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Wayne Myrvold: What Do You Bring to a Street Fight?
Wayne Myrvold: What Do You Bring to a Street Fight?
ABSTRACT An editorial in the journal Nature warned climate scientists that they must acknowledge that, like it or not, they are in a street fight. Climate scientists have been the targets of a well-funded, orchestrated campaign to discredit them and their work. In this talk, I will raise the question of what scientists can do […]
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Gillian Barker: Ecological Thinking about Climate Change: A New Paradigm?
Gillian Barker: Ecological Thinking about Climate Change: A New Paradigm?
ABSTRACT A growing group of scientists and activists is calling for a “paradigm shift” in our thinking about the threat of climate change and how best to respond to it—a shift to an ecological approach that emphasizes the role of living systems. What do they mean? Are they right? SPEAKER PROFILE Gillian Barker is a […]
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Public Panel Discussion: Climate Change: What is to be done?
Public Panel Discussion: Climate Change: What is to be done?
ABSTRACT A public panel discussion about what can, and what should, be done about climate change, with a focus on interplay between various levels of action – community, national, and international. Also discussed will be how we can cut through the ideological noise around the issue of climate change. SPEAKER PROFILES Gary Brown Gary Brown […]
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Leonard Smith and Erica Thompson: Doing Science in the Dark: The Challenges of Climate-Like Science
Leonard Smith and Erica Thompson: Doing Science in the Dark: The Challenges of Climate-Like Science
ABSTRACT Climate 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 the forecast we ask it to make, whereas the same weather model can be used to forecast tomorrow’s weather, day after day, for months if not years — […]