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Preparing for Hell and High Water: Researchers Advocate for Climate Adaptation Science

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/11/131107142526.htm

Global Warming

This article is about what we've been talking about in class. Its about the increasing risk of global warming and the dangers of increasing water level. The article also talks about climate control efforts. I thought the article will be more about the actual projected water levels in certain places but it doesn't talk about rising water that much. The article states that climate preparedness research needs to integrate social and climate science, engineering, and other disciplines. The article also states the 4 challenges of climate control "The four challenges are:

• Understanding what information is needed to make decisions about adapting to climate change
• Identifying vulnerabilities in society, the economy and the environment
• Improving forecasts and climate models in ways that can address specific problems
• Providing technology, management, and policy options for adapting."

I think that the most important challenges to overcome are the first and the fourth. The first is needed to start the actual plans for climate control while the last challenge is needed to actually start the movement. I think that it is important that we get the plan underway as soon as possible. I'm hoping that within the next year we will have a plan set up instead of just talking about possible plans and challenges.

Aspen Workshop- A workshop run by An institute(Aspen Center for Physics)  run by physicists to work on solving pivotal issues including global warming and ozone. It is sponsored by NASA, The national Science foundation, and many other groups and universities. It is a huge research organization.