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Peter Ward
The Flooded Earth: Our Future in a World Without Ice Caps
Peter Ward, who spoke at the Aquarium about the impacts of climate change on June 16, 2011, is a professor of biology and space sciences at the University of Washington in Seattle. His books include "Rare Earth: Why Complex Life is Uncommon in the Universe" and "The Medea Hypothesis: Is Life on Earth Ultimately Self-Destructive"?
Laurence Smith
The World in 2050: Four Forces Shaping Our Northern Future
Laurence Smith, who spoke at the Aquarium on June 23, 2011, is a professor and vice-chair of geography and professor of Earth and space sciences at the University of California, Los Angeles. His book, "The World in 2050," discusses what our world might look like in forty years if current trends in population, resource demand, economics, and climate change continue.
Sea Level Rise Special on KFWB News 980
Scientists estimate sea levels could rise more than three feet by the end of this century. In California, that would mean the flooding of San Francisco International Airport, the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, and much of the commercial and residential property along the coast. Find out more about this pressing issue and how to prepare through this special report by KFWB featuring Anchor Ron Kilgore and sea level rise experts: Aquarium of the Pacific President Dr. Jerry R. Schubel, Dr. Reinhard E. Flick of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and Dr. Robert S. Young of Western Carolina University.
Richard Somerville
Climate Science and Climate Policy: What Do We Know and What Should We Do?
Richard Somerville is a theoretical meteorologist and distinguished professor emeritus at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego. He earned his Ph.D from New York University and has received awards for both his research and his popular book, The Forgiving Air: Understanding Environmental Change.
Kathy Kelly
Water Sector Adaptation to Climate Change
Part of our Climate Change and What it Means to California lecture series. Kathy Kelly, PE, is chief of the Department of Water Resources’ Bay-Delta Office, which plans facilities and implements actions in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta to improve water quality, water supply reliability, and the ecosystem. She is a civil engineer with experience in planning and hydrologic engineering.
Jeanine Jones
Water Sector Adaptation to Climate Change
Part of our Climate Change and What it Means to California lecture series. Jeanine Jones is CDWR's interstate resources manager. Her prior position was the drought preparedness manager. Her more than 30 years experience with CDWR includes directing the statewide planning program, participating in interstate water negotiations, and working on climate change adaptation programs. She is a registered professional engineer in California and Nevada, has a BS and MS in civil engineering, and is a member of ASCE and AWWA.
Mike Anderson
Climate Change Impacts on California Water
Mike Anderson, PE and PhD, serves as the California state climatologist in the Department of Water Resources. A civil engineer, he has a background in hydroclimate modeling and monitoring and works in the Department of Water Resources flood forecasting section.
Jeanine Jones
Climate Change Impacts on California Water
Part of our Climate Change and What it Means to California lecture series.
Jeanine Jones is CDWR's interstate resources manager. Her more than 30 years experience with CDWR includes directing the statewide planning program, participating in interstate water negotiations, and working on climate change adaptation programs. She has published numerous technical articles and has taught water-related courses for UC Berkeley extension. Jones is a registered professional engineer in California and Nevada and has a BS and MS in civil engineering.
Eric Soderlund
Overview of California’s Water Supply
Part of our Climate Change and What it Means to California lecture series.
Eric Soderlund, JD, is a staff counsel with the Department of Water Resources' legal office. He specializes in natural resources, environmental, and water law.
Jeanine Jones
Overview of California’s Water Supply
Part of our Climate Change and What it Means to California lecture series.
Jeanine Jones is CDWR's interstate resources manager. Her more than 30 years experience with CDWR includes directing the statewide planning program, participating in interstate water negotiations, and working on climate change adaptation programs. She has published numerous technical articles and has taught water-related courses for UC Berkeley extension. Jones is a registered professional engineer in California and Nevada and has a BS and MS in civil engineering.
Naomi Oreskes
Merchants of Doubt
Naomi Oreskes is a professor of history and science studies at the University of California, San Diego. She is an author and editor of many published works, and her most recent deals with the science of climate change. Her 2004 essay "The Scientific Consensus on Climate Change" led to op-ed pieces in the Washington Post, the San Francisco Chronicle, and the Los Angeles Times and has been widely cited in the mass media, including National Public Radio and in the movie An Inconvenient Truth.
Henry Pollack
Earth’s Changing Climate: Headed Toward a World Without Ice?
Henry Pollack is professor emeritus of geophysics in the department of geological sciences at the University of Michigan. His current research focuses on the record of climate change as recorded by the temperatures in the rocks beneath the Earth’s surface. Pollack authored the book 'Uncertain Science...Uncertain World', and his newest book is titled 'A World Without Ice'.
Climate and Weather
"Climate is what you expect; Weather is what you get". -Mark Twain
Changes in the ocean and atmosphere impact all of our lives. From deciding where to vacation, to where we farm and what we plant, understanding the ocean's influence on climate and weather benefits us all.
Wallace Broecker
The Great Ocean Conveyor
A prolific researcher, teacher and author, Dr. Broecker has published over 400 scientific articles and is the author or coauthor of several textbooks. His most recent book is The Great Ocean Conveyor: Discovering the Trigger for Abrupt Climate Change.
Orrin H. Pilkey
Rising Seas and Shifting Shores: The Global Impact of Sea Level Rise
Orrin Pilkey is a research professor and James B. Duke Professor Emeritus at the Duke University Nicholas School of the Environment. He has received a number of awards including the Shepard medal for excellence in Marine Geology, The Priestly Award and public service awards from several geology societies. He has published 260 technical papers and edited and or written 40 books, the latest of which is The Rising Sea.