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Global Warming
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Carbon Credits. Will They Work? Interior Department re-opening oil and gas leases after 20 years in Utah Camels on rampage for water in Australia Bush administration bans reference to climate change and polar bears by traveling officials World Bank speaks out about injustice to developing nations in wake of threats from global warming Lots of money to be made in brokering Carbon Credits. Will it however, affect on greenhouse gasses? |
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Greenland may be green sooner than you think. Dr. H. Jay Zwally Senior Research Scientist Goddard Space Flight Center discusses his years of work monitoring the changes occurring on Greenland's icecap. Recent reports make it clear that Greenland's icecap is melting twice as fast as it was a mere 4 years ago. |
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Dr Zwally continues and discusses changes expected in the years ahead, and what, if anything, we can do to stem the tides of change. | |
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Dr. Mark Serreze, Senior Research Scientist. What has Dr. Serreze learned about global
warming after spending years researching the Arctic, sea ice and
climate? What will be the consequences of Greenland’s melting at
twice the anticipated speed? Can we turn this back? |
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Dr.
Lonnie Thompson, Senior
Research Scientist.
Dr. Thompson has
spent more time on glaciers above 18,000 feet of altitude than any
other human, taking core samples from thousands of years of
glacial activity. Conclusion. The glaciers are disappearing. The
effects will be felt for generations. |
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Dr.
William B. Curry, Senior
Scientist. After the worst hurricane season on record,
it's
perhaps just the beginning of many other surprises ahead as a
result of climate change brought on by the build-up of CO2. What
other affects can we expect as the oceans continue to warm? |
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The World Bank & Global Warming Dr. Robert Watson, Chief Scientist.
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