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OLLI – week 5; October 14th, 2014

Models, Rates of change, IPCC-AR5:

READING PLEASE FOR WEEK 5: 20-point Climate-Change Summary

WEEK 5 SYLLABUS: WORD DOCUMENT  / PDF VERSION

Points to cover: We covered the first 2 last week, so we will focus on the latter 2 this week.

• Future projections and feedbacks:

• Models

• Rates of change: analogs and various comparisons to the past

  Ocean Acidification – 15 min video (5.5)

  • • Ocean acidification: global warming’s evil twin: http://www.skepticalscience.com/ocean-acidification-global-warming.htm

    • NASA Article: http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/climate_acidocean.html

    • Impacts: Ocean acidification has enormous implications for the functioning of natural systems. However, its human impact cannot be overlooked either. Engage with your peers on the discussion facility to answer these two questions:

      • Will marine organisms be able to adapt to ocean acidification given the time scale for the predicted changes?

      • Increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is likely to lead to sea level rise. Are rising sea levels more of a threat to humanity than ocean acidification?

• IPCC Fifth Assessment report (AR5): http://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar5/

• CLASSROOM SLIDES: PowerPoint slides (15 Mb) or PDF VERSION  (4Mb)

• see No alternative to atmospheric CO2 draw-down; Posted on 14 February 2013 by Andrew Glikson: http://www.skepticalscience.com/No-alternative-atmospheric-CO2-draw-down.html

 OTHER TOPICS/THINGS DISCUSSED IN CLASS:

• An unlikely pairing of the Tea Party and Sierra Club: http://ecowatch.com/2013/08/14/green-tea-coalition-us-renewables/ or fb link https://www.facebook.com/thegreenteacoalition

• Naomi Oreskes – 2 talks: part of HHMI series

  • The difficulty in getting plate tectonics accepted https://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/building-scientific-knowledge-story-plate-tectonics

  • Why we know we are not wrong regarding climate change https://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/climate-change-how-do-we-know-were-not-wrong

• Canada launches $1.25bn large-scale carbon capture and storage plant http://www.mining.com/canada-launches-1-25bn-large-scale-carbon-capture-and-storage-plant-35547/

• Skeptical Science Debunking handbook – download here

• ADDED SINCE EMAIL: 2010 MERCHANTS OF DOUBT excerpts

1.  OLLI climate change week5 email1

2. and thanks to Gwyn? or whomever to point out that Sherman’s lagoon covered Ocean Acidification this week: OLLI climate change week5 email2; actually interesting read on background of Sherman’s lagoon: http://shermanslagoon.com/

3. Sherman Lagoon’s Jim Toomey’s Blue carbon video – (click here)

4. Sherman Lagoon’s Jim Toomey’s Climate change video – (click here)

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