They include rich stolarski, shaw liu, bill chameides, jim russell, paul crutzen, ray weiss, the shetter brothers, the late connie delwiche, ramanathan, bob dickinson, guy brasseur, ron oremland, and a great group of colleagues and students at the university of california, irvine, along with japanese, european, and south american scientists. The cru was founded in 1971 as part of the universitys school of environmental sciences. Does pew centers eileen claussen get the dire nature of. Then chameides goes on to give reasoned rebuttals under the following. Bahar has built and run large technologybased businesses for many years. The award recognizes research contributions by exceptional midcareer scientists in the fields of atmospheric and climate sciences. The only explanation left most people these days accept. Csrhub ceo and cofounder bahar gidwani will be speaking at cses certified sustainability csr practitioner training on october 11, 2012 in brussels, belgium cse is a leading global sustainability csr consulting, coaching, and training firm. Durham it took just one undergraduate physics course to change bill chameides career choice from law to the environmental sciences.
Chameides is dean of dukes nicholas school of the environment and a. Bill also has been produced as a video that is available on youtube, the popular website dedicated to amateur videos. Introducing the may 2020 issue scientific american blog. After spending 30 years in academia, most recently as regents professor and smithgall chair at the georgia institute of technology. William chameides nicholas school of the environment. Cynthia has worked with major organizations including bnsf, boeing, cocacola, dow jones, and rei to help craft sustainability. Curry and lomborg in house committee today webcast live. Allison steiner will receive the 2015 atmospheric sciences ascent award at the 2015 american geophysical union fall meeting, to be held 1418 december in san francisco, calif.
Bill chameides born november 21, 1949 in new york city is an american atmospheric scientist who was the dean of duke university s nicholas school of the environment from 2007 until july 1, 2014. From the pages of scientific american comes the latest information and explorations into the bizarre realm of the natural world, including. Despite claims to the contrary, planetary sht does happen source. Jan 11, 2000 af2 scientific american june 1972, vol. Digital collections of our best reporting on the hottest topics in science. Chameides found watching cicerone bridge the sciencepolicy. The weather makers is all the more convincing for its personal tone and scientific approachdont take my word for it. Does pew centers eileen claussen get the dire nature of our. A natural history by tim flannery, paperback barnes. He is an isi highly cited researcher, as well as a member of the national academy of sciences and a fellow of the american geophysical union.
Its climate fiction, a new genre that is quickly going viral, mainly because it is organically linked to climate change. Jun 14, 2007 this is the first installment of a fivepart series by bill chameides on how we know humans cause global warming. Bill chameides is an american atmospheric scientist who was the dean of duke. There are a tremendous number of problems created by this economic crisis, but it. The dissemination and control of information are indispensable ingredients of violent conflict, with all parties involved in a conflict or at war seeking to frame the discussion on their own terms. Oct 16, 20 the house sent a strong bipartisan message to president obama that a tax on carbon would devastate our economy and he needs to drop any idea of imposing this kind of radical regulation. Oct 02, 2012 scientific american launched its e book program this summer, starting with the science of sports. As to the rest of the chemicals, he wrote, well theyre out there.
Scientific american 3 76 60 on the cover environment 76 an earth without people interview with alan weisman one way to examine humanitys impact on the environment is to consider how the world would fare if all the people disappeared. Scientific american july 2007 volume 297 number 1 features 60 68 44 52. The transcriptional landscape of the mammalian genome by the fantom consortium et al. Her articles on corporate social responsibility can be found on, a website that provides sustainability ratings. Connecting the hiatuses bill chameides, thegreengrok, scientific american, 31 oct 20 climate science. The scientific american published five other scientific titles that are not. William chameides, dean, nicholas school of the environment and. Do you think climate change skeptics are raising persuasive points or ignoring strong scientific. National academy of sciences, a fellow of the american. Nagy was awarded the 2015 john adam fleming medal at the agu fall meeting honors ceremony, held on 16 december 2015 in san francisco, calif. Chameides has served as editor of the journal of geophysical research and is the author or coauthor of more than 120 scientific publications and five books. Could a new house bill undo the 2006 fix to our fisheries problem. Born in new york city and raised on long island, he received his b.
