Musings about climate change, water, and society
Coming soon to UC Davis: climate change conference
On 15 May 2012, UC Davis will host a conference, Climate Change and California's Water Supply.
The conference, sponsored by the UC Davis Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, Air Quality Research Center, and the CCWAS IGERT, will bring together a wide array of stakeholders to address the challenges facing the state of California posed by predicted changes in climate and concomitant drought conditions.
The conference will include keynote presentations, discussions, and a poster session.
The Old River at the confluence of the San Joaquin River. Photo courtesy of M. Burns, CA Department of Water Resources |
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Please see the conference web site for more information about the tentative conference program, registration, submitting an abstract, and travel.
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Groundwater monitoring conference in Chile
CCWAS IGERT PI Graham Fogg has just accepted an invitation to participate in a conference on groundwater control and monitoring in Chile. The conference, sponsored by the Comisión Nacional de Riego (Chile), will be held on 4 October 2012. Graham will remain in Chile a few days thereafter to work with José Luis Arumi and other colleagues on artificial groundwater recharge.
Stay tuned for details!
Science isn't enough
Ryan Meyer, writing in the scientific journal Nature, recently praised the US Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) for its realistic, compelling, and nuanced views about the role of science in addressing climate change.
You can get the full story here.
Responses to global warming skeptics
A recent op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, signed by 16 scientists, has caused considerable stir among climate scientists. The authors of the op-ed argue that the earth's climate is not warming, and that those who cite evidence to the contrary are alarmists who seek to divert funding from governments and the private sector toward their own ends.
A number of other scientists and writers have publicly weighed in on the WSJ op ed, both to refute some of the claims of the op-ed and comment on the integrity of science. You can read some of them here.
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NCSE'S launches a climate change initiative
The National Center for Science Education, a non-profit formed to support the teaching of evolution in public schools, recently announced the launch of its new initiative aimed at defending the teaching of climate change. Like evolution, climate change is accepted by the scientific community but controversial among the public. As a result, educators trying to teach climate change often are pressured to compromise the scientific and pedagogical integrity of their instruction. But there was no organization specializing in providing advice and support to those facing challenges to climate change education.
With the launching of the initiative, NCSE itself becomes that organization.
For more information, see http://ncse.com/climate
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