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VISITING SCIENTIST TO DISCUSS WHY “GLOBAL WARMING IS
UNEQUIVOCAL” Scientists have completed a thorough examination of the Earth’s
vital signs and concluded that the planet “is running a fever,”
says one of the nation’s leading climate researchers and a lead author of
the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). And the situation is apt to get much worse, says Kevin E. Trenberth, head
of the Climate Analysis Section at the Trenberth will present a free public lecture at 7 p.m. Monday, April
23, in UW-Madison’s Morgridge Auditorium, Room 1100, Grainger Hall, 975
University Avenue, Madison, Wis. Limited metered parking is available below
Grainger Hall in Trenberth is one of 140 authors who worked on the first volume of the
IPCC’s latest assessment report. Entitled “Climate Change 2007: The
Physical Science Basis,” it is considered the “gold standard”
on the state of scientific knowledge of climate change, and it affirms that
“warming of the climate system is unequivocal” and it is “very
likely” (90 percent certainty) due to human activities. Trenberth will
discuss the evidence for these conclusions and what they mean for the future. Trenberth’s lecture is the keynote presentation in the 2007
seminar series “Climate Change in the Great Lakes Region: Starting a
Public Discussion,” sponsored by the UW Sea Grant Institute and the
Wisconsin Coastal Management Program. Over the next several months, experts
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