T228 Global Warming Science: Implications for Geoscientists, Educators, and Policy Makers I
Tuesday, 7 October 2008
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Global Climate Change: The Science, the Likely Impacts, and Possible Solutions
Paper number: T228-2
Program: Technical Sessions
Time: 8:10 AM – 8:30 AM
Authors
Abstract
This lecture will begin with a review of the now-solid evidence for a human influence on the climate of recent decades. Such evidence includes instrumental measurements available for the past two centuries, paleoclimate observations spanning more than a millennium, and comparisons of the predictions from computer models with observed patterns of climate change. The lecture will then address future likely impacts of human-induced climate change including possible influences on sea level rise, severe weather, and water supply. The lecture will conclude with a discussion of possible solutions to the climate change problem.