The Physics of Climate Change – Michael Mann

Date: Thu. January 16th, 2014, 4:15 pm-5:15 pm
Location: Rockefeller 301

I will review the basic scientific fundamentals behind human-caused climate change, including a discussion of physics-based theoretical climate models. I will motivate the use of a very simple (“zero-dimensional energy balance”) model of Earth’s climate. I will demonstrate, through applications of the model, how it can be used to address a number of outstanding scientific issues related to human-caused global warming. I will also discuss some of the societal implications of this work.