Next month’s Valentine’s Day weekend will include an effort by faith groups to increase congregations’ awareness of climate concerns.
U of Michigan/Union of Concerned Scientists to focus on social sciences and climate communications.
Nearly 100 invited experts from across the country will meet January 19-21 at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor for a series of moderated discussions. Their aim: learn from social sciences research and practice to improve public understanding of climate risks and choices.
Q&A: Western professor doubts global warming
The last 400 years we’ve been thawing out of the Little Ice Age, if you like. So yeah, it’s been getting warmer about one degree a century. It’s been going on. There’s nothing new about it.
So the warming we saw, which lasted only from 1978 to 1998, is something that is predictable and expectable. When the ocean changed temperatures, global cooling is almost a slam dunk. You can expect to find about 25 to 30 years yet ahead of us before it starts to warm up again. It might even be more than that.
Obama Hears Calls To Talk About Climate Threat In State Of The Union | ThinkProgress
If Obama does make clear that the nation’s prosperity is already being damaged by the first glimmers of the coming onslaught of climate change, it will mark a dramatic departure from the past.
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