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Mike's work, like that of previous award winners, is diverse, and includes pioneering and highly cited work in time series analysis (an elegant use of Thomson's multitaper spectral analysis approach to detect spatiotemporal oscillations in the climate record and methods for smoothing temporal data), decadal climate variability (the term «Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation» or «AMO» was coined by Mike in an interview with Science's Richard Kerr about a paper he had published with Tom Delworth of GFDL showing evidence in both climate model simulations and observational data for a 50 - 70 year oscillation in the climate system; significantly Mike also published work with Kerry Emanuel in 2006 showing that the AMO concept has been overstated as regards its role in 20th century tropical Atlantic SST changes, a finding recently reaffirmed by a study published in Nature), in showing how changes in radiative forcing from volcanoes can affect ENSO, in examining the role of solar variations in explaining the pattern of the Medieval Climate Anomaly and Little Ice Age, the relationship between the climate changes of past centuries and phenomena such as Atlantic tropical cyclones and global sea level, and even a bit of work in atmospheric chemistry (an analysis of beryllium - 7 measurements).

These decisions and trade - offs should be guided by robust evidence, with global - change science investigating the connections and tradeoffs between the state of the environment and human well - being in the context of the local setting, rather than by framing and reframing environmental challenges in terms of untestable assumptions about the virtues of past environments.

The science is clear to me and to most experts in the various fields associated with climate science: Humans are causing most of the observed global warming in the past several decades and, if we continue emitting GHGs under a «business as usual» scenario, it will become increasingly difficult and costly to adapt to the changes that are likely to occur.

Global Average Temperature Change for the Past 11,300 Years (Holocene)(Science, 8 March 2013: Vol.

Earlier this year, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a United Nations - affiliated network of climate scientists that constitutes conventional wisdom on global warming, projected in its latest voluminous climate - science report that the world is likely to blow past the two - degrees marker by 2100.

Given that there is still much we do not know about climate change — including why mean global temperature has been flat for the past ten years — undermining confidence in climate science can (further) undermine its ability to inform policy.

While following climate change news for the past year, I have marveled at the lack of attention given scientific specialties outside of «climate science», despite the fact the foci of those studies could significantly impact global weather patterns.

Past Speakers Oct 2 - Columbia Professor Todd Gitlin on Fossil Fuel Divestment Oct 3 - Massimo LoBuglio, Environmentalist and Social Entrepreneur Oct 4 - Dr. Radley Horton, Columbia University and co-author of the Obama Administration's Climate Assessment Report Oct 5 - Dr. Jennifer Francis, Rutgers, author of the cutting - edge theory of Arctic Ice Melt and Extreme Weather Oct 9 - Opening Night with climate prophet Dr. James Hansen, NASA scientist, who told Congress in 1988 that global warming had begun Oct 10 — Prof. Andrew Revkin, Pace, plays Climate Music post-show Oct 11 - David Levine - Co-founder and CEO of American Sustainable Business Council Oct 12 - Jaimie Cloud & Griffin Cloud Levine - Teaching Children and Youths Sustainability Oct 16 - Prof. Gerald Markowitz, John Jay College, on industry's relationship to science Oct 17 - Marielle Anzelone, Urban ecologist Oct 18 - Dr. Jannette Barth, Why Not To Frack Oct 19 - Ken Levenson, The Passive House Oct 23 - Prof. Ana Baptista, New School for Social Research, Environmental Justice and Climate Change Oct 24 - Charles Komanoff, Carbon Tax Center, on the need to tax carbon Oct 25 - Prof. Dale Jamieson, NYU, Reason in A Dark Time Oct 26 - Eve Silber and Closing Reception in honor of Father Paul Mayer

Science: Climate changes in the past suggest that our climate reacts to energy input and output, such that if the planet accumulates more heat than it gives off global temperatures will rise.

As Skeptical Science readers are undoubtely well aware, the impact of natural climate drivers has been very thoroughly studied, and they simply can not account for the observed global warming or climate change, especially over the past 50 - 65 years (Figure 1).

He also advises the California Energy Commission on climate research, and for the past five years he has served as coordinator for the climate impacts assessment of the California Region for the US Global Change Research Program and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.

In a sharp change from its cautious approach in the past, the National Academy of Sciences on Wednesday called for taxes on carbon emissions, a cap - and - trade program for such emissions or some other strong action to curb runaway global warming.Such actions, which would increase the cost of using coal and petroleum — at least in the immediate future — are necessary because «climate change is occurring, the Earth is warming... concentrations of carbon dioxide are increasing, and there are very clear fingerprints that link [those effects] to humans,» said Pamela A. Matson of Stanford University, who chaired one of five panels organized by the academy at the request of Congress to look at the science of climate change and how the nation should respond.

