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Climate Change 2
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Isotope Evidence for Climate Change
Isotopes are used to measure past climate properties. Deuterium and oxygen 18 are the most commonly used climate proxies. Lighter isotopes evaporate more readily from the ocean, so water vapor in the atmosphere is isotopically lighter than ocean water. This vapor gets lighter still as it is transported to higher latitudes while losing mass by […]
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Ice and climate change
Ice on earth is sensitive to climate change and ice plays a role in climate change processes. Recent trends in the Greenland ice sheet provide an important example. Over the past two decades the extent of surface melt water on the ice sheet has increased. Inaddition, satellites have detected a decrease in the overall mass […]
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Carnegie Mellon Lecture: Global Climate Change
A panel of Carnegie Mellon researchers discuss global climate change and how we all can be contributors to the solution. Moderated by alumna Dr. Marilyn Bracken (MM’57), President and General Manager of Bracken Associates LLC. Panelists include Steinbrenner Institiute for Environmental Education & Research (SEER) faculty Dr. Lester Lave, Co-Director Carnegie Mellon Electrical Industry Center; […]
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Heinz Talks: Climate Change and Energy Policy
What direction will our energy policy take in the next four years? Four leaders give their perspectives on climate change and energy policy and the resulting impact on economic growth and technological innovation.Welcome and introduction by Teresa Heinz⨠Chairman of The Heinz Endowments and the Heinz Family Philanthropies.Speakers:⨠John Holdren, Professor of Environmental Policy, Harvard […]
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Managing Coastal Resources in an Era of Climate Change
Environmental Politics and Law (EVST 255) The lecture reviews the legal and economic strategies that can be used to manage coastal development. Over half of the United States population lives in coastal areas and will be affected by sea level rise and more intense storms. The lecture looks at the conflict between property rights […]
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Adaptation to Climate Change
May 6, 2009 – Lisa Schipper, research fellow at the Stockholm Environmental Institute, discusses theories connecting climate change adaptation to international development, and how they relate to concrete changes being implemented in southeast Asia and elsewhere.
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Nuclear Sustainability and Climate Change
February 25, 2009 lecture by Jacques Bouchard for the Woods Energy Seminar (ENERGY301). In his talk “Can Nuclear Energy be a Sustainable Contribution to Address Climate Change Concerns? The French Experience,” Jacques Bouchard gives a comprehensive overview of France’s development and innovation of nuclear energy technology.
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Climate Change and Biodiversity
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The Economics of Climate Change
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