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Shirley Malcom (American Association for the Advancement of Science) |
Aug. 09, 2007 |
Playing the Game: Making the Rules
(25 minutes)
Talk 4 of 7 on Day 2 of the Warren Washington Symposium on Climate Modeling, Prediction, and Science Policy. Malcom pays tribute to Washington's contributions to the American Association for the Advancement of Science. She discusses the underrepresentation of minorities in the sciences. The federal goverment acted quickly after Sputnik to encourage science education, but current efforts to encourage underrepresented groups are now portrayed as detrimental to other groups. The K-12 system is broken and needs a systemic solution. She concludes with the Katrina case as an illustration of the limits of science. It is politicians who must act on the recommendations of scientists.
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Michael "Mickey" Glantz (CCB) |
Aug. 09, 2007 |
Oh What a Lovely Climate Change: A Quick Look at Environmental Injustices
(28 minutes)
Talk 5 of 7 on Day 2 of the Warren Washington Symposium on Climate Modeling, Prediction, and Science Policy. After a humorous introduction, Glantz turns to global warming. He states that responses so far have been lacking in vision, focusing on short-term adaptation and mitigation rather than prevention. Some groups are trying to capitalize on global warming instead of taking action to prevent it. Climate change is not simply an environmental issue, it is also a public health, human rights, and economics issue, and there will be winners and losers. Sharing climate knowledge is empowering and essential in addressing climate injustice.
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Warren M. Washington (CGD), Neal Lane (Rice University), Shirley Malcom (American Association for the Advancement of Science), Michael "Mickey" Glantz (CCB), Stephen H. Schneider (Stanford University), James Baker (Consultant, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, UNESCO) |
Aug. 09, 2007 |
Panel on the Policy Implications of Climate Change
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Talk 6 of 7 on Day 2 of the Warren Washington Symposium on Climate Modeling, Prediction, and Science Policy. Discussion of the policy implications of climate change and the challenges confronting policymakers. How do public officials use, or ignore, scientific information? Are lessons actually learned from prior studies or disastrous events like Hurricane Katrina? Who carries the messages about climate change and climate impacts to the communities most affected?
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Warren M. Washington (CGD) |
Aug. 09, 2007 |
Closing Remarks: The Warren Washington Symposium
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After thanking the participants and organizers, Washington notes that one topic not covered at the symposium was insurance and the viability of humans living in high risk areas. The insurance industry will be a force in adaptation to climate change. Washington's group is looking into climate change scenarios based on varying levels of emissions, whereas the IPCC concentrated on scenarios where there wasn't much change for 30 to 40 years. This work, in collaboration with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, can offer policymakers another set of strategies, based on whether certain actions are taken or not.
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James Hurrell (CGD), Tim Killeen (NCAR), (Guy Brasseur (ESSL), Richard A. Anthes(UCAR) |
Aug. 08, 2007 |
Opening Remarks: The Warren Washington Symposium
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Talk 1 of 15 on Day 1 of the Warren Washington Symposium on Climate Modeling, Prediction, and Science Policy. Hurrell notes that this is a scientific symposium intended to honor Washington's many contributions and to discuss the scientific opportunities associated with modeling, analysis, and science policy. Killeen emphasizes Washington's extraordinary role in mentoring young scientists and his pioneering work in climate modeling. Brasseur relates his long relationship with Washington in shaping NCAR and the development of climate modeling. Anthes humorously discusses Washington's nice and naughty sides.
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Warren M. Washington (CGD) |
Aug. 08, 2007 |
Warren Washington's Welcome
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Talk 2 of 15 on Day 1 of the Warren Washington Symposium on Climate Modeling, Prediction, and Science Policy. Warren Washington welcomes the participants and recalls his early years at NCAR, including the building of the Mesa Lab. He expresses the hope that the United States will become a leader in addressing climate change and developing long-term solutions. He would like to see the symposium contribute to solutions and advance our understanding of climate change.
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Akira Kasahara (CGD) |
Aug. 08, 2007 |
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John Kutzbach (University of Wisconsin) |
Aug. 08, 2007 |
Orbital Forcing of Monsoons: Climate Model Experiments from 1981-2007
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Talk 4 of 15 on Day 1 of the Warren Washington Symposium on Climate Modeling, Prediction, and Science Policy. Kutzbach discusses the past 25 years of experimentation on the response of monsoons to changes in Earth's orbit using increasingly complex climate models and simulations of longer duration. The comparisons between these simulations and observations have helped evaluate the accuracy of climate models.
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Bette Otto-Bliesner, (CGD) |
Aug. 08, 2007 |
IPCC and Paleoclimate: Global Change Paleoclimatology
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Talk 5 of 15 on Day 1 of the Warren Washington Symposium on Climate Modeling, Prediction, and Science Policy. Otto-Bliesner discusses the relevance of a paleoclimate perspective on global change. She reviews progress over the last 30 years, particularly in the use of quantitative analysis, and she outlines some of the outstanding issues: glacial-interglacial cycles, the last millennium, and the geological perspective.
