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Kelvin Droegemeier (University of Oklahoma) |
Jun. 16, 2008 |
What is science in the future going to look like?
(46 minutes)
Droegemeier talks to SOARS participants about the future of the atmospheric sciences. He points to growing opportunities in private industry and urges students to take courses and gain experience in communications, computer science, and business.
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Casey Thornbrugh (University of Arizona and Tohono O'odham Community College) |
Apr. 25, 2008 |
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Bret Harper (Black and Veatch) |
Apr. 25, 2008 |
Planning for Seven Generations: The Perspective of the Next Generation - Bret Harper
(32 minutes)
Talk 2 of 8 on Day 2 of the Planning for Seven Generations Conference. Harper, a former SOARS protégé, describes his research into ENSO's influence on the production of wind energy. He also discusses the state of the West Coast salmon fishery and his participation in a California tribal ecological knowledge program. The program's goal is restoration of tribal lands and of the tribe itself.
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Sherri Heck (University of Colorado) |
Apr. 25, 2008 |
Planning for Seven Generations: The Perspective of the Next Generation - Sherri Heck
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Talk 3 of 8 on Day 2 of the Planning for Seven Generations Conference. A gap in CO2 measurements in the southwestern U.S. and the possibility of educational collaboration motivated a study designed to measure CO2 fluxes. Heck reviews the hurdles she needed to overcome in setting up the project and the lessons she learned in the process.
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Eron Brennan, UCAR Sherry Heck (University of Colorado)Casey Thornbrugh (University of Arizona and Tohono O'odham Community College)Bret Harper (Black and Veatch) |
Apr. 25, 2008 |
Planning for Seven Generations: Panel on the Perspective of the Next Generation
(35 minutes)
Talk 4 of 8 on Day 2 of the Planning for Seven Generations Conference. Eron Brennan speaks as one student to another on the issues underlying climate change and other global problems. Heck elaborates on initial data from her CO2 research and the involvement of Navaho students in the project. Panelists describe the benefits of attending the conference and ways of introducing students to both traditional and indigenous science. They discuss the conflict between being an indigenous person and being a scientist and how we might all collaborate on climate change.
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Oscar Kawagly (University of Alaska) |
Apr. 25, 2008 |
Planning for Seven Generations: Shared Approaches to Research and Education - Oscar Kawagly
(27 minutes)
Talk 5 of 8 on Day 2 of the Planning for Seven Generations Conference. Roberto Gonzalez-Plaza introduces the Indigenous Educational Institute and Kawagly. Kawagly says some technology may become outdated as critical materials are used up; some technology is being blocked from adoption. His grandmother told him never to forget his language or his heritage. Eco-literacy is part of this spiritual and linguistic heritage and needs to be encouraged.
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James Rattling Leaf (Sicangu Policy Institute at Sinte Gleska University), |
Apr. 25, 2008 |
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Denise Stephenson-Hawk (SERE), |
Apr. 25, 2008 |
Planning for Seven Generations: Shared Approaches to Research and Education - Denise Stephenson Hawk
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Talk 7 of 8 on Day 2 of the Planning for Seven Generations Conference. Less than 5% of Ph.D.s in the atmospheric sciences are awarded to people of diverse backgrounds. Institutions and educators do not understand unfamiliar cultures and do not provide the necessary environment for success. Stephenson Hawk argues that this must change because it will take all people on the planet working together to deal with climate change.
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Daniel Wildcat (Haskell Indian Nations University),Oscar Kawagly (University of Alaska),James Rattling Leaf (Sicangu Policy Institute at Sinte Gleska University), |
Apr. 25, 2008 |
Planning for Seven Generations: Panel on Shared Approaches to Research and Education
(26 minutes)
Talk 8 of 8 on Day 2 of the Planning for Seven Generations Conference. Wildcat talks about the need for communication among groups with different world views. He emhasizes four points: Hold next year's conference at a tribal college, use the archive of this conference to build a curriculum for indigenous students, work with the whole person, and get involved in designing the research. Participants suggest applying for grants to initiate collaboration, having NCAR scientists visit tribal lands to build scientific collaborations, and getting indigenous people involved in the IPCC and national climate organizations. Kawagly and Rattling-Leaf describe programs that address the disconnect between native youths and their language and land.
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Craig Fleener (Council of Athabascan Tribal Governments) |
Apr. 09, 2008 |
Planning for Seven Generations: Observations and Projections of a Changing Climate - Craig Fleener
(18 minutes)
Talk 8 of 14 on Day 1 of the Planning for Seven Generations Conference. Fleener describes the beauty of his home in Ft. Yukon, above the Arctic Circle. People living in nature experience climate change directly. Indigenous knowledge is like scientific knowledge in that it is based on centuries of research. Native peoples need to be allowed to adapt to current and future climate change. For example, dates for hunting seasons need to be flexible, responding to change. Indigenous knowledge needs to be incorporated into scientific knowledge. The native community must involve itself in this process by creating partnerships and mentoring young people.
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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
(25 minutes)
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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Akira Kasahara (CGD) |
Aug. 08, 2007 |
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Greg Jenkins (Howard University) |
Aug. 08, 2007 |
Climate and Society: There Is Still More Work To Do
(22 minutes)
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) |
Aug. 08, 2007 |
Climate Modeling, Climate Change Prediction, and Science Policy
(47 minutes)
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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Chris Snyder (MMM), Clara Deser (CGD), Junhong Wang (EOL) |
May. 14, 2007 |
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Caspar Ammann (CGD), Bill Collins (CGD), Mickey Glantz (CCB), Joanie Kleypas (ISSE), Linda Mearns (ISSE), Jerry Meehl (CGD), Kevin Trenberth (CGD), Warren Washington (CGD), Tom Wigley (CGD) |
Feb. 01, 2007 |
Climate Future: Voices of Science
(24 minutes, Flash)
Some of NCAR's most prominent scientists weigh in on key questions about climate change in these short interviews, produced by NCAR Education and Outreach.
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Curt Suplee (Former head of NSF?s Office of Legislative and Public Affairs and award-winning science writer for the Washington Post) |
Oct. 10, 2006 |
The State of the Modern Media - Getting Your Message Across
(36 minutes)
Curt Suplee, former head of NSF's Office of Legislative and Public Affairs and award-winning science writer for the Washington Post, explores the evolution of science coverage by the U.S. media, audience interest, and the outlook for the future.
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Peter Gilman (HAO) |
Sep. 27, 2006 |
A 42-Year Quest to Understand the Solar Dynamo and Predict the Solar Cycle - 2006 Hale Prize Lecture
(62 minutes)
Gilman traces his career in solar physics from its beginnings at MIT with his PhD thesis, which attempted to explain the differential rotation of the sun using meteorological concepts. Gilman reviews the various developments in our understanding of the solar dynamo from the early 1960s to his current collaboration with Mausumi Dikpati that has successfully simulated and "predicted" the relative peaks of the past 8 solar cycles, using a flux-transport solar dynamo. (Their prediction for solar cycle 24 is described here.) In the near future, they plan to search for ways to predict details of individual cycles and produce a unified theory of the solar cycle and active longitudes. He looks forward to the dawn of solar magnetic "climate and weather" predictions.
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Joanne Simpson (NASA) |
Apr. 26, 2005 |
Cloud Adventures
(55 minutes)
Joanne Simpson gives a talk about her life, especially the factors that led her to study meteorology and the struggles she had breaking the gender barriers of the times.
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Peggy LeMone (MMM) |
Nov. 30, 2004 |
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Teacher participants (EO) |
Jun. 21, 2004 |
Experiences in the Modeling in the Geosciences Workshop
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The Modeling in the Geosciences Workshop for middle and high school teachers explores Earth system modeling concepts that are relevant for classroom use. This video consists of teacher testimonials about the workshop and about teaching Earth science in general.
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