How a recent report on climate change put me toe to toe with congressional climate refudiaters. Science news, articles, and information scientific american. Cynthia figge is a forerunner and thought leader in the corporate sustainability movement who cofounded ekos international in 1996, one of the first consultancies integrating sustainability and corporate strategy. Misinformation, disinformation and conflict climate etc. How a handful of scientists obscured the truth on issues from smoke to global warming. An atmospheric chemist focused on elucidating the causes of and remedies for global, regional and urban environmental change, bill is a member of the u. Bill blogs on the green grok and the huffington post, and the website for scientific american, and is a guest blogger on the popular science magazines. I suspect, however, that the notion of such a clear crossroads is a bit oversimplified. Flannery guides us on a sweeping odyssey through time, in which he synthesizes vast amounts of information from geology, paleontology, and human history. Lives in science scientific american 9780671427023.
Nov 11, 2010 i read that scientific american article when it first came out, more than 50 years ago. Jun 17, 2014 a novel like nathaniel richs odds against tomorrow with a book cover that features new york under water arrow added, no longer looks like science fiction. Mar 10, 2006 flannery, of course, favors the second path. New dean named at nicholas school of the environment and. William chameides nicholas distinguished professor emeritus of the environment in the nicholas school of the environment dr. The establishment of the unit owed much to the support of sir graham sutton, a former directorgeneral of the meteorological office, lord solly zuckerman, an adviser to the university, and professors keith clayton and brian funnel, deans of the school of environmental sciences in 1971 and 1972. Palmer this book is one of a boxed set of five volumes which consists of lives in science, new chemistry, plant life, the planet earth and the universe. Biodiversity and the meaning of human existence given by e. Last week on cbs news i watched a piece about dutch farmer marc van rijsselberghe, who is running experiments in the texel islands, netherlands, to grow potatoes using in saltridden land.
Climate, science, and religion by bill chameides, the greengrok blog, scientific american, mar 19, 2012 this hardhitting commentary was prompted by inhofes new book. Cse is offering a two day certified sustainability csr practitioner training. Posted july 14, 2010, at climate progress, the climate section edited by joe romm at, a blog site sponsored by the center for american progress. But regardless of the seepage rate, methane will be released into the environment. Released on may 12th and representing the culmination of two years work and the. Nagy was awarded the 2015 john adam fleming medal at the american geophysical union fall meeting honors ceremony, held on 16 december 2015 in san francisco, calif. Apr 25, 20 58 thoughts on curry and lomborg in house committee today webcast live. Bill chameides has combined more than 30 years in academia as a professor, researcher, teacher, and mentor with a 3year stint in the ngo world as the chief scientist of the environmental defense fund. National academy of sciences, a fellow of the american geophysical union and a recipient of the agus macelwane award. His research focuses on elucidating the causes of and remedies for global, regional and urban environmental change and identifying more sustainable pathways forward. This is the first installment of a fivepart series by bill chameides on how we know humans cause global warming. Geophysical research letters wikimili, the free encyclopedia. Nitrogen oxides nox are emitted from the burning of fossil fuels. By some accounts, the term was coined by dan bloom in 2007 as a subgenre of science fiction.
Last week, the owners of the empire state building announced they were going to turn their iconic new york landmark green as in sustainable. Biodiversity and the meaning of human existence session. Now, scientific american is proud to present an accessible, onevolume reference covering all the sciences. Lowfat ice cream may sound like healthier fare, but it can cause just as many pounds gained, maybe even more. He is also an american geophysical union fellow, and has received the american geophysical unions macelwane award. He joined duke as the dean of the nicholas school of the environment in 2007. Bill chameides, dean of dukes nicholas school of the environment, lays out the arguments. The medal is for original research and technical leadership in geomagnetism, atmospheric electricity, aeronomy, space physics, and related sciences. Bill chameides born november 21, 1949 in new york city is an american atmospheric scientist who was the dean of duke universitys nicholas school of the environment from 2007 until july 1, 2014. Each month, we will add new titles selected from the most relevant issues.
Bill chameides, who is a real climate scientist and dean of dukes. Ad campaigns highlight effects of global warming recently, the ad council joined forces with the advocacy group environmental defense to launch. Bill schutt is a biology professor at liupost and a research associate in residence at the american museum of natural history. Two years after that meeting, bill chameides, then dean of the duke nicholas school of the environment, blogged that under tsca the epa had issued regulations to control just nine of the tens of thousands of industrial chemicals in u. Scientific american s growing catalogue of ebook titles. Bill chameides has combined more than 30 years in academia as a professor, researcher. Scientific american is the essential guide to the most aweinspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the.
