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Our Climate, Our Faith, Our Future
The Science of Climate Change
4/6/2010
Mt. Washington Presbyterian Church
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Introducing:
Sir David Attenborough
Model of Keeling CO2 Data
Introducing:
James Hansen
Introducing:
Greg Craven
Greg would like this comic:
IPCC Summary Report, 2007Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
– The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is the leading body for the assessment of climate change, established by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
– The IPCC is a scientific body. It reviews and assesses the most recent scientific, technical and socio-economic information produced worldwide relevant to the understanding of climate change... Thousands of scientists from all over the world contribute to the work of the IPCC on a voluntary basis.
– Because of its scientific and intergovernmental nature, the IPCC embodies a unique opportunity to provide rigorous and balanced scientific information to decision makers.
United Nations Science Compendium 2009“The climate forcing arriving sooner-than-
expected includes faster sea-level rise, ocean acidification, melting of Arctic sea-ice cover, warming of polar land masses, freshening in ocean currents, and shifts in circulation patterns in the atmosphere and the oceans.”