The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: DISPATCHES FROM THE FRONT LINES

The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: DISPATCHES FROM THE FRONT LINES
Dr. Michael E. Mann, Distinguished Professor of Meteorology at Penn State University
University of Florida IFAS E.T. York Distinguished Lecture for 2013

Tuesday November 19, 2013
1:45 - 4:00 pm

UF IFAS Extension Leon County

615 Paul Russell Road, Tallahassee, FL 32301

2:00-3:00 pm – Live Streaming of Lecture from UF campus
3:00-4:00 pm – Tallahassee audience discussion with local panel

Panelists: Dr. Bob Deyle (FSU Urban & Regional Planning), Dr. LaRae Donnellan (FAMU Journalism)
Whitney Gray (FWC Sea Level Rise Coordinator), and Will Sheftall (UF IFAS Extension)

Sponsored by: Leon Co Extension Advisory Committee for Climate Change & Sustainable Living Education, Sustainable Tallahassee, Florida Wildlife Federation, Rethink Energy Florida, Citizens Climate Lobby

Contact Will Sheftall at sheftallw@leoncountyfl.gov for more info

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Will Miami be under water by 2030?

The June issue of Rolling Stone Magazine featured an article which begins with a look at a future killer hurricane, say 2030.  Read this author's view of what rising sea levels mean to Florida in "Goodbye, Miami."

Just Give Up and Adapt?

A recent AP article reports that efforts in Washington to cut carbon emissions and slow down global warming have shifted to 'managing the unavoidable.'  Rather than make any real (difficult) decisions designed to change our ways with regulations to back them up, apparently governmental officials are throwing up their hands and preparing to throw money at the problem by building levees to contain rising water.  It appears we will continue to burn petroleum products as fast as we can until they are all gone, and the crisis which then ensues will be left to future generations. 

Restore the Desert, Feed the Hungry, Reverse Climate Change

Phil shared an amazing video about restoring desert areas with herd animals--a video which explains how human intervention in natural processes can cause vast damage to the environment, and how following nature's patterns can reverse the damage.

Fiddling While the Planet Burns

No decision is a decision--and apparently that's what the current governor and legislature in Florida have decided about preparing our state for the effects of climate change--nothing.  This is one more reason we can't wait for "the Government" to do something about energy, environmental changes, planning ahead.  It has to start with us.  Read the Op-Ed by FSU professor Andy Opel published in the Tallahassee Democrat today, and watch the video report "Finding Nero:  Fiddling While the Planet Burns," produced by his students.