Hot, Wet and Uncertain

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🗓️ 12 July 2010

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Hot, Wet and Uncertain Wieslaw Maslowski, Research Professor, Naval Post Graduate School Will Travis, Executive Director, Bay Area Conservation and Development Commission Andrew J. Gunther, Executive Director, Center for Ecosystem Management and Restoration Greg Dalton, Commonwealth Club VP, Founder of Climate One, Moderator What do scientists predict the Earth will be like in a few decades? While imperfect and complex, computer models using historic data and forward projections suggest deterioration of agricultural land, crumbling bridges and flooded roads, and population shifts away from low-lying cities such as Miami and Amsterdam. How fast will Arctic ice melt? What does that mean for the rest of the world? What are governments and businesses doing in the Bay Area and elsewhere to prepare for new water patterns that paradoxically may bring too much water at times in some areas and drought in others? Join experts for a discussion of what the past and present can tell us about our future. This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club of California on July 9, 2010 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:35.0	Climate 1 at the Commonwealth Club is at the forefront of the global debate about energy, economy, and the environment.
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0:55.6	matter. It's our future. It's time to come together. Welcome to Climate One of the Commonwealth
1:01.2	Club. I'm Greg Dalton. Heat waves, melting ice caps, floods, and droughts. Climate models suggest our
1:07.8	future will be hot, wet, and very uncertain. How good are those models as predictive tools?
1:13.6	What can they tell us about how climate change will impact California, the Bay Area, and your neighborhood?
1:19.6	How good are scientists at communicating extremely complex concepts and data to a public that is primarily focused on making ends meet?
1:26.6	We have three experts here today to discuss those issues and more with our live audience in San Francisco.
1:32.7	Andy Gunther is Executive Director of the Center for Ecosystem Management and Restoration.
1:38.4	Weislaw Maslowski is research professor of the Naval Postgraduate School,
1:43.2	and Will Travis is Executive Director of the Bay Conservation and Development Commission. Please welcome them to Climate One of the Commonwealth Club.
1:52.9	Gentlemen, thank you all for coming. Wieslaw Maslowski, let's start with you. Let's start up north in the Arctic. You're an expert on Arctic ice.
2:03.4	How fast is the Arctic ice melting and what does it mean for the global climate system?
2:09.5	Well, first of all, I wanted to say thank you for inviting me and give me an opportunity to discuss Arctic issues here in San Francisco Bay.
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