Briefing on New IPCC Climate Report

September 30, 10:00am - 11:00am
Mānoa Campus, C-MORE Hale Conference Room

On Monday, September 30, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is releasing the first part of its Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) evaluating the evidence for climate change and its causes. IPCC assessments provide a scientific basis for governments at all levels to develop climate-related policies.

UH Mānoa researchers are among the lead authors of the AR5 Working Group I Report, which deals with the physical science basis of climate change. They will discuss their work on the AR5 report and the report's findings.

Axel Timmermann – Lead author for an AR5 chapter on Paleoclimate / Professor of Oceanography, International Pacific Research Center

Mark Merrifield – Contributing author for an AR5 chapter on Sea Level / Professor of Oceanography, Director UH Sea Level Center, Director of the Joint Institute of Marine & Atmospheric Research


Event Sponsor
Vice Chancellor for Research, Mānoa Campus

More Information
Talia S Ogliore, 956-4531, togliore@hawaii.edu, http://www.climatechange2013.org

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