry Commoner, a founder of modern ecology and one of its most provocative thinkers and mobilizers in making environmentalism a people’s political cause.
Conservative Senator Calls out Hypocrisy of Fossil Fuel Incentives
Senator Grassley on the importance of renewing the wind energy PTC absent comprehensive energy tax reform.
Years of Living Dangerously (2014)
Hollywood celebrities and respected journalists span the globe to explore the issues of climate change and cover intimate stories of human triumph and tragedy.
Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability
The assessment of impacts, adaptation, and vulnerability in the Working Group II contribution to the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report (WGII AR5) evaluates how patterns of risks and potential benefits are shifting due to climate change since 2007 when the Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) was released.
Tim Jackson: An economic reality check (2010)
As the world faces recession, climate change, inequity and more, Tim Jackson delivers a piercing challenge to established economic principles, explaining how we might stop feeding the crises and start investing in our future.
Rising Seas in South Florida (2014)
In recent years, increased flooding has been a stark wake up call for people living in South Florida. Projections calculated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers indicate sea levels will rise 9 to 24 inches by 2060 in that vulnerable region.