New Video Added: Gillian Barker – Ecological Thinking About Climate Change: A New Paradigm?
Gillian Barker gave this talk as part of the series co-sponsored by the Department of Philosophy, and the London Public Library.
Inductive Risk and Values in Climate Science
Cross-posted from Je fais, donc je suisI’ve spent this weekend at the Rotman Institute’s big annual conference, this year on climate science. In this post, I want to follow up on an exchange Saturday morning, between Gavin Schmidt and Eric Winsberg.Some quick context: In a 2012 paper, Winsberg applied Heather Douglas’ inductive risk argument to [...]
This Wednesday: Doing Science in the Dark: the challenges of Climate-like science
Public Speaker: Leonard Smith, London School of EconomicsOctober 29, 2014 Location: London Public Library (Central Branch) 251 Dundas St., Stevenson & Hunt Room, 1st floorStart Time: 7:00 pmEnd Time: 9:00 pmClimate prediction and weather prediction are very different: due to constant refinements and new techniques, the life time of a climate model is much less than [...]
Saturday, Oct 25 – Minor technical difficulties
We had some minor technical difficulties with the livestream of the Climate Modelling Conference this morning. Everything should be working now, if you go to the videos page on the website, and refresh the page. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Free Public Panel on Climate Change: tonight
Climate Change: What is to be done? A public panel discussion - Oct 23 We invite you to join us for a free public panel discussion tonight, Thursday, October 23, 2014 titled Climate Change: What is to be done? The panel will be held in 1200 Spencer Engineering Building on Western University's campus [...]
Conference registration date extended – Program online
The deadline date to register for the upcoming Annual Rotman Institute Conference has been extended to October 17, 2014.Registration for Knowledge and Models in Climate Science: Philosophical, Historical, and Scientific Perspectives, which is from October 24-26 in London, Ontario is here.Note that the draft program for the conference is now available on the site. It [...]
New, Easy Registration for Climate Models Conference – Free Registration for Students
There is now an easier way to register for the Annual Conference on Knowledge and Models in Climate Science. The new registration includes the ability to fill out the form and pay for the conference online.We're also pleased to announce that registration is now free for all undergraduate and graduate students, though there is still [...]
Knowledge and Models in Climate Science: Webpage and Registration
We have launched the webpage for the Rotman fall conference, Knowledge and Models in Climate science.On this page, you will find the registration form and other information about the conference and related activities at the institute.
Library Speaker Series on Climate Change: The Philosophical Issues
Library Speaker SeriesEach October, the Department of Philosophy at Western initiates a public speakers' series at the London Public Library (Central Branch, 251 Dundas St, Stevenson & Hunt room, 1st Floor). 7:00 p.m. Fall 2014 SeriesClimate Change: The Philosophical Issues October 8, 2014What Do You Bring to a Street Fight?Wayne Myrvold (Western) An editorial in the journal Nature warned climate [...]
The Science of Climate Change: A Three-Part Crash Course
Please join us for a three-part lecture series on the science of climate change, presented by visiting Rotman Institute scholar Professor Roman Frigg.September 15, 3pm-5pm: Lecture 1: Basic Concepts in Climate Science---Location: Stevenson Hall, Room 1140[Lecture 1 slides here]September 17, 3pm-5pm: Lecture 2: Climate Modelling---Location: Stevenson Hall, Room 2150H[Lecture 2 slides here ]September 19, 3pm-5pm: [...]