Wednesday, February 5, 2014
Monday, February 3, 2014
Article from NY Times - About Being a Scientific Advocate
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/19/opinion/sunday/if-you-see-something-say-something.html
Michael E. Mann is director of the Earth System Science Center at Pennsylvania State University and the author of “The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches from the Front Lines", and is the author to the above article. James Hansen is former director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, and an activist who has been arrested multiple times for protesting things such as, the Keystone XL pipeline from Canada to the Texas Gulf. He also has released a paper basically saying that we need to reduce our fossil fuel emissions rapidly if we are to stop the bad pattern in climate change. Steven Schneider is a former colleague of Michael Mann and worked at Stanford University was an advocate for promoting change for scientific facts studied and not needing to be completely quite about speaking out, he passed away in 2010. This article starts off discussing that Climate Change should not be a debated issue and that it should be recognized by all as an issue to move forward and create change.It basically discussing whether, because one is a scientist should they just do their research and not be outspoken about the implications, but he doesn't believe this is a radical view simply that Scientists are citizens as well and should be able to express their discoveries.
Michael E. Mann is director of the Earth System Science Center at Pennsylvania State University and the author of “The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches from the Front Lines", and is the author to the above article. James Hansen is former director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, and an activist who has been arrested multiple times for protesting things such as, the Keystone XL pipeline from Canada to the Texas Gulf. He also has released a paper basically saying that we need to reduce our fossil fuel emissions rapidly if we are to stop the bad pattern in climate change. Steven Schneider is a former colleague of Michael Mann and worked at Stanford University was an advocate for promoting change for scientific facts studied and not needing to be completely quite about speaking out, he passed away in 2010. This article starts off discussing that Climate Change should not be a debated issue and that it should be recognized by all as an issue to move forward and create change.It basically discussing whether, because one is a scientist should they just do their research and not be outspoken about the implications, but he doesn't believe this is a radical view simply that Scientists are citizens as well and should be able to express their discoveries.
Richard Alley Speaker at Seattle Science Festival - Opinion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aS6S-lCRSI
I think some important points that Richard Alley makes is that when we look at climate change data it cannot be from just a short period, say under 10 years, because these trends may show cooling but overall the global temperature is rising. He also points out Carbon Dioxide rising is a cause and is created by human burning fossil fuels into the atmosphere. Finally, a huge point I think he makes is that we need to learn how to use our resources wisely before we burn them all away. One question that i would want to ask to him would be, Since we are burning our resources faster than they are coming, what kind of developments are we making to change how we use and not burn those resources? Richard Alley is a Professor at the Pennsylvania State University, he is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, has studied ice cores up to two miles deep, and is a highly respected scientists. He also is a recipient of the Noble Prize, along side Al Gore for their efforts into studying and presenting issue of climate change.
I think some important points that Richard Alley makes is that when we look at climate change data it cannot be from just a short period, say under 10 years, because these trends may show cooling but overall the global temperature is rising. He also points out Carbon Dioxide rising is a cause and is created by human burning fossil fuels into the atmosphere. Finally, a huge point I think he makes is that we need to learn how to use our resources wisely before we burn them all away. One question that i would want to ask to him would be, Since we are burning our resources faster than they are coming, what kind of developments are we making to change how we use and not burn those resources? Richard Alley is a Professor at the Pennsylvania State University, he is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, has studied ice cores up to two miles deep, and is a highly respected scientists. He also is a recipient of the Noble Prize, along side Al Gore for their efforts into studying and presenting issue of climate change.
Sunday, February 2, 2014
Climate Change and NY Times Cartoon Explanation
The about cartoon is about the status quo and climate change, on left side we have those saying we need to do something about our current state of climate change and are trying to change the status quo, and then on the left hand side we have the people who do not want to change their ways and are opposing the forces that those who want to change the status quo on climate change and saying so making it harder to actually get something accomplished. I think the overall statement is talking about how we all need to work together towards a common goal about climate change or we will never accomplish nothing.
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
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