5 March 2014
Royal Society and National Academies Publish Updated Guide on Climate Science
Posted by Dan Satterfield
There is an excellent new report out on climate science written for the general public, and I highly recommend it. It’s written at a high school level and the authors and reviewers are a “who’s who” of science experts. I know a lot of teachers have trouble finding materials for the classroom that they can trust, and this fits the bill.
You can download the complete report here and read it in 20 minutes. Below are some graphics from the report that you might find interesting.
The difference between weather and climate.
Most of the additional heat being trapped by the rising CO2 levels is going into the oceans. This shows up readily in sea level rise, and the increase in ocean heat content.
The rising acidification of the ocean is also covered as well.
Think they have it wrong?? Gather your evidence, write it up and check to see if someone has not already published a paper showing it’s wrong. If not submit it to a peer-reviewed journal. That’s because science works on evidence and experiment, not opinion.
Dan Satterfield has worked as an on air meteorologist for 32 years in Oklahoma, Florida and Alabama. Forecasting weather is Dan's job, but all of Earth Science is his passion. This journal is where Dan writes about things he has too little time for on air. Dan blogs about peer-reviewed Earth science for Junior High level audiences and up.