Bill chameides is an american atmospheric scientist who was the dean of duke universitys nicholas school of the environment from 2007 until july 1, 2014. For most of us, entering bill chameides world would be like tumbling with alice down the rabbit hole into wonderland, or embarking with gulliver on his travels, because his research is simultaneously as tiny as individual molecules and as huge as global weather systems. Bill chameides is the dean of dukes nicholas school of the environment. Steiner receives the 2015 atmospheric sciences ascent award.
He was the vice chair of americas climate choices, a multidisciplinary study by the. How neuroscience is transforming psychiatry and helping prevent or reverse mood and anxiety disorders, adhd, addictions, ptsd, psychosis, personality disorders, and more. Ensia is a solutionsfocused nonprofit media outlet reporting on our changing planet. Whether you want to examine the tiniest microbes, the properties of the earths core, or the farthest reaches of space, this handy desk reference is the resource to turn to for the answers you need. Scientific american is the essential guide to the most aweinspiring advances in science. Bill chameides, science magazine, on the weather makers tim flannerys book will forever change your perspective on the north american continent. Scientific american is the essential guide to the most aweinspiring advances in science and technology.
We spend months working on each edition, but then for one week, roughly six weeks before publication, we have. And the damage methane will do might not be reversible. Bill chameides has combined more than 30 years in academia as a. This is because sugar another one of my hearthealth villains often replaces the missing fat in low and nonfat varieties of ice cream. Bahar holds a cfa chartered financial analyst and was one of the first people to receive the fsa fundamentals of sustainability accounting designation from. Buy supercomputing and the transformation of science scientific american.
Bill chameides, science magazine, on the weather makers tim flannerys book will forever change your perspective on the north american continentflannery guides us on a sweeping odyssey through time, in which he synthesizes vast amounts of information from geology, paleontology, and human history. The science of climate change hasnt changed significantly in the past. Bill chameides served as dean of dukes nicholas school of the environment. Chameides and his wife, bonnie, have three sons and four grandchildren. Scientific american is the essential guide to the most aweinspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives. Open letter to lewis black and george clooney watts up with. As more and more salty water seeps through the dutch dykes onto its farmland, van rijsselberghe and others are finding ways to adapt.
Research news opinion research analysis careers books and culture podcasts videos. Nitrogen oxides nox are emitted from the burning of fossil fuels and lead to the production of ozone, not nitrous oxide. Bill chameides is the dean of duke universitys nicholas school of the environment and a member of the national academy of sciences. The scientific american book of the cosmos is a collection of articles from the pages of the respected magazine scientific american.
Why climate fiction has gone viral publishing perspectives. Climatechange science makes for hot politics the washington post. The book has some scientific missteps, for example. Climate change denier bob tisdale, perhaps in an effort to squelch any notion that global warming played a role in the storm, uses an epithet in a blog post to characterize any claims that unusually warm ocean temperatures were a contributing factor. The obama administration has used every trick in the book to implement its radical agenda through back door regulations. Engl 1020 critical thinking and argumentation, sec 15, spring 2014, odonnell policies calendar readings readings. Supercomputing and the transformation of science scientific. Bill chameides, duke university triangle business journal.
Here, compiled together under topic areas, are most of the articles we will read this semester, gathered under subject headings. Last week, the owners of the empire state building announced they were going to turn their iconic new york landmark green. Bill chameides served as dean of dukes nicholas school of the environment from 2007 to 2014 and currently holds an endowed chair at duke as the nicholas professor of the environment. The green grok guest blogs exclusively for, taking a deep dive into the smart grid. Chameides blogs at the green grok to spark lively discussions about environmental science, keeping you in the know on what the scientific world is discovering and how it affects you all in. I read that scientific american article when it first came out, more than 50 years ago. Even a fiction writer couldnt dream up a scenario in which the president would ponder the benefits of injecting. Its the most thorough, readable and meticulous account of the global climate issue that you will find. When he went to college, bill chameides was intent on becoming a. Bill chameides is at environmental defense, 257 park avenue south, new york, ny 10010, usa.
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