Carbon Curves (12/11/13)

Climate One

Earth Sciences, Social Sciences, Science, News, News Commentary

4.7 • 583 Ratings

🗓️ 14 December 2013

⏱️ 38 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

"Climate change is not some academic thing, it's pervasive – you see the signs of change everywhere,” said Ben Santer, a climate scientist at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. “It’s profoundly sad that future generations may not experience the coral reefs or these fragile, high alpine environments in the same way that we did, and we’ve experienced these changes over a human lifetime.” Santer joined Jane Lubchenco, former administrator for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to discuss extreme weather and the future of the warming planet. While hurricane and tsunamis will become more intense, heat waves are among the most damaging natural disasters, according to Lubchenco. But there’s still hope. “Many more people are beginning to see climate not as an economic issue, not as a political issue, but as a moral issue,” Lubchenco said. “Changing the way we think about the problem, I think, is part of the solution.” Jane Lubchenco, Former Administrator, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Ben Santer, Climate Scientist, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club of California on December 11, 2013 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	At Betway, we have Chiery-on-Ree.
0:03.0	Bet 10 pounds and get 40 pounds in free bets for new customers.
0:06.0	Download the Betway app today.
0:08.0	18 plus decencies apply bet the responsible way gamblerware.
0:11.0	org.
0:15.0	I'm Greg Dalton, and today on Climate 1, we're discussing how human activity is altering our skies and our oceans.
0:21.3	The basic physics of the greenhouse gas effect has been studied for nearly 200 years and well
0:26.8	understood since the mid-20th century.
0:29.1	In the past two decades, it has become increasingly clear that burning fossil fuels is
0:33.7	disrupting the Earth's life support system.
0:36.2	Scientists say that in our lifetime, we can expect more severe weather,
0:40.2	stronger storms, higher seas and temperatures,
0:43.1	more searing droughts, and more extreme floods.
0:46.2	Our roller coaster ride is just beginning.
0:48.9	Over the next hour, we will talk about the state of scientific knowledge
0:51.9	about climate disruption.
0:53.0	We also will talk about stories of hope and the opportunity of scientific knowledge about climate disruption. We also will talk about
0:54.4	stories of hope and the opportunity of clean energy. Joining our live audience at the Commonwealth
0:59.8	Club in San Francisco, we're pleased to have with us two of the country's top scientists.
1:04.3	Jane Lubchenko served under President Obama for four years as administrator of the National
1:08.8	Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
1:11.4	She's a recipient of the MacArthur Genius Award and currently a professor of marine biology at Oregon State University.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Climate One, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Climate One and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.