Senate hearing on the Latest Climate Change Science and Local Adaptation Measures

by Judith Curry

From the website of the Committee on Environment and Public Works:

Full Committee hearing entitled, “Update on the Latest Climate Change Science and Local Adaptation Measures.”

Wednesday, August 1, 2012

10:00 AM EDT

EPW Hearing Room – 406 Dirksen

WitnessesOpening RemarksPanel 1 Dr. Christopher B. Field Director, Department of Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution for Science; Professor of Biology and Environmental Earth Science Stanford University Dr. John R. Christy Distinguished Professor, Director of Earth System Science Center, Department of Atmospheric Science University of Alabama in Huntsville Dr. James J. McCarthy Alexander Agassiz Professor of Biological Oceanography, Museum of Comparative Zoology Harvard University Panel 2 Secretary John R. Griffin Maryland Department of Natural Resources Dr. Margo Thorning, Senior Vice President and Chief Economist American Council for Capital Formation Dr. Jonathan Fielding Director, Los Angeles County Department of Health National Association of County & City Health Officials

From David Appell’s blog:

It will be Webcast at http://www.epw.senate.gov, and it looks like CSPAN will have the audio here, starting at 10 am ET.

Update: At 10 am ET tomorrow, there will be a copy of James McCarthy’s testimony here. According to the Union of Concerned Scientists “he will explain that the ocean has absorbed more than 90 percent of the heat trapped over the past century by greenhouse gasses that have accumulated in the atmosphere, and that this heat is now penetrating deep into the ocean. According to McCarthy, this pattern cannot be explained by short-term natural cycles; it is a clear signature of climate change. He also will explain how what happens in the ocean affects the climate on land, including seasonal patterns of extreme weather events.”

At 10 a.m ET tomorrow, I will have a blog post on John Christy’s testimony.

Stay tuned.