I AM A CLIMATE SCIENTIST By Dan Ilic

“In the media landscape there are climate change deniers and believers, but rarely are those speaking about climate change actual climate scientists.”

This (clean extended) rap from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s (ABC) Hungry Beast features some real, vocal, climate scientists responding to the posturing of climate change deniers in the media – check it out for some sweet relief if nothing else.  There are a couple of versions around with varying degrees of adult concepts so be aware if little ones are watching with you.  _KA

http://hungrybeast.abc.net.au/stories

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Rothamsted Research has put an really useful new document up on its website called: Climate Change- a brief introduction for scientists and engineers – or anyone else who has to do something about it.

The document has been written by David Jenkinson, a Rothamsted senior fellow. It provides a detailed but accessible walk-through of the hows and whats and whys and wheres of climate change. Its chapters cover the following:

• Chapter 1 – the science of climate change (solar radiation, the greenhouse effect, radiative forcing etc, long term climate variations etc)
• Chapter 2 – the greenhouse gases (water; sources and sinks of CO2 methane, nitrous oxide; halocarbons, ozone, aerosols)
• Chapter 3 – how people use energy (fossil fuel combustion, reserves, per capita emissions)
• Chapter 4 – using models to forecast future climate (models for temperature, precipitation, sea level, extreme weather etc)
• Chapter 5 – reducing the release of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere (transport, buildings, industry, electricity generation, carbon capture, agriculture, deforestation)
• Chapter 6 – geoengineering as a way of counteracting climate change (biological and chemical sequestration, solar iradiation measures)
• Chapter 7 – energy from biomass (current
• Chapter 8 – sources of energy that do not depend on carbon (nuclcear fusion and fission, hydroelectricity, wind, wave, solar, tidal, geogrhermal and others)
• Chapter 9 – adapting to climate change (population growth, sea level rise, water, food security)
• Chapter 10 – economic incentives to reduce emissions (economic tools, the Kaya Identity)

To download the document go to: http://www.rothamsted.bbsrc.ac.uk/aen/reviews/Climate_Change_Draft_B03.pdf

Source: Tara Garnett,  Food Climate Research Network

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