Public Science Symposium on Climate Change at JPL

On Saturday, Oct. 24, from 2 to 4 p.m. at JPL, Earth scientists with expertise in the fields of atmosphere, ocean and ecology presented brief talks on the scientific evidence for global warming, including a discussion of what individuals and society can do to slow global warming. There was also a demonstration of NASA's "Eyes on the Earth" multimedia project. The symposium was sponsored by the JPL Green Club.

The presentations and related multimedia are available for download below.

•  Agenda

• Mous Chahine - "No country is immune from effects of increased greenhouse gases"

• Movies and images from Chahine presentation

• Stacey Boland - CO2 sources/sinks: Earth satellites' contributions

• Duane Waliser - Calibration of climate models

• Kyle McDonald - Terrestrial carbon cycles

• Ben Holt - Arctic ice cover changes

• Lee Fu - "Sea level rise is an unambiguous consequence of a warming climate"

• Kevin Hussey - Demonstration of "Eyes on the Earth"

• JoBea Holt - What we can do to slow climate change?