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| September 9, 2008 |
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The Case for Anthropogenic Warming, Richard McGehee, School of Mathematics |
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The scientific evidence for global warming and for the impact of human activity on the climate is presented and discussed. |
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| September 16, 2008 |
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The Earth's Glacial Cycles, Richard McGehee, School of Mathematics |
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The theory that the glacial cycles are driven by the changes in the Earth's orbit will be discussed. |
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| September 23, 2008 |
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Hogg's Model of Glacial Cycles, Esther Widiasih, School of Mathematics |
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In a recent paper, Andrew Hogg proposed a model combining the Milankovitch cycles with the Earth's carbon cycle to produce a model of glacial cycles. |
| September 30, 2008 |
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The 2007 IPCC Report, Richard McGehee, School of Mathematics |
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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is a scientific body established by the United Nations. Last year the IPCC issued a report stating "unequivocally" that the climate is warming and stating with "extreme likelihood" that human activity is causing that warming. The report also presented a series of predictions about climate change anticipated for the 21st century. |
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| October 7, 2008 |
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The Lorenz Attractor, Guowei Yu, School of Mathematics |
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In a seminal 1963 paper, Edward Lorenz proposed a system of three ordinary differential equations as a conceptual model of certain weather patterns. The behavior of this model has come to be viewed as placing severe limits on the predictability of the weather. Does it tell us anything about the predictability of the climate? |
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| October 14, 2008 |
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Mitigation Strategies for Atmospheric Carbon, Clarence Lehman,
Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior
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| October 28, 2008 |
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Budyko's Ice Cover Model, Esther Widiasih,
School of Mathematics |
| November 4, 2008 |
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New Results for Budyko's Model, Esther Widiasih,
School of Mathematics |
| November 18, 2008 |
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Human Perturbations to the Global Carbon Cycle, Sarah Hobbie,
Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior |
| November 25, 2008 |
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Assessing Intergenerational Equity with Climate Model Simulations, Katsumi Matsumoto, Department of Geology and Geophysics |
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