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Bette Otto-Bliesner (CGD), Akira Kasahara (CGD), John Kutzbach (University of Wisconsin), Warren M. Washington (CGD) |
Aug. 08, 2007 |
Panel on the Evolution of Climate Modeling
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Talk 6 of 15 on Day 1 of the Warren Washington Symposium on Climate Modeling, Prediction, and Science Policy. Discussion on the evolution of climate modeling.
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Ari Patrinos (Synthetic Genomics Inc.) |
Aug. 08, 2007 |
Climate Change and Policy Implications
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Talk 7 of 15 on Day 1 of the Warren Washington Symposium on Climate Modeling, Prediction, and Science Policy. Patrinos sees the United States on the threshold of significant action on climate change. A convergence of energy, security, and economic policies in the next federal administration may lead to a more proactive role in dealing with climate change. He stresses the importance of bioenergy and of international organizations in implementing solutions.
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Kevin Trenberth (CGD) |
Aug. 08, 2007 |
A Tribute to Warren Washington: Geoengineering
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Talk 8 of 15 on Day 1 of the Warren Washington Symposium on Climate Modeling, Prediction, and Science Policy. Trenberth details his long association with Washington at NCAR and then discusses one possible solution for the problems of global warming: geoengineering. It has been suggested that we emulate the effects of volcanic eruptions in order to cut down on incoming solar radiation. Trenberth examines various model runs and concludes that this solution is not appropriate because it would result in a decline in land precipitation and discharge.
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Gerald A. Meehl (CGD) |
Aug. 08, 2007 |
Climate Change Modeling: Past, Present, Future
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Talk 9 of 15 on Day 1 of the Warren Washington Symposium on Climate Modeling, Prediction, and Science Policy. Meehl traces the development of climate change modeling from the late 1970s to the present. The challenge in the future will be to use coupled climate models to quantify time-evolving regional climate changes to which human societies will have to adapt.
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John Drake (Oak Ridge National Lab) |
Aug. 08, 2007 |
Tribute to Dr. Warren Washington: The Lure of Computation and Modeling
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Talk 10 of 15 on Day 1 of the Warren Washington Symposium on Climate Modeling, Prediction, and Science Policy. Drake begins with the connection between increasing computational power and weather and climate modeling. He discusses the development of climate modeling and future directions including the challenge of predicting local effects of global warming on short- and long-range time scales.
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David C. Bader (Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison) |
Aug. 08, 2007 |
The Intersection of Science, Computational Science, and Information Technology: The Warren Washington Legacy
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Talk 11 of 15 on Day 1 of the Warren Washington Symposium on Climate Modeling, Prediction, and Science Policy. After discussing the development of the Parallel Climate Model, Bader emphasizes today's need to integrate models and observations in order to improve predictive models. There needs to be an infrastructure for climate prediction that includes the rapid evaluation of new ideas, diagnostics, computing resources, and collaboratory technology.
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Marshall Shepherd (University of Georgia) |
Aug. 08, 2007 |
Urban Effects of Climate: Can We Learn Anything about Climate Change from Urban Climate Studies and Modeling?
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Talk 12 of 15 on Day 1 of the Warren Washington Symposium on Climate Modeling, Prediction, and Science Policy. Shepherd first describes how urban areas influence temperature, air quality, precipitation, and carbon exchange. Lessons from urban climate studies for the broader climate change community include human adaptation and mitigations strategies, the use of advanced coupled modeling to document the relationship between urbanization and larger climate change, and the necessity of an integrated and cross-disciplinary approach.
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Greg Jenkins (Howard University) |
Aug. 08, 2007 |
Climate and Society: There Is Still More Work To Do
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Talk 13 of 15 on Day 1 of the Warren Washington Symposium on Climate Modeling, Prediction, and Science Policy. Jenkins talks about Washington's influence on his own career and his outstanding leadership. Jenkins's scientific presentation focuses on climate change in West Africa, particularly regarding precipitation. He notes the large degree of uncertainty regarding changes in this area with one of the major problems being a lack of observations.
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Warren M. Washington (CGD), Gerald A. Meehl (CGD), John Drake (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), David C. Bader (Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison), Kevin Trenberth (CGD), Marshall Shepherd (University of Georgia), Greg Jenkins (Howard University) |
Aug. 08, 2007 |
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Warren M. Washington (CGD) |
Aug. 08, 2007 |
Climate Modeling, Climate Change Prediction, and Science Policy
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Talk 15 of 15 on Day 1 of the Warren Washington Symposium on Climate Modeling, Prediction, and Science Policy. Washington interweaves his own development as a scientist and the development of climate modeling. He then turns to science policy and its importance in the face of climate change.
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Coleen Vogel (University of the Witwatersrand) |
Jul. 31, 2007 |
Whither Sustainability Science - A View from the South
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A look at climate change implications for Africa, especially the south, including an examination of some of the inputs to the 2007 IPCC Fourth Assessment Report. Vogel provides an update on the International Human Dimensions Programme (IHDP) and the links and/or disconnections between currently developing research foci. Part of the seminar series on the Frontiers of Human Dimensions Science Research.
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