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Global Warming: Is the Science Settled Enough for Policy

By Stephen Schneider - Stanford
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  • Summer 2006
  • Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0
  • Stanford

Lecture Description

July 24, 2008 presentation by Stephen Schneider for the Stanford University Office of Science Outreach's Summer Science Lecture Series.

Professor Schneider discusses the local, regional, and international actions that are already beginning to address global warming and describe other actions that could be taken, if there were political will to substantially reduce the magnitude of the risks.

Course Description

Course Index

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  3. Regenerative Medicine: What Is It?
  4. Using Evolution to Understand Human Growth and Disease
  5. 100 Years After 1906: Understanding Earthquakes and Effects
  6. Global Warming: Is the Science Settled Enough for Policy
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  8. Archimedes: Ancient Text Revealed with X-Ray Vision
  9. Wired for Speech: Voice Interactions with People and Computers
  10. Drugs: One Size Does Not Fit All
  11. Powering the Future with Sustainable Energy
  12. Human Embryonic Stems Cells: Science, Ethics, and Politics