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Michael Oppenheimer delivers American Geophysical Union’s first Stephen Schneider Lecture - Scientists, Expert Judgment, and Public Policy: What is Our Proper Role?

December 20, 2010 by Joseph Romm
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One of the climate scientist I have learned the most from is Michael Oppenheimer the Albert G. Milbank Professor of Geosciences and International Affairs at Princeton University, and Director of the Program in Science, Technology and Environmental Policy (STEP). [read more]

NATURE: Sea level rise may exceed worst expectations

December 17, 2009 by Rebecca Lutzy
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Just when you thought the news in Copenhagen couldn't get worse, a brand new paper released in Nature suggests that the polar ice sheets are more vulnerable to global warming than previously feared.  2 degrees Celsius of global warming could commit us to 6-9 meters (20-30 feet) of long-term sea level rise. The study is based on an... [read more]

Exclusive audio of press call today with Michael Mann, Gavin Schmidt, and Michael Oppenheimer on “Climate Science: Setting the Record Straight”

December 4, 2009 by Joseph Romm
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Memo to Climate Science community:  When illegal email hackers give you lemons, make some lemonade. In a Physics World article, “Publicize or perish,” I pointed out “The scientific community is failing miserably in communicating the potential catastrophe of climate change.“  Of course, that isn’t entirely the scientific... [read more]