George C. Marshall Institute Source: George Marshall Institute website 5/06 Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, Stanford University Source: Hoover Institution website 4/04 Global Climate Coalition Source: Ties That Blind II CFACT - Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow Source: Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow CFACT Website 5/06 Statistical Assessment Service (STATS) Source: STATS website 5/04 World Climate Report Source: World Climate Report website Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Source: Ties That Blind II Annapolis Center for Science - Based Public Policy Source: Annapolis Center website 3/04 Greening Earth Society Source: «The Greening Continues» American Council on Science and Health Source: «Global Climate Change and Human Health,» ACSH 10/97 Heritage Foundation Source: Heritage Foundation «Policy Experts» website Manhattan Institute for Policy Research Source: Manhattan Institute website 4/04 Tech Central Science Foundation or Tech Central Station Source: Tech Central Station Bio - Baliunas Competitive Enterprise Institute Source: CEI website, various American Petroleum Institute Source: «Earth Last,» The American Prospect, 5/7/04 Heartland Institute Source: Heartland Institute Website (2006) Climate Research Journal Source: Proxy climatic and environmental changes of the past 1000 years

In a memo to the Vice President s office, Mr. Cooney explained: We plan to begin to refer to this study in Administration communications on the science of global climate change because it contradicts a dogmatic view held by many in the climate science community that the past century was the warmest in the past millennium and signals of human induced global warming.

Our professor is John Cook, the Climate Communication Fellow for the Global Change Institute at the University of Queensland and the founder of Skeptical Science, which over the past two years has been an invaluable resource for me, a newbie debunker of deniers.

Translating the above to climate science, if you tell me that in 100 years earth inhabited by your children is going to hell in a handbasket, because our most complicated models built with all those horrendously complicated equestions you can find in math, show that the global temperatures will be 10 deg higher and icecaps will melt, sea will invade land, plant / animal ecosystem will get whacked out of order causing food supply to be badly disrupted, then I, without much climate science expertise, can easily ask you the following questions and scrutinize the results: a) where can I see that your model's futuristic predictions about global temp, icecaps, eco system changes in the past have come true, even for much shorter periods of time, like say 20 years, before I take this for granted and make radical changes in my life?

Lastly, I would like to draw the Committee's attention to the testimony of Dr. Steven Murawski, of NMFS, at a hearing on Projected and Past Effects of Climate Change: a Focus on Marine and Terrestrial Ecosystems before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, Subcommittee on Global Climate Change and Impacts, on April 26, 2006.

Global change science has focused on the emergence of industrial processes over the past three centuries as the critical period within which anthropogenic global change processes, including land use, became significant forces driving global changes in the Earth System (14 ⇓ ⇓ ⇓ &mdashGlobal change science has focused on the emergence of industrial processes over the past three centuries as the critical period within which anthropogenic global change processes, including land use, became significant forces driving global changes in the Earth System (14 ⇓ ⇓ ⇓ &mdashglobal change processes, including land use, became significant forces driving global changes in the Earth System (14 ⇓ ⇓ ⇓ &mdashglobal changes in the Earth System (14 ⇓ ⇓ ⇓ — 18).

When the IPCC's «science» portion of the Assessment was released last fall, it was immediately faulted for being based upon climate models which have greatly overpredicted the amount of climate change that has been occurring largely because they completely missed the slowdown of the rate of global warming that has taken place over the past two decades.

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11 Temperature change over past 1,000 years Temperature change (C °) Figure 20.2 Science: estimated changes in the average global temperature of the atmosphere near the earth's surface over different periods of time.

Thus, using EdGCM students can obtain a complete and meaningful research experience in which they learn about various climate change issues (global warming, past climates, etc.) while simultaneously learning about computer modeling techniques, Numerous universities, schools and research institutions are employing EdGCM as a means of lowering the barriers to participation in climate change and climate modeling science.

10 Temperature change over past 22,000 years Agriculture established Temperature change (C °) End of last ice age Average temperature over past 10,000 years = 15 °C (59 °F) Figure 20.2 Science: estimated changes in the average global temperature of the atmosphere near the earth's surface over different periods of time.

Common objections like «global warming is caused by the sun», «temperature has changed naturally in the past» or «other planets are warming too» are examined to see what the science really says.