- -: What if San Francisco Bay Rose by One Meter? Sayonara SFO
April 30, 2010 (about 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/04/17/Climate_Change_in_California_Impact_on_Marine_Ecosystems Dr. Frank Schwing, Director of Environmental Research for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association, presents a "reasonable projection" of climate change-induced sea level rise in the San...
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- -: The Human Side of Climate Science - Ian McEwan
May 5, 2010 (about 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/04/12/In_Conversation_with_Ian_McEwan Ian McEwan, author of Solar, delves into the personal elements of climate change. McEwan says that while a science department "is as human and messy as any other institution," in the end "this is not about ideology or f...
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- -: Around the Americas: Photographing Climate Change in the Arctic
June 9, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/06/01/Around_the_Americas_Expedition_Team Mark Schrader, Captain and Project Director of Around the Americas, retells the challenge of going the "wrong way" (against the wind and against the current) through the Northwest Passage. Flipping through photos th...
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- -: Revisiting 'Climategate': Has Climate Skepticism Discredited the IPCC?
July 27, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/05/12/Tim_Flannery_Now_or_Never Environmentalist Tim Flannery accuses an "enormous and well-funded disinformation campaign" of targeting climate science organizations like the IPCC. ----- Here at Darwin's annual writers' event, Professor Tim Flannery laun...
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- -: Van Jones: Why Should Companies Get to Pollute for Free?
July 29, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/06/29/Van_Jones_Inforums_21st_Century_Visionary_Award Environmentalist Van Jones calls for a "serious" climate and energy bill to stop companies from dumping "planet-cooking pollution" into the atmosphere. "If you take away that right to pollute for free," ...
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- -: The Climate Change Gamble: An Unacceptable Risk?
August 18, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/05/23/John_Ralston_Saul_on_Freedom_and_Globalization John Ralston Saul, President of International PEN, frames the climate change debate as a gamble, calling it an "unacceptable risk" even if the odds are less than 50-50 that human actions are triggering en...
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- -: Whose Fault Is Climate Change? World Plays 'Blame Game'
August 26, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Complete Premium video at: http://fora.tv/conference/chautauqua_energy_power Arvind Subramanian, senior fellow at the Center for Global Development, says the world is engaged in a "destructive blame game" in regards to the climate change debate. Poorer countries like China and India question the...
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- -: Avoiding the T-Word: Why California Chose Cap-and-Trade
September 2, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Complete Premium video at: http://fora.tv/conference/chautauqua_energy_power Mary Nichols, Chairman of the California Air Resources Board, breaks down three options for carbon emissions reduction: regulation of energy sources, a carbon tax, or a cap-and-trade system. While she favors a carbon ta...
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- -: Farewell Miami: Adapting to Climate Change
December 7, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/11/07/Wonderfest_2010_Dare_We_Try_to_Engineer_Earths_Climate Julio Friedmann, Carbon Management Program Leader for Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, elaborates on what "adapting to climate change" may entail for Americans. "Nobody ever says, 'Well, pa...
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- -: Can Simulated Volcanic Eruptions Reverse Global Warming?
December 21, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/11/07/Wonderfest_2010_Dare_We_Try_to_Engineer_Earths_Climate Environmental scientist Jane C. S. Long examines an idea to fight climate change by spraying sulfuric aerosols into the atmosphere. Although cheap and effective, Long warns that the long-term